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New: Rocks were hurled at an Ottawa ambulance and racial slurs at the paramedic from a truck that was part of the protest convoy, says Ottawa Paramedic Service spokesperson. Paramedics working downtown asked for police escorts because they didn't feel safe.
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New: A homeless man was assaulted by protesters outside Shepherd's of Good Hope Saturday, say officials, before protesters harassed staff and demanded food at the soup kitchen.
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The Ottawa Hospital
@OttawaHospital
confirms this morning that it will retain its mask mandate after it is lifted by the province on Saturday. "As a hospital, we have a duty to care for and protect our patients, staff, and communities."
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Wow. Ottawa's COVID test positivity rate is up to 16.1 per cent, according to Ottawa's COVID Testing Taskforce. This wave looks like it is coming fast.
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Meanwhile in Ottawa, wastewater COVID-19 signal stopped its rapid decline and looked like it was edging back up starting about the same time as trucker protests.
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Both
@OttawaHealth
and the Ontario Science Table are reporting rising wastewater, expecting a case surge, and advising people to wear masks, days before most mandates are lifted.
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‘Bring back the damn mask mandates ..’. Our editorial board weighs in. Editorial: A pandemic muddle the Doug Ford government must fix | Ottawa Citizen
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Really thoughtful read from
@stphnmaher
about Canada-U.S. differences in the COVID-19 crisis and why we Canadians are lucky.
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This was a tough story for me to write. But sadly, know our experience was not unique.
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Tourism Minister Lisa MacLeod recently warned Ottawa residents not to go skiing in Quebec, saying they should only travel “if it’s required, and if it’s for work, or a medical necessity”. Wonder whether she had similar advice for the finance minister?
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A security guard who went to help the homeless man had racial slurs hurled at him, say shelter officials.
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Journalists, including ours on scene from the
@OttawaCitizen
, are doing important, potentially dangerous, work today. Journalism matters.
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The COVID wastewater signal in Ottawa is now higher than it has ever been:
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Ottawa Public Health says it has been in touch with CMOH Dr. Kieran Moore about 'concerning' levels of COVID in the city as cases surge. In a special statement,
@VeraEtches
urges people to wear masks and get vaccinated.
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I have been covering this pandemic since early 2020. I would not have believed then that I would have close family members with COVID unable to get any kind of tests to confirm it. But here we are. Today’s astronomical Ontario
#s
do not reflect the pandemic right now
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I met a woman on a dog walk this morning who lined up at 5:30 am over the holidays so she could get rapid antigen tests in order to visit her mother in a retirement home. This system is broken.
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COVID-19 science advisory table says it did not select hot spot postal codes
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It is hard to digest what happened when the Ottawa-Carleton school board tried to debate a mask mandate: meeting disrupted by hecklers, police called to clear room, via
@OttawaCitizen
@JacquieAMiller
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Counter protester sends a message to anti vax mandate protesters at
@OttawaHospital
Civic campus Monday. 50 people gathered to protest.
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Ontario patients who are transferred from hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing — which could be up to 150 km away — have to arrange and pay for the trip there, according to Bill 7 guidelines.
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Ottawa's COVID test positivity rates is 23.4 per cent, according to the Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce — nearly one of out four people tested. I don't know if I have ever seen it so high. Many of those who still get PCR tests are health workers.
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Today's police
#ottawapolice
and
#Ottawa
press conference is extraordinary. Police say may be no police solution to truck protest, expect more protesters with violent intent on weekend and have considered asking military to come in but comes with high risks.
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Ottawa is seeing a strong resurgence of COVID outbreaks in LTC, retirement homes and hospitals — now at the second highest level since the pandemic began. Only the January wave saw more health outbreaks.
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'I feel like I am non-existent:' Ottawa woman is pressured to take a LTC room she didn't want under threat of Bill 7 via
@ottawacitizen
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As callers flood Ottawa's 911 system,
@JoelHardenONDP
calls for immediate recall of the Ontario Legislature "given the alarming situation we are seeing in Ottawa in real time." Speaking at Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight.
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Thirteen Ottawa residents have died in COVID over the past three days, according to Ottawa Public Health, in case you think this viral season isn't hitting adults.
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Looks like Canada has a second vaccine.
@CBCAlerts
is reporting the Moderna vaccine has been approved by Health Canada and will be shipped within days.
