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COVID-19 vaccination settings for babies and preschoolers when shots become available next week.Peterborough Public Health says its dedicated clinics for children aged six months to five years will give families extra time at their appointments to get comfortable and ask questions.The health unit says there will be barriers set up in mass immunization clinics for families who might need privacy.

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, speaks during a press conference at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, May 30, 2022. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that his government is introducing legislation to "implement national freeze on handgun ownership" throughout the country. "What this means is that it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer, or import handguns anywhere in Canada," Trudeau said at a press conference. "We recognize that the vast majority of gun owners use them safely and in accordance with the law, but other than using firearms for sport shooting and hunting, there is no reason anyone in Canada should need guns in their everyday lives."Canadian Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino also said that a mandatory buyback program for "assault-style weapons" will go into effect later this year if the bill passes, calling it Canada's "most significant action on gun violence in a generation." BIDEN CALLS 9MM ‘HIGH-CALIBER WEAPONS,’ SUGGESTS BANNING THEM"The first AR-15s and other assault style firearms will start to be bought back by the end of this year," Mendicino said.

Guy Lafleur looks on as he stands with the Stanley Cup during the 2017 Scotiabank NHL 100 Classic announcement at the Chateau Laurier on March 17, 2017 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur has died at the age 70.  The hockey Hall of Famer helped the Montreal Canadiens win five Stanley Cup titles in the 1970s.

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, left, and Chrystia Freeland, Canada's deputy prime minister and finance minister, hold copies of the federal budget in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Freeland is imposing a one-time windf Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government announced Thursday it will ban foreign investors from buying homes in Canada for two years in a bid to cool off a hot housing market.Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland took a number of measures to tamp down speculation and demand amid record home prices in announcing the federal budget for the year.The government announced a two-year ban on foreign home buying as well as higher taxes for people who sell their home within a year, though both measures include multiple exceptions including for permanent residents and foreign students.RELATED: California home prices have more than tripled in these citiesThe budget also includes billions for new housing and measures to help Canadians trying to get into the market, including a new savings account and changes to the first-time home buyers tax credit.The government is under pressure to cool an overheated market after prices climbed by more than 20% last year, while rental rates have also been rising.The federal Liberal government is also promising $500 million Canadian (US$397 million) in additional military aid to Ukraine as well as more humanitarian and financial support to Kyiv in response to Russia’s invasion.RELATED: First-time homebuyer? Real estate experts offer advice in crazy marketCanada responded to months of pressure from the NATO military alliance and others by promising more than $8 billion Canadian (US7.2 billion) in new military spending over the next five years.

Smoke bombs disperse protesters as police including the RCMP clear Wellington Street in front of Parliament. Protesters from the "Freedom Convoy" in Ottawa are moved from Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill by police officers after blockadi ((Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images))OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Hundreds of police in riot gear swept through the streets of Canada’s besieged capital Saturday, arresting or driving out protesters, towing away their trucks and finally retaking control of the streets in front of the country’s Parliament buildings.With protesters in clear retreat under the increasing pressure of one of the largest police operations in Canada’s history, authorities’ hopes were rising for an end to the three-week protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions and the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell said that while some smaller protests continued "this unlawful occupation is over.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided to invoke emergency powers across all of Canada to quell the protests by demonstrators who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country's COVID-19 restrictions, a senior government official said Monday.READ: Ambassador Bridge officially reopened after weekThe prime minister met virtually with the leaders of Canada's provinces and planned to address the nation late in the afternoon.In recent days, Trudeau rejected calls to use the military but otherwise said "all options are on the table" to end the protests, including invoking the Emergencies Act, which gives the government broad powers to restore order.The government official who confirmed Trudeau's plans gave no immediate details on precisely how Trudeau intends to use his emergency authority.

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Ontario on Thursday Keith Wilson, an attorney representing the trucker protesters in Ottawa, confirmed to the media that GoFundMe continues to hold the “bulk” of the money donated over recent days and weeks to the trucker protest movement as it conducts “heightened” diligence to determine where the money is going or what is is intended for.

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, receives a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot at a pharmacy in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022.

