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Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly tells
@grahamctv
that a “Near riot” nearly broke out this afternoon when an officer trying to make an arrest for carrying a gas can was surrounded by 100 people downtown.
#Ottnews
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Ottawa Police issue a statement on new authority under Ontario’s stay at home order:
“The OPS will not be conducting random stops.”
#ottnews
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Let’s be honest, this is the place President Biden should visit in Ottawa.
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NEW: Ottawa's mayor calls for mandatory masks in essential stores, schools and on public transit
#ottnews
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How do you allow a professional sound stage to be built on the steps of Parliament Hill?
Protesters built a professional stage today at the corner of Wellington and Metcalfe where they are now having a concert. This is after Ontario Premier Doug Ford introduced tougher fines and possible jail times for protesters behind blockades.
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This dunk should be a Canadian Heritage Minute
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An emotional Ottawa Police Services Board chair Diane Deans on last weekend.
"We had a chaotic carnival on Parliament Hill. I tell you I wanted to go up there and pop that damn hot tub myself and unplug the bouncy castle."
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Two stories that no one in Ottawa will ever forget:
New York Times declaring the Wine Rack one of the "trendy" spots in the ByWard Market.
Lemonade stand shut down on Colonel By Drive because the kids didn't have a permit.
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Coun. Diane Deans tells
@EvanLSolomon
this afternoon that Mayor Jim Watson should resign/
"I do think Jim Watson should resign. Jim Watson wanted to make me the scapegoat, but he is the mayor of the city. There's been complete inaction on his part for the last 21 days."
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New Mainstreet poll for
@ipoliticsca
on Ottawa's mayoral race.
Catherine McKenney - 34 per cent
Mark Sutcliffe - 20 per cent
Bob Chiarelli - 11 per cent
Undecided 24 per cent
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I asked the city of Ottawa for the Queen Elizabeth Drive data Mayor Sutcliffe used this week.
Data is from 6 days - July 25 to 30 and looks at cyclists and pedestrian traffic.
It rained on 5 of the 6 days.
Unsurprisingly, Sunday was the busiest day.
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23 days after trucks arrived in downtown Ottawa -
@EvanLSolomon
says police have taken back Wellington Street.
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Ottawa Police Interim Chief Steve Bells tells a Senate/House of Commons Committee the Ottawa Police Service has launched an internal investigation into reports police were leaking operational plans to protesters during the Freedom Convoy.
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BREAKING: Canadian Press reports Ontario will ban cellphones in the classroom - starting in the 2019-2020 school year.
#ottnews
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Voter turnout in Ontario municipal elections
Ottawa 44%
Hamilton 35.4%
Windsor 31.6%
Barrie 30.45 %
Guelph 28%
London 25.5%
Brampton 25%
Mississauga 21.8%
Kitchener 20.2%
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What will open first?
Rideau Canal Skateway
O-Train line between St. Laurent and uOttawa
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Free transit in Ottawa would cost the average property owner an extra $482 a year (first year). Would you be willing to pay it for free transit for everyone?
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NEW: Eighty-six days after announcing his Leukemia returned, MAJIC 100 morning show host
@StuntmanStu
says it’s a “great day!”
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So you walk up to uOttawa station, haven’t checked Twitter (not everyone is on Twitter) or visited a news site (not everyone checks the news everyday) - you would have no idea what’s up with the O-Train. No signage or staff saying you need to use R1.
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So, with Elgin Street closed to northbound traffic, the counter-protesters walked 30 feet to block Metcalfe.
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A group of people outside Ottawa Police headquarters calling on police to end the protest on downtown streets.
#ottnews
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Coldest World Capitals - 6 a.m. Nov 23
Ottawa -20.8C
Ulaanbaatar -9C
Oslo -7C
Astana -5C
Chisinau -4C
Warsaw -3C
Stockholm -3C
Kyiv -3C
Moscow -2C
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BREAKING: Masks will not be mandatory in Ottawa's public schools this fall.
