Ottawa – In order to help flatten the curve and protect the public from the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Ottawa has closed public facilities and has suspended non-essential services, activities and programs. Today, in consultation with Ottawa Public Health, the City of Ottawa is extending the...
Ottawa – The City of Ottawa is offering provincially funded emergency child-care services for essential and critical service workers at no cost to families. Starting today, eligible families can apply on ottawa.ca for three centres anticipated to open on Monday, April 13. Emergency child-care services will only be...
Friday, April 03, 2020 there will be a Facebook Live event at 7pm in Arabic titled "Covid-19: What You Need to Know" put on by Ottawa-local health professionals. Below is a link to the event and posters with more information are attached. Please share this to your Arabic speaking communities...
Ottawa – The City of Ottawa is holding a virtual town hall on COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, April 9 at 2 pm. All residents are invited to join us for an update on urgent community issues and answers to your questions about the COVID-19 pandemic. To...
As the next step in the regional response to COVID-19, a new Care Clinic will open on Monday in Ottawa’s west end. It will be operated by Queensway Carleton Hospital, in partnership with Ottawa Public Health and the region’s Clinical Care Coordination Centre (C4). The clinic’s primary...
We received an update from Donna Gray, General Manager, Community and Social Services last night that lists an extensive summary of all the efforts underway by the Human Needs Task Force to help Ottawa residents through this current crisis. I have posted a few highlights...
Ottawa Public Health will be sending out the attached mailer to all residents of Ottawa with guidance on self-isolation and physical distancing. They hope this serves to reach a broad audience with the goal of promoting physical distancing with all residents and clarifying self-isolation requirements. As...
A memo was received overnight from John Manconi, General Manager of OC Transpo, that advised that an OC Transpo driver has been confirmed to have COVID-19. The buses he drove before self-isolating have been taken off the road and are undergoing an extreme clean. The individual...
Ottawa – The City has now implemented an interim property tax payment grace period and a new 2020 Property Tax Hardship Deferral Plan to help many residents and businesses who are financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Grace period for interim property tax payment With the interim property taxes...
The following is from a memo received by my office from Anthony Di Monte, General Manager, Emergency and Protective Services on March 30, 2020. Enforcement Model in Ottawa for COVID-19 related Orders The purpose of this memo is to provide members of Council with an update on...
Thank you to Ontario Works for providing the attached document full of handy links to various websites that can assist in this challenging time. It includes financial resources, community resources. mental health links and education support. Click the link below to access this document. COVID-19 Resource List...
Ottawa – The City has launched a formal donation process for businesses and residents to donate commercial-grade personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect our emergency responders and front-line workers supporting the COVID-19 pandemic response. This formal donation process has been established in response to the many residents...