Valley News

Many Ottawa residents have been spending the pandemic visiting nearby towns to escape the city, and now at least one of those towns is racing to boost tourism initiatives in order to convince visitors to make permanent moves.

The women who make up WOWman all come with their own distinctive style.

After two lockdowns and numerous unfortunate events, its owners say the decision had to be made.

Temperatures are expected to reach almost 40 C with the humidex, Environment Canada says.

Ottawa is also on its second day of reporting new case numbers in the single digits.

Ottawa Public Health reports six new cases of the virus in the city on Saturday, unchanged from Friday's report.

Youth ages 12 to 17 who live in Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Prescott-Russell, Cornwall are eligible.

"What makes this worse is that we're now seeing that [millennials are] the majority of our cases. They have been since the start of the year," says Dr. Robert Cushman, RCDHU medical officer of health.

Andison was added to the Town of Smiths Falls' Wall of Fame last summer.

A Pembroke restaurant owner reported a fake $100 bill to provincial police and it was seized.