OTTAWA Ottawa police set up and then take down 24/7 checkpoints at interprovincial crossings, a Riverside South resident is told to remove his front yard garden and we meet nurses on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the five most viewed stories on our website this week. Less than 48 hours after officers began setting up checkpoints at interprovincial crossings between Ottawa and Gatineau, Ottawa police stopped monitoring the crossings 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Ontario government issued directives to limit non-essential travel into Ontario, requiring police to set up checkpoints starting at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
OTTAWA As you drive through a Riverside South neighbourhood, you’ll notice brightly painted tires used as planters. They sit on Jamal Alsharif’s property, a place he and his family have called home for the last three years. With these colours, we are trying to help our neighbours passing by giving them a smile on their faces, said Alsharif. While gardening on his front lawn on Thursday, he says Ottawa Bylaw and Regulatory Services officers came by. They saw my wife and they told her someone called the Bylaw and they have to move the tires because they are against the law.