A motion to implement a mask mandate was defeated in a 6-6 vote by OCDSB trustees.
#ottnews
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Dear individual in a pickup truck, it’s not funny you yelled FHRITP at a
@ctvottawa
reporter during a live hit in Barrhaven tonight.
It’s not ok and it shouldn’t happen.
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Ottawa’s $23.9 million new multi-use pathway bridge will be closing for the winter today.
City says the William Commanda Bridge “was not designed for winter pedestrian or cycling use.”
#ottnews
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NEW:
@VeraEtches
says Ottawa Public Health is "seriously exploring" our options for making masks mandatory in Ottawa commercial settings.
#Ottnews
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Meet Rookie - the
@Senators
new puppy.
The Sens are volunteer
#CNIBGuideDog
puppy raisers.
@CNIB
#ottews
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Protest continues to grow outside Ottawa Police headquarters, calling on police to end the demonstration/blockade downtown.
#ottnews
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BREAKING: It's Snowing
9th straight day with snow in Ottawa.
Ottawa has received 41 cm of snow so far in November.
#ottnews
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BREAKING:
@VeraEtches
announces anyone in Ottawa that tested positive for COVID-19, has symptoms of COVID-19, a close contact of someone that tested positive or is awaiting test results must self-isolate for 14 days.
Fine is $5,000 for each day with you fail to comply.
#ottnews
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Ottawa's Dominion City Brewing Co. reacts to Buck-a-Beer in Ontario.
@dominioncitybc
will donate $1 for every can of its forthcoming Dominion City Buck-A-Beer Blonde Ale to support refugee integration efforts in Ottawa.
#ottnews
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Slipped while out for an evening walk. My ankle rolled under me as I fell, and I felt a pop as I landed.
Thank you to the gentleman in Centretown who stopped to see if I was okay and went to get a blanket to keep me warm while I waited for an ambulance to arrive.
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Coldest world capitals - 7 am
Ottawa -26 C
Ulaanbaatar -18 C
Astana -14 C
Nuuk -13 C
Oslo -4 C
#ottnews
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Grocery store on Day 1 of Ottawa's mandatory face mask policy:
97% of shoppers and staff wearing masks. 😷
(Last week: 45%)
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Coldest World Capitals - 7:40 a.m. EST
Ottawa -20C ( wind chill -29)
Ulaanbaatar -17C
Oslo -11C
Nursultan -10C
Pyongyang -9C
Seoul -8C
#ottnews
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A Ottawa councillor just asked if Bluesfest crowds were to blame for the LRT issues in August 2021.
Bluesfest was cancelled in 2021.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says “specific support” will be announced in the coming days for Ottawa businesses impacted by the Freedom Convoy demonstration downtown.
#ottnews
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It’s the 8th Thursday of July and August.
It’s rained in Ottawa on all 8 Thursdays
#ottneww
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.
@VeraEtches
says Ottawa Public Health has told the province "it's looking positive" to reopen schools in the capital by the end of May if COVID levels continue to drop in Ottawa.
#Ottnews
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January snowfall totals for Ottawa.
2019 - 84.6 cm (23 days)
2018 - 64.8 cm
2017 - 38.6 cm
2016 - 44.7 cm
2015 - 55.8 cm
2014 - 36.6 cm
2013 - 46.6 cm
2012 - 44.2 cm
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Coldest world capitals - 6:45 am EST
Ottawa -21 (wind chill -33)
Ulaanbaatar -20 (wind chill -23)
Astana -17
Minsk -14
Vilnius -12
Moscow -8
Warsaw -8
Nuuk -8
#ottnews
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Mayor Sutcliffe wants to see the parkways open "more often" to vehicles than the NCC is proposing.
The NCC tells CTV News Ottawa the Queen Elizabeth Driveway Active Use Program takes place, "on roadways that were always intended to serve as SCENIC ROUTES, not COMMUTER ROADWAYS."
Ottawa's mayor and some residents in Centretown are calling for the National Capital Commission to reopen Queen Elizabeth Driveway to cars, especially during the week, because of traffic nightmares.