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On June 20 Ottawa’s COVID test positivity rate was 8.7 per cent. July 4 it was 16.1 per cent. Close to double in two weeks.
Wow. Ottawa's COVID test positivity rate is up to 16.1 per cent, according to Ottawa's COVID Testing Taskforce. This wave looks like it is coming fast.
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Ottawa retirement home manager suspended after allegations his wife received vaccine instead of front-line staff | Ottawa Citizen
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I am confused about Ontario CMOH Dr. Moore's comments about school immunizations not be mandatory - only reporting is mandatory. According to the province: "Unless they have a valid exemption, children who attend primary or secondary school must be immunized against ....."
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Attention Ottawa: If you are over 40 and not vaccinated, Loblaws at McArthur and Vanier has Pfizer available. They were broadcasting it over the speakers just before 1pm Saturday.
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When this is all over there will be some great fundraising opportunities with “The battle of Billings Bridge” and “Make Ottawa boring again” merchandise.
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First candidate I have seen at my door was with the PPC. “I guess you don’t want one of these,” she said holding up her cards after I had finished expressing my thoughts on her party’s vaccination position.
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It takes such guts to do this. Good for her.
Global News Calgary traffic reporter
@global_leslie
responds to an email criticising her choice of clothes.
#yyc
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I would like to know the back story of this. Did this worker face pressure to return to understaffed long-term care, or couldn't afford that amount of unpaid time off work?
NEW: A 53-year-old Ottawa woman is facing charges under the federal Quarantine Act after Ottawa police say she failed to self-isolate for 14 days after travelling abroad and returned to work at a long-term care home.
#ottnews
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Disturbing and surreal scenes at the board meeting described by
@JacquieAMiller
, including
@CHEO
‘s chief of staff being heckled by anti-maskers.
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Ottawa man says his mother was billed by her retirement home for services provided through the health-care system via
@ottawacitizen
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I feel honoured to receive an award from
@RNAO
for this story about the COVID crisis at Almonte Country Haven and humbled by the many heartbreaking stories LTC staff, residents and families have shared with me during the pandemic.
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What a role model Canada’s former health minister
@janephilpott
is.
Like 100s of other Canadian health professionals, I've returned the front lines, to help the amazing team at the
@MSHospital
COVID assessment centre. If you think you have symptoms or in close contact with someone who has it, use this self-assessment tool:
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Also funding and organizational support coming from the U.S. Highly volatile situation.
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I convinced a very right leaning
@OttawaCitizen
editorial board to endorse Paul Dewer during his second Ottawa Centre election, arguing that our endorsements were meaningless if we couldn't endorse someone like Dewer, no matter which party he represented.
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This story is hitting a nerve with many garden loving Ottawa residents on this long weekend: 'I question the logic': City tells longtime homeowner to replace part of front garden with grass via
@ottawacitizen
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Police say they have succesfully negotiated with original truckers but not with many fringe groups and individuals involved. "There are a number of people who are hell bent at causing disruption and they are not interested in negotiating."
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Most Ontario hospitals are facing deficits, some have reached their financial limit: Ontario Hospital Association via
@ottawacitizen
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Just booked my 89-year-old father's COVID-19 vaccine appointment! That feels good.
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I have covered this pandemic daily. Today it hit very close to home with the loss of Dave Dutton, newly retired from the
@OttawaCitizen
night desk. A loveable curmudgeon with so much to look forward to. We are all broken-hearted.
The Citizen family is devastated over the death of editor Dave Dutton from COVID-19. Dave retired last fall. His house, which tragically burned down after a lightning strike, had just been rebuilt. He deserved better than this. We will miss him ❤️
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Ontario has now administered 13,200 vaccines and expects to get through 90,000 “in the next several
@days
”, according to a ministry spokesman. Ontario is lagging behind after closing vaccine clinics over Christmas, at a time when the more contagious covid variant is here.
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This will not be welcome in Ottawa, where there are not enough vaccines available to give appointments to those already eligible and the city lags behind the province for number of people with at least one dose.
NEW: Health Minister Christine Elliott says the province is considering dropping the age bands for second dose appointments, and potentially allowing all to book their second dose. Unclear when that decision will be made.
#onpoli
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wow
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You seldom hear anger in a
@KellyEganColumn
. This time it is full- throated and fully justified: The sorrow, now the anger — what is Randy Hillier doing?, via
@OttawaCitizen
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I saw the remnants of Northern Lights on an early walk in Ottawa today and just spotted a brilliant red cardinal at the bird feeder. Nice to see some brightness during these gloomy times.