A driver had to be rescued by local residents after the car ended up in an icy river in Canada. (Credit: @MammaMitch/Twitter) ()OTTAWA, Ontario - It took a team of local residents and a kayak to rescue a driver after a car started to sink in a river of ice.Police in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, said the incident happened Sunday around 4:30 local time in the area of Old Milly Way. Authorities responded to a call about a vehicle that had been partially submerged through the ice along the Rideau River.

Omicron variant of COVID-19 first entered the country through the Montreal-Trudeau International Airport before continuing on to Ottawa, Ontario’s top doctor confirmed Monday.Dr. Kieran Moore first said Sunday that the province had detected its first two cases of the new variant of concern in two individuals in Ottawa who had recently travelled from Nigeria.Ontario’s chief medical officer of health added in an update with reporters Monday morning that those individuals first landed in Montreal and were tested there, with the positive results passed to the province from Quebec’s public health agency.They then travelled on to Ottawa, Moore said.

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Ontario in Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government is launching the long-promised buyback program for what he has described as “assault” or “assault-style” firearms.

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Ontario in Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed that new COVID-19 variants had now been reported and confirmed in all ten Canadian provinces.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau explained his government’s reasoning behind the newly-announced travel restrictions, including the requirement that travellers arriving in Canada will have to take a mandatory PCR coronavirus test.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that “nobody wants” a possible third wave of COVID-19 infections, especially considering the new dangers posed by COVID-19 variants.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada has received an updated delivery schedule from Pfizer that confirms the country will receive the four million COVID-19 vaccine doses promised by the end of March.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that “tens of thousands” of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses are arriving in Canada in the coming week.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said those who received emergency benefits and made up to $75,000 in taxable income won’t have to pay interest on 2020 tax debt until next year.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlined the methodology behind Canada’s mandatory three-day quarantine for returning travellers.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau specified that it is “not legal to refuse to any Canadian that wants to come home” but that even returning snowbirds need to be able to show a negative PCR test.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once again stressed the importance, in his view, of distributing rapid COVID-19 tests to those areas of Canada that need it most.

OTTAWA -- On a day Ontario set a record for the most infections in a single day, Ottawa Public Health reported 90 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa.

OTTAWA -- There has been exactly 7,000 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa since the pandemic began, according to Ottawa Public Health.

OTTAWA -- On the day Ontario set a new single-day record for COVID-19 cases, there are 80 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa.

coronavirus.A 28-day order was issued by the Ontario government in response to “higher than average rates of transmission.”“We need to stop this dangerous trend in its tracks,” Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott said during a news conference on Oct. 9.

OTTAWA -- For the third time this week, more than 60 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ottawa on a single day.

reopening Ontario schools in September garnerned criticism from some epidemiologists, while other experts say it offers a useful starting point in the conversation.Dr. Zoe Hyde of the University of Western Australia in Perth posted a thread on Twitter Thursday outlining “serious concerns” about the document that was released by SickKids a day earlier.Dr.

With all the talk of a vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, new parents are still thinking about how they can make sure their babies get a regular course of immunization shots.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appealed to Canadians’ sense of civic duty, saying the current federal government response to COVID-19 is the largest in Canadian history since the Second World War.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked if Canada is expecting a death figure comparable to the U.S., who on tuesday announced that a figure of 200,000 total COVID-19 deaths is now the best-case scenario.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked about recent media reports that the Government of Canada expects the social distancing and public shutdown guidelines to continue until July.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario on Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that unlike the United States, where President Trump is using the powers of the Defence Production Act (DPA) to compel manufacturers to produce emergency medical supplies, Trudeau says similar action is not needed in Canada because Canadians companies are “putting their hands up.”

OTTAWA -- The Ontario Ministry of Health says five more people in Ottawa have confirmed cases of COVID-19, making for a total of 32 laboratory-confirmed infections in the capital since March 11.

OTTAWA -- The Ontario Ministry of Health says five more people in Ottawa have confirmed cases of COVID-19, making for a total of 32 laboratory-confirmed infections in the capital since March 11.