#ottnews
#otttraffic
#ottbike
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So Ottawa's Transit Commission will hold an emergency meeting to discuss EV bus funding, but not to discuss the six day partial shutdown of the LRT system due to freezing rain?
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.
@VeraEtches
says over 50 Ottawa businesses/organizations have requested
@OttawaHealth
host mobile vaccination clinics
#ottnews
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Coldest world capitals - Dec 27
Ottawa -24C
Ulaanbaatar -19C
Astana -12C
Pyongyang -8C
Seoul -5C
Bishkek -4C
Nuuk -4C
Reykjavik -3C
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BREAKING:
@OttawaBylaw
launching a team of officers to proactively enforce rules banning gatherings greater than 5 and people congregating in parks.
Call 3-1-1 to snitch.
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NEW: OC Transpo general manager Renee Amilcar says masks will remain mandatory on buses and the O-Train “for the foreseeable future”, under the transit bylaw.
#ottnews
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This reopening of the full LRT line will allow municipal officials to focus 100% on the real issue facing the city - the closure of a 2.5 km federal road for ten weeks in the summer.
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BREAKING: The Ottawa Carleton District School Board votes to make masks mandatory in schools.
Trustees vote 8-3 (3 abstain) in support of Trustee Mark Fisher's motion.
No word on when the mandate begins.
Some trustees question how the mask mandate will be enforced.
#ottnews
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BREAKING: Canadian Armed Forces members arriving in Constance Bay.
Up to 400 military members are being deployed to flood zones in Ottawa.
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Freedom Convoy organizers say they will “desist from the blowing of horns” from 9 am to 1 pm, “out of the respect of the Lord’s Day.”
9:30 am Sunday on Wellington Street.
#ottnews
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Woman on the Alexandra Bridge says to me this morning "it's beautiful."
In the chaos of everyday life it's easy to overlook how beautiful Ottawa is.
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Ottawa Markets wants to close William Street in the ByWard Market to vehicles this summer so pedestrians have more space.
#ottnews
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Interesting debate that may be coming to a future council discussion.
Would you pay an extra $500 on your property tax bill for free transit 24-7-365?
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60 OC Transpo bus trip cancellations so far today - it’s 8:24 am.
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Mayor Jim Watson says Ottawa will reach the 60 per cent target for adults 18+ vaccinated with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the day.
#ottnews
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BREAKING: It's the snowiest January in Ottawa history
8 cm of fresh snow overnight.
Ottawa has received 97 cm of snow at Ottawa Airport in January. Previous record for snowfall at the airport in January was 93 cm.
#ottnews
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Coldest world capitals - 7:45 am
Ottawa -26C
Ulaanbaatar-18C
Nursultan -18 C
Moscow -13C
Tallinn -12C
Helsinki 11C
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CONGRATULATIONS to Ottawa's Tysen Lefebvre.
Tysen reached his $1 million goal in his Mission to a Million on CTV News at Noon.
@ctvottawa
#ottnews
@ctvottawa
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Coldest June 4 in Ottawa history.
3.5C at 6 a.m. sets a record for coldest temperature.
Previous record was 3.9C in 1964.
#ottnews
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Long-Ma, the dragon-horse, sprays the CTV Morning Live camera in the ByWard Market.
#ottnews
@2017ottawa
#LaMachine
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Police have closed the northbound lanes of Elgin Street, so the demonstrators moved off the street.
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Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly says the service is "Looking at every single option, including military."
#ottnews
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Seriously, how are there no signs/staff at a busy transit station at 4:50 pm telling people the train is out of service and you need to walk over to get the bus.
@OC_Transpo
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Ottawa River Pathway behind Parliament Hill has flooded.
Water levels raising aftter 40+ mm of rain Thursday and Friday.
#ottnews
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Smiths Falls native Brooke Henderson hits a hole in one at the Women's British Open.