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The ongoing discussion about police funding reminds me of an editorial board with former Ottawa police chief Vern White around 2007 who said what he could really use were a dozen or more social workers. Seems to be exactly what people are asking for now. Why not?
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Influenza outbreaks starting in Ottawa and still no flu shots available at pharmacies, as far as I can tell.
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Critics 'alarmed' by private surgery plan they say will poach staff from the public health system, via
@OttawaCitizen
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Yes, first day on the canal ended with a broken wrist “I didn’t even know the canal was open until I saw you chart,” said a nurse. Up to 20 a day during winterlude.
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The evacuation of one of Ottawa's largest hospitals during a fire a power outage last Friday was a marvel of coordination by health professionals and first responders.
Last Friday, paramedics transferred almost 30 pts from the General Campus of
@OttawaHospital
to other hospitals. This was done with the assistance of our Multi Patient Unit. This custom-made bus is deployed by our Logistics Unit and can transport up to 3 patients on stretchers.
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College of Pharmacists says corporate pressures are compromising safe and effective care, via
@OttawaCitizen
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'I am tired of screaming for help': A local family's struggle to care for a loved one with ALS at home via
@ottawacitizen
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As hospitals around the province begin dropping mask mandates — not yet in Ottawa — Ottawa Public Health reports 6 additional COVID deaths and 6 new outbreaks over the past 3 days.
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An early casualty of the trucker protest in Ottawa - two vaccine clinics that serve parts of the city with greater need will close because of anticipated traffic disruptions.
IMPORTANT: The uOttawa Vaccine Clinic will be closed from Jan. 28th - Jan 30th & the Lowertown Neighbourhood Vaccine Hub will be closed Jan 28th due to traffic disruptions. Drop-ins are available at other clinics & appointments can be re-booked :
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New from me: Children play a key role in COVID transmission, according to new research via
@ottawacitizen
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This has been the first all-out test of the Ebola vaccine developed in Winnipeg. One of Canada's greatest public health achievements.
A new vaccine appears to have helped bring an Ebola outbreak to a rapid close.
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Enjoyed a fabulous take-out dinner from Greek Souvlaki Shack at Bank and Cooper streets. Happy to support businesses negatively affected by ongoing protests Ottawa.
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Ottawa's COVID wastewater signal, which reached record highs in recent days, is slowly on its way back down. Good news.
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I write about health care, but there is nothing like spending time in hospital with a loved one to help you understand the daily stresses and heroics that define the system.
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This is an astonishingly brave and honest story about abuse and recovery by the former head of Ottawa's health board. TRAUMA, TENACITY AND A TATTOO: Keith Egli’s story of survival and resilience via
@ottawacitizen
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Premier of Nova Scotia. Plain language messaging lessons here for other provinces.
STOP
🛑looking for loopholes
🛑sneaking to another community to go shopping or visit friends
🛑trying to find an excuse to visit your cottage
🛑acting like the 3rd wave is same as the first or second
It isn’t.
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'The right thing to do': Ottawa's hospitals make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory, via
@OttawaCitizen
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Struggling home-care agencies forced to cut services as they wait for promised provincial funding via
@ottawacitizen
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As someone who has recently spent time in hospital with an elderly family member, I don’t know how staff who are already working flat out will be able to convince people to keep their masks on without a provincial order.
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Ottawa will be the biggest population centre in the province without vaccines in pharmacies once this program is expanded across the GTA.
We want as many people vaccinated as quickly possible and we’re working around the clock to expand capacity to do so. Starting today, Ontarians 60 and over can get vaccinated at participating pharmacies and primary care settings. Learn more:
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Ottawa Centre MPP Joel Harden writes about his sister's 37-hour wait for surgery in an Ottawa ER with acute appendicitis.
MPP Update
#189
: A hospital crisis hits close to home - Joel Harden, MPP for Ottawa Centre
#OntarioHealth
#crisis
#healthcare
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Three additional COVID deaths in Ottawa and 10 new outbreaks, according to Ottawa Public Health.
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'Kids are not doing well:' Pediatricians raise alarm over pandemic | Ottawa Citizen
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Social media is reminding me it is late colleague Dave Dutton’s birthday today. He died from COVID just before he had access to a vaccine last year. Vaccines are plentiful now. Get yours.
