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Traffic was backed up on the bridges connecting Ottawa and Gatineau Monday morning as police began enforcing new pandemic travel restrictions.
The morning rush hour slowed to a crawl as vehicles waited in lineups at Ottawa police check points set up at midnight to restrict the movement of vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists from Quebec.
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Commuters were waiting an hour to get across interprovincial bridges as Ontario’s strict new stay-at-home order takes full effect.
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Traffic was backed up on the bridges connecting Ottawa and Gatineau Monday morning as police began enforcing new pandemic travel restrictions.
The morning rush hour slowed to a crawl as vehicles waited in lineups at Ottawa police check points set up at midnight to restrict the movement of vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists from Quebec.
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Commuters were waiting an hour to get across interprovincial bridges as Ontario’s strict new stay-at-home order takes full effect.
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