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Larry Murray, Grand President of The Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command, presents a cheque to Caroline Dromaguet, Acting Director General of the Canadian War Museum. Copyright Canadian War Museum 2020-0028-001-Dm. (Via Canadian War Museum) During the Remembrance period, the Canadian War Museum is an important place to learn more about Canada’s military history and to remember Canadians’ service, sacrifice and loss. ...

Face masks will remain mandatory on transit and enclosed public spaces until at least early next year. Masks will remain mandatory throughout the rest of 2020 and into early 2021. City Council today approved extending the Temporary Mandatory Mask By-law. The by-law requires masks be worn on transit and in enclosed public spaces to help limit the spread of COVID-19. ...

“Snow Mist” At Portage Bridge Park, Ottawa. Photo by @DMacOttawa via Twitter. Ottawans woke up on Monday not only to a chilly temperature, but some snow as well. Not unusually, as Rolf Campbell at Ottawa Weather Records notes. Late October is a normal time for first snowfall in Ottawa — although it always catches us offguard nonetheless. ...

Three local writers were honoured with the prestigious Ottawa Book Awards at a recent virtual ceremony, hosted by Mayor Jim Watson. Each were awarded a prize of $7,500. Henry Beissel received the Ottawa Book Award in the English fiction category for his collection of poems Footprints of Dark Energy (Guernica Editions Inc. ...

(Via the Centretown BUZZ) Ottawa’s most central community paper, The Centretown BUZZ, celebrates its 25th anniversary this month. In its honour, the City of Ottawa has proclaimed October 19 “Centretown BUZZ Day”. The BUZZ published its first issue in October 1995 and has continued to cover the Centretown neighbourhood (downtown, Ottawa River to the Queensway, Rideau Canal to LRT line 2) ever since. ...

(Via the Province of Ontario) In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Public Health Measures Table, and local medical officers of health and other health experts, the Ontario government is introducing additional targeted public health measures in the Ottawa, Peel, and Toronto public health unit regions. ...

“New Flyer” Photo by Justin S. Campbell, via Flickr. (Used under a Creative Commons License.) OC Transpo will carry out “Operation Mask Up” from October 9 to 23 to help change the behavior of the small number of customers failing to comply with OC Transpo’s mandatory mask policy. ...

(Via Ottawa Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Vera Etches on October 2, 2020) I have something really important I need you to hear. Our health system is in crisis because of the COVID-19 pandemic. I am thankful for all you are doing to prevent COVID from spreading in our city. ...

Photo: A look at how the second stage of LRT will traverse the west end. Politicians held a socially-distanced groundbreaking late last week on the cut-and-cover LRT tunnel for the Line 1 expansion west. Here’s some more info via the city: ...

(Via Province of Ontario) As part of its fall preparedness plan, Keeping Ontarians Safe: Preparing for Future Waves of COVID-19, the Ontario government is partnering with pharmacies to expand access to COVID-19 testing to track, trace and isolate cases. Starting Friday, September 25, 2020, the pharmacy locations below will be offering free testing by appointment only to individuals with no symptoms of COVID-19. ...