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Hydro Ottawa crews focusing on hard-hit neighbourhoods to reconnect 19k customers

Hydro Ottawa is not committing to a new deadline to restore power to thousands of customers, one week after a devastating storm with wind gusts of 190 km/h hit Ottawa.

People walk away along Merivale Road, after power lines and utility poles came down onto the roadway during a major storm, forcing motorists to remain in their vehicles until crews determined it was safe to leave, on Merivale Road in Ottawa, on Saturday, May 21, 2022. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Remote parts of rural eastern Ontario could wait weeks for power restoration

A Hydro One spokesperson says some people living in remote parts of rural eastern Ontario could be waiting weeks to have power restored after last Saturday’s devastating and deadly storm.

Hydro crews work to restore power in Clarence-Rockland, Ont., where a state of emergency is in place on Thursday, May 26, 2022. A major storm hit parts of Ontario and Quebec on Saturday, May 21, 2022, killing 11 people and leaving extensive damage to infrastructure, homes, and business. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Highrise residents preparing for a second weekend without power

As thousands of residents are still in the dark, some are trying to find the willpower to get through another weekend of outages.

The Westpark condo building in Parkwood Hills was still in the dark Friday, almost a full week after a devastating storm in Ottawa. (Natalie Van Rooy/CTV News Ottawa)

What you need to know about Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend

It's the first in-person Ottawa Race Weekend in Ottawa since 2019, after the 2020 and 2021 events were shifted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mother and four kittens abandoned outside Ottawa pet store

Ottawa Bylaw says the "mama and her 4 kittens" were abandoned outside the PetSmart on Innes Road sometime between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Friday.

Ontario reports lowest COVID-19 ICU occupancy in six months

Ontario health officials are reporting the province’s lowest COVID-19 intensive care occupancy in six months as hospitalizations linked to the disease continue to decline.

Ottawa weather: Cloudy and moist in the morning, but dry by the afternoon

A few rain showers moistened Ottawa Saturday morning, but the weather looks to be drying out for the rest of the weekend.

Hydro Ottawa 'will not meet' commitment to restore power to bulk of grid by Friday night

As of Friday evening, 26,000 Hydro Ottawa customers remain without power in all neighbourhoods of the city.

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Woman with disabilities approved for medically assisted death relocated thanks to 'inspiring' support

A 31-year-old disabled Toronto woman who was conditionally approved for a medically assisted death after a fruitless bid for safe housing says her life has been 'changed' by an outpouring of support after telling her story.

Police inaction moves to centre of Uvalde shooting probe

The actions -- or more notably, the inaction -- of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers moved swiftly to the centre of the investigation into this week's shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas,

Putin warns against continued arming of Ukraine; Kremlin claims another city captured

Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Saturday that European nations halt sanctions on his country and weapons shipments to Ukraine, where Moscow claimed its forces had captured another eastern city as they fought to seize all of the contested Donbas region.