Frontline Patrol officers with the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) have been hard at work, leveraging 529 Garage to recover stolen bicycles in the city and return them to their happy owners. Last fall’s Project Hot Wheels saw the recovery of more than 44 bicycles, with an...
Ottawa – New information More appointments available on the province’s online registration system. Age limit lowered to 45 for individuals in “hot spot” communities. Vaccinations in high-priority neighbourhoods continue to be the City’s focus. Licenced child care workers eligible starting Thursday. Pregnant individuals can now...
Beginning Monday, April 26 at 2pm, pregnant individuals will be able to pre-register for a vaccine appointment. These individuals, as well as others previously identified as people with the highest risk health conditions, and one of their caregivers, can visit Ottawa Public Health to pre-register. The Province...
For compliance with the enhanced restrictions under the extended Province’s Stay-at-Home Order, the City of Ottawa has closed some of its recreation amenities, which include: Public sports fields – including those located at recreation facilities Ball diamonds Basketball, tennis and pickleball courts Skateboard parks BMX...
Adults 40 and over in 2021 interested in receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine can register for the vaccine waiting list at any of the following pharmacies in River Ward. *As doses come in stock, the pharmacies will be calling/emailing/texting you back to bring you in for your...
Vaccine appointments scheduled via Ottawa Public Health: (from the OPH Website) Residents are asked to not call OPH at this time to try to book a second appointment as we do not have these available to book at this time and the phone lines are experiencing very...
This morning, the Province of Ontario opened pre-registration to individuals with highest risk health conditions and their caregivers. These individuals can visit Ottawa Public Health to pre-register. Those individuals with highest risk health conditions and their caregivers include: Organ transplant recipients Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients People...
Two high-priority groups of residents are now eligible for vaccination appointments. In line with Province of Ontario guidance, vaccines will be made available to special education teachers and homebound home health care recipients. Special education teachers A list of special education teachers has been compiled with the assistance of all school...
Ottawa Public Library has scaled back physical library services to holds pickup and returns at branch entrances ̶ “curbside” ̶ to keep OPL customers and employees safe, further to the provincial emergency and stay-at-home order which took effect today. Throughout the city, 31 Library branches remain open to offer curbside returns and holds pick up. Customers will no longer be permitted to enter...
The Province of Ontario has expanded pre-registration for the COVID-19 vaccine to include non-frontline moderate priority health care workers, such as those working remotely or those not requiring personal protective equipment at work. Pre-registration remains open for highest priority, very-high priority and high-priority health care...
Vaccination appointments for 50+ at community clinics will fill up quickly This morning, the Province of Ontario announced the extension of vaccine appointments at community clinics to residents aged 50 and older (born in 1971 or earlier) who live in certain "hot spots". These provincially defined...
The City of Ottawa is warning residents to protect their privacy after reports of unauthorized callers offering vaccination appointments. The callers ask for personal information and pretend to arrange COVID-19 vaccination appointments or tests. Vaccine appointments Ottawa Public Health will not call you directly about a vaccine appointment,...