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'Out in front': How Dr Vera Etches is leading the pandemic response with a gentle but firm hand, via
@OttawaCitizen
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CHEO's Alex Munter has not had a raise since 2012, an anomaly among hospital heads via
@ottawacitizen
CHEO's Alex Munter has not had a raise since 2012, an anomaly among hospital heads
ottawacitizen.com
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Epidemiologist
@FurnessColin
calls for CMOH Kieran Moore to resign after appearing without a mask yesterday, fewer than 14 days after returning to the country, in violation of quarantine act.
It's been obvious that CMOH Kieran Moore has very low regard for COVID safety measures.
However, yesterday he violated the federal Quarantine Act by appearing unmasked within 14 days of returning from his Caribbean vacation.
I demand he be charged; he's NOT above the law.
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Signs we are in a new phase of the pandemic.
@OttawaHealth
has created a community exposures page for when it's not possible to id possible exposures to COVID-19. tracin
https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/shared-content/covid-19-community-exposures.aspx
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Ottawa Centre incumbent Joel Harden appears to be one of the first to raise NDP leadership, saying he thinks the party needs a new leader.
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While many of the outbreaks are small, some are growing. There have been 50 infections and three resident deaths at Extendicare's New Orchard Lodge in an ongoing outbreak that began on March 22, according to Ottawa Public Health.
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Offering to buy vaccines
= jumping the queue. In Canada, vaccines should not be available for private purchase. They should go to countries that need them.
For clarification...
The NHL is interested in securing vaccine when and if it’s available for private purchase.
Is it at this point? — no.
The league also is adamant they would not jump the line to do so.
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Canada will donate excess COVID-19 vaccine to poorer countries | Ottawa Citizen
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Breast cancer surgery wait times in Ottawa are so long that women are heading to a private clinic in Montreal, via
@OttawaCitizen
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The City of Ottawa acted really quickly today to deal with COVID vaccine overbookings due to a glitch in the provincial booking system, sending in shuttles and making sure everyone got a vaccine.
Shuttles were added today, Mar 23, at Eva James Memorial C.C. & Ruddy Family YMCA-YWCA to help with provincial over-bookings. Residents MUST go to their scheduled location and time and in some cases may be redirected. Please arrive no more than 10 minutes before your appointment.
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Public Health Ontario CEO Dr. Peter Donnelly weighs in on masks: "I think masks should be preserved for those who need it most. Our highly valuable frontline workers."
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This is stunning investigative work by a team at the Globe including
@TuThanhHa
and
@kellygrant1
How Canadian hospitals grew dependent on expensive out-of-town nurses
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Ontario's chief medical officer of health links viral surge to 'negative consequences' of extended mask mandates, rules out new ones — for now, via
@OttawaCitizen
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Ontario will keep providing free rapid antigen tests in grocery stores and pharmacies until the end of July, says Ministry of Health.
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New from me. Some Ottawa women are waiting up to 6 months for breast cancer surgery. Others are going to a private clinic. Breast cancer surgery wait times in Ottawa are so long that women are heading to a private clinic in Montreal, via
@OttawaCitizen
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Health Canada says it stands ready to take "immediate action" to safeguard Canada's supply of drugs. Responding to FDA decision on Florida buying bulk drugs from Canada.
Statement from Health Canada on FDA decision on Florida bulk drug importation plan
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This is shocking. Patients from Scarborough have been arriving by helicopter in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario and more are coming. They need vaccines.
Just had to cancel another 2 days of vaccine clinics in
#Scarborough
because we don’t have any vaccine. I don’t understand why
@TOPublicHealth
@epdevilla
@fordnation
won’t direct some vaccine so we can vaccinate our high risk population. 1/
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Six-year-old Emma waited months for her appointment at CHEO’s sleep lab. Then she was transferred directly to the ICU via
@ottawacitizen
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Breaking: More than 200 victims of disgraced Ottawa fertility doctor Dr. Norman Barwin will share in a proposed class-action settlement of $13.375 million — the first of its kind in the world.
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Ottawa Public Health is reporting three additional COVID deaths in its latest update, bringing the number in the past week to 7 — an average of one a day. Meanwhile, the wastewater signal is heading up.
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Further capacity restrictions, either locally in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, or province wide are expected this afternoon. Similar to what Quebec announced Thursday.
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