Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for today. The region could see up to 10 cm The high today will be -8C with a wind chill of -18C. The snow will taper off this evening as the temperature drops to -20C.
Orange is the new black in Ottawa today
The stay-at-home order has been lifted in Ottawa as the region enters the “orange-restrict” category on the province’s five-colour scale of pandemic restrictions, CBC reports.
COVID cases in Ottawa top 14,000
Ottawa Public Health says more than 14,000 residents of the city have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began last spring and 433 have died. On Monday, 59 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person died, CTV reports.
Developer purchases former site of bus station
Real estate developer Brigil is purchasing the site of Ottawa’s former downtown Greyhound bus terminal and is planning a major redevelopment of the property, the company announced Monday. CBC has more.
Gatineau police charge man with murder
Gatineau police say a second-degree murder charge has been laid in the city’s first homicide of 2021. CTV has more.
Victim of officer’s abuse feels defeated by process
A woman who complained about the abusive behaviour of Ottawa police Const. Eric Post tells the Ottawa Citizen the whole process — from fighting to have the police take her allegations seriously, to the sham of a plea deal that saw him admit to just five of 32 criminal charges — has been defeating.
