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Ottawa drafting 30-year waste plan as Trail Road landfill fills up

The COVID-19 crisis has locked us down and one result of the confinement is that citizens are putting out more garbage than ever before, according to media reports. The crisis has also delayed public consultation on Ottawa’s new Solid Waste Master Plan, a 30-year strategy to be completed by the end of 2021 that would provide a framework for waste...
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In The News: Friday April 17

Once again this week, sunny skies greeted the capital this morning with a chill in the air. Environment Canada said that the high today will be 6ºC with a chance of precipitation. The low will drop to -4ºC tonight. Province says hospitals can’t move patients to care homes Ontario is telling hospitals to not transfer patients to long-term care and...
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In the News: Thursday, April 16

It’s a chilly sunny morning with the possibility of flurries this afternoon. The high will be 5ºC and the low tonight will be -5ºC. Environment Canada has the full forecast for the region. City expanding testing for COVID-19 Ottawa’s COVID-19 assessment centre at Brewer Arena can now test more people for the respiratory illness, Ottawa Public Health (OPH) officials say....
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In The News: Tuesday, April 14

It will be mainly sunny today with a high of 6ºC. Tonight the temperature will drop to -4ºC with a chance of flurries. Environment Canada has the full forecast. Ontario COVID-19 cases should start falling soon, doctor says The number of COVID-19 cases in Ontario should start going down soon based on a prediction from modellers that a peak is...
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In The News: Monday April 13

Environment Canada is warning of heavy rain today with a risk of a thunderstorm near noon. Wind will pick up this afternoon with gusts to 60 km/h. The high will be 16ºC. The temperature will tumble tonight to reach zero. There is a possibility of flurries. New cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa and region Ottawa’s total number of lab-confirmed COVID-19...