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Article content A joint committee made up of a majority of council members has endorsed a first-of-its-kind financial plan for the City of Ottawa to increase housing and reduce homelessness. Mayor Jim Watson said on Tuesday the staff-proposed long-range financial plan for housing services will give the city more credibility when asking for funding from the provincial and federal governments. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or City's first housing financial plan lays out spending required to reduce homelessness Back to video Watson said when cabi...

'We need to move out': Overflow shelter dispute to come before city committee Kate Porter © Jean Delisle/CBC The City of Ottawa pays to house families in these apartments in Vanier when family shelters are overflowing. Many stay months, if not years, and some report living with bedbugs and other vermin — reports the owner denies. The words "Tabor Luxury Apartment" are displayed in silver lettering across the red-brick lowrise tucked deep within Vanier. But that name doesn't tell the whole story of the building at the centre of a controversy coming to this week to city ha...

Fast Facts: Ottawa cops moving up the priority list for the COVID-19 vaccine Ottawa remains in the orange-restrict zone this week as 56 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Friday Health Canada approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for use in Canada Ottawa summer unlikely to include large public events Seven cases of COVID-19 reported at an Ottawa physical distancing centre this week COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data): New COVID-19 cases: 56 new cases on Friday Total COVID-19 cases: 14,588 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 34.7 Positivity r...

  OTTAWA -- Four security guards, an employee and two clients at a city of Ottawa physical distancing centre have tested positive for COVID-19 In memos to council, Community and Social Services General Manager Donna Gray outlines the COVID-19 cases at the Nicholas Street Physical Distancing Centre. On Friday, Gray said one security guard from Commissaires Security Guards and one employee had tested positive for COVID-19.  Both the security guard and the employee last worked at the site on Feb. 22 and are currently in self-isolation. On Thursday, Gray informed council that three securi...

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