Almost every respiratory illness trend in Ottawa is dropping | Woman charged in cemetery vandalism in Belleville, Ont. | Ontario's integrity commissioner, auditor general launching Greenbelt investigations
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, January 18, 2023.
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Almost every respiratory illness trend in Ottawa is dropping; Two people at a lookout beside the Château Laurier in downtown Ottawa Jan\. 3, 2023\.

Almost every respiratory illness trend in Ottawa is dropping

January 18 , 2023 • 01:35 PM EST

Ottawa Public Health said the city's level of respiratory viruses remains high overall and it's still worthwhile to reduce risks.

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Woman charged in cemetery vandalism in Belleville, Ont.; Gravestones vandalized with black spray paint\.

Woman charged in cemetery vandalism in Belleville, Ont.

January 18 , 2023 • 04:47 PM EST

Police have arrested and charged a woman after hundreds of headstones were vandalized at two Belleville, Ont., cemeteries in November 2021.

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Ontario's integrity commissioner, auditor general launching Greenbelt investigations; An aerial view of protected farmland that the Ontario government is proposing to remove from the Greenbelt\.

Ontario's integrity commissioner, auditor general launching Greenbelt investigations

January 18 , 2023 • 01:11 PM EST

Ontario's integrity commissioner and auditor general both announced Wednesday that they would conduct separate investigations into the government's decision to open protected Greenbelt lands up to housing development.

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How much will rent in Quebec go up in 2023?; A new website was founded by a non-profit group so that rent prices are made public\.

How much will rent in Quebec go up in 2023?

January 18 , 2023 • 12:43 PM EST

Although it's still too early to determine the average increase rate for the year, tenants in Quebec can expect their rents to go up. In 2022, the Administrative Housing Tribunal granted an average rent adjustment of four per cent.

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School board votes to counter antisemitism with new equity coach; David Baker addressed trustees at the OCDSB meeting on Tuesday night, telling them of the antisemitism faced by his son at Sir Robert Borden High School\.

School board votes to counter antisemitism with new equity coach

January 18 , 2023 • 08:12 AM EST

Trustees with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) unanimously voted on Tuesday to hire a Jewish equity coach to address antisemitism at schools.

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He fled Ukraine and just got to skate with this junior hockey club. Oh, he's 44; A hockey player smiles for the camera\.  

January 18 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EST

He fled Ukraine and just got to skate with this junior hockey club. Oh, he's 44

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Medical clinic shutting down after province cuts payments for virtual care; Jennifer Peirson said the Good Doctors clinic in Mallorytown is "essential" for her and others without a family doctor\. The site is set to close on Jan\. 20, following changes in the amount doctors can bill for virtual visits\.  

January 18 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EST

Medical clinic shutting down after province cuts payments for virtual care

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RCMP not banning controversial neck hold despite instructions from minister; RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki arrives at the Public Order Emergency Commission, Tuesday, Nov\. 15, 2022 in Ottawa\.  

January 18 , 2023 • 10:35 AM EST

RCMP not banning controversial neck hold despite instructions from minister

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Zellers stores set to open inside 25 The Bay locations across Canada; A Zellers-branded section inside a Bay store in Burlington, Ont\. is shown\. The retail chain is relaunching its defunct discount brand in 25 stores across the country\.  

January 18 , 2023 • 09:18 AM EST

Zellers stores set to open inside 25 The Bay locations across Canada

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For every dollar donated to CNIB's 'urgent' guide dog campaign, it spends 52 cents on fundraising; Guide Dog Puppies 2  

January 18 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EST

For every dollar donated to CNIB's 'urgent' guide dog campaign, it spends 52 cents on fundraising

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