OTTAWA Standing just taller than the folding plastic table behind her, Charlotte Kwavnick is dwarfed by the two table spread. They are piled high with bags filled with socks, underwear, and gloves. The quiet eight-year-old girl smiles when she speaks about it. It made me feel really happy, Charlotte says. Despite her young age, Charlotte and her mother raised over $800 for the Tom Brown Arena, one of Ottawa’s three Winter Respite Centres for the homeless. I was like we’ll buy a couple pairs of long-johns and hats, and then the money just kept coming, and coming, and coming, said Jennifer Kwavnick, Charlotte’s mother.
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People across town are asking if the City of Ottawa has gone crazily overboard with enforcement of the winter on-street parking ban.
Just the odd infraction? Lord no. The city has issued 17,795 tickets during the five winter parking bans so far this season.
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In some cases, well-meaning residents have watched the plow go by, then moved their cars onto the cleared road to shovel or blow their own driveways, only to get parking tickets because the vehicle is temporarily on the cleaned street.
Posted: Feb 10, 2021 3:09 PM ET | Last Updated: February 10
A client stands outside of Shepherds of Good Hope, one of six Ottawa shelters that s dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak. (Jean Delisle/CBC)
The head of one of Ottawa s largest shelters is calling for people who live and work in the shelter system to be prioritized for vaccination as COVID-19 cases continue to spread.
Deirdre Freiheit, president and CEO of the Shepherds of Good Hope, said they ve been dealing with outbreaks at the King Edward Avenue shelter since January.
They re not alone: there are six active shelter outbreaks, according to Ottawa Public Health s COVID-19 dashboard, and there have been 198 cases and one resident death since early January.
OTTAWA The City of Ottawa issued a winter weather parking ban ahead of the first winter storm of 2021. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement, calling for 10 to 15 centimetres of snow to fall tonight and Saturday morning. The city says a winter weather parking ban will be in effect from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan 2. This winter weather parking ban is in place to allow our teams to clear the roads to keep them safe for all residents, the city said in a statement on its website. When there are no cars on the road, our machines are able to clear roadways closer to the curb keeping roads open and wider. We are more efficient and effective in their operations with resident support.
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