#ottnews
🚨HOLE IN ONE🚨
One bounce and IN for
@brookehenderson
on the 9th! That's another £2,000 for
@ARUKnews
🎉
#RWBO
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BREAKING: Carleton University is making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for students, faculty and staff returning to campus this fall.
#ottnews
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.
@MrLeslieRoberts
asks Chief Peter Sloly if he will resign over the police handling of the Freedom Convoy demonstration.
"Absolutely not. I came here to do a job," said Sloly.
#ottnews
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After a busy three weeks,
@VeraEtches
says she's taking a few days off this week.
Etches says she's encouraged Ottawa residents to look after their mental health, and OPH will also look after their own during the COVID-19 pandemic.
#ottnews
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Environment Canada's David Phillips tells CTV Morning Live this has been the coldest spring in 50 years in Ottawa.
Only 2 of last 28 days had normal/above normal temperatures and no precipitation.
#ottnews
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Final January snowfall totals for Ottawa.
101.8 cm of snow (record for greatest snowfall at Ottawa Airport)
Snow 27 of 31 days
Three single day snowfall records (Jan 20, Jan 23, Jan 29)
#ottnews
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Coldest world capitals - 8 am
Ottawa -28C
Ulaanbaatar -22C
Nursultan -14C
Nuuk -10C
Washington, DC -7C
Seoul -6C.
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18 hours after the O-Train was shut down, and still no media conference by OC Transpo officials/Mayor’s office.
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Ottawa is the coldest spot in Ontario this morning.
-15.6C at 6 a.m.
Ottawa is also the coldest capital in the world at 6 a.m. EST.
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Second of three immobilized trains departing the area between Lees and Hurdman stations -nearly four days after the issues started.
(Bonus coverage of employees arguing with each other)
#ottnews
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Order of blame for today's westher
1. People wearing shorts/t-shirts outside all week (it wasn't that warm)
2.
@StuntmanStu
3
@ottawahealth
Twitter (you declared frostbite advisory season over 😀)
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Coldest world capitals - 5 a.m. (EST
Ottawa -17C
Nuuk -6C
Helsinki -6C
Tallinn -5C
Reykjavik -5C
Moscow -5C
Washington DC -4C
Ulaanbaatar 7C
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Thank you to the amazing nurses, doctors and staff at
@OttawaHospital
General Campus for the excellent care during my ankle surgery today.
(Doctor says I probably won’t be able to dunk a basketball again - but I couldn’t before the break)
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The first winner of election night: the
@ctvottawa
election night team.
Election night pizza
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Coldest world's capitals - 5 a.m.
Ottawa -19C
Reykjavik -5C
Astana -4C
Washington DC -4C
Moscow -2C
Thimphu -2C
Helsinki -1C
Ulaanbaatar 7C
#ottnews
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BREAKING: The chair of Ottawa police services board hired a new police chief without going through a competition, sources told CTV News Ottawa.
#OTTNEWS
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Feels like we are past the point of a free month of transit to win back riders or apologize. (City of Ottawa already apologized for LRT shutdowns in December 2021)
I understand why some media/councillors are asking for free transit, but people just want an LRT system that works.
NEW: Some councillors call for free transit to compensate OC Transpo riders for latest LRT shutdown
#ottnews
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Coldest world capitals - 7:50 a.m.
Ottawa -27C (wind chill -38)
Ulaanbaatar -26C
Nursultan -11C
Nuuk -7C
Washington D.C. -4C
Oslo -4C
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Ottawa Police Services Board changes
Eli El Chantiry replaces Diane Deans
Suzanne Valiquette is the new council appointee
Jeff Leiper replaces Rawlson King, who resigned.
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9 am. Ottawa River update.
⬆️ 8 cm overnight at Britannia/Lac Deschenes
⬆️9 cm overnight at Gatineau/Hull Marina
River expected to rise another 55 cm at Britannia/Lac Deschenes by Tuesday peak.
River expected to rise another 75 cm at Hull Marina by Wednesday peak.
#ottnews
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