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When organizers went looking for a city to launch the annual event in 2016, the support from Ottawa’s tourism and tech communities quickly tipped the scales in favour of Canada’s capital.
'Businesses have played a key role in our fight against COVID-19. And once again, they are being treated like they are a leading source of transmission, which they are not,' mayor says.
The measures, which are to take effect first thing Wednesday morning, were announced before reports emerged that the provincial government was poised to announce sweeping shutdown measures on non-essential businesses across Ontario.