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The first round of witness testimony as part of the Public Order Emergency Commissions inquiry into the federal governments use of the Emergencies Act focused on the lived experience of downtown Ottawa residents, the concerns business groups had in their dealings with the city and police, as well as the perspectives from local councillors.

Ottawa has dealt with a fair number of serious crises over the last few years. A massive and destructive windstorm, floods, a giant sinkhole that swallowed a busy downtown throughway and, of course, a global pandemic. Each time, Coun.

The woman testified Friday she suffers hearing loss, lung and throat problems and mental health issues after enduring the occupation.

People who lived through last winter's convoy protest and occupation of downtown Ottawa remain "traumatized" by the experience, a lawyer representing residents and business groups told the public commission probing the federal government's unprecedented use of emergency powers to clear the capital.

Hearings as part of the Public Order Emergency Commission’s national inquiry into the federal government’s unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act begin Thursday. CTVNews.ca breaks down who is on Commissioner Paul Rouleaus anticipated witness list and why their testimony is being sought.

With less than two weeks until election day, CBC Ottawa is profiling several of the candidates vying to be the city's next mayor. Today: entrepreneur and broadcaster Mark Sutcliffe.

Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, city manager Steve Kanellakos and three city councillors are on the list of witnesses set to testify before the inquiry into the invocation of the federal Emergencies Act in February.

It was another outdoor Thanksgiving for the Ottawa Mission this year, and it’s one of the busiest ever.

CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the top five stories on our website this week.

The Other Path, a series of five audio dramas each telling a different story, begins with the first instalment on Oct. 5.