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Tulip bulbs in Ottawa on May 5, 2021, ahead of the official start of the Canadian Tulip Festival.(Andrew Lee/CBC)
Most non-essential businesses can only offer curbside pickup. Access to malls is restricted and big-box stores can only sell essential items.
Gyms and personal care services are closed, while restaurants are only available for takeout and delivery.
Western Quebec
Premier François Legault has said the situation is critical in Gatineau and is asking people there to only leave home when it s essential.
Schools, gyms, theatres, personal care services and non-essential businesses are closed until Monday across the Outaouais.
Private gatherings are banned, except for a person who lives alone seeing one other household. Distanced outdoor exercise is allowed in groups up to eight people.
More than 725,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the region.
Ottawa Tourism is urging residents to put out the welcome mat when it s time.
What s the latest?
While last year s Canadian Tulip Festival encouraged Ottawans to admire the flowers virtually, organizers say people can enjoy them online or in person in 2021 as long as people use common sense.
More than 725,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered throughout the Ottawa region as eligibility continues to expand and the pace continues to pick up.
Quebec s health minister will explain at 1 p.m. ET how the vaccine rollout will work for the general population, sources tell Radio-Canada. Ontario also has a vaccine update at 1:30 p.m.
A first major Rembrandt exhibition in Canada in 52 years:
Rembrandt in Amsterdam. Creativity and Competition
A new curatorial approach that tells the Rembrandt story from three different perspectives: Western, Indigenous and Black
Two major commissions by contemporary artists Tau Lewis and Rashid Johnson as part of the new
Contemporary Projects initiative
Over 230 works from the collection of Dr. Jonathan Meakins and Dr. Jacqueline McClaran unique in the annals of Canadian private collections featured in the exhibition
The Collectors Cosmos. The Meakins-McClaran Print Collection
Barcelone
, by internationally renowned Quebec
artist Geneviève Cadieux, on view for the first time as a monumental photographic work on the Gallery s exterior south façade
OTTAWA As the tulips begin to sprout out of the ground, the Canadian Tulip Festival is inviting you to enjoy the bulbs locally and online this spring. It s the second straight year the popular festival is planning for most events to be held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Tulip Festival says the safest way to enjoy the tulips in Ottawa this year is online. With the information provided by Ottawa Public Health, we knew to prepare for a third variant-based wave this spring and have done everything we can to bring the tulips to Ottawa, Canada, and the World, said Jo Riding, Executive Director of the Canadian Tulip Festival.