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Straight up, whoever runs Ottawa Public Health's Twitter deserves a raise.

The department commemorated Valentine's Day this year by tweeting out a safe sex advisory, which read more like a roast than advice from a health official.

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No cap. Copy editors save countless writers from making awkward mistakes every year. However, something always slips through the cracks, and that's when you're glad the internet exists.

The City of Toronto got roasted on Twitter this week after a flyer for its Vision Zero initiative caught a user's eye. And, well, safe to say that cuffing season has officially begun.

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With kids going back to school for in-person learning next week, some of Ontario's public health units have given the green light for 5- to 11-year-olds to get booked for their second doses sooner.

Ottawa Public Health and Hamilton Public Health Services are now allowing second dose appointments to be booked 21 days following their first-dose appointments.

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With the holidays in full swing this weekend, Ontarians might be looking to throw on their ice skates or ride down snowy hills in their sleds. But those living in Ottawa will have to adjust their expectations as new public health measures will kick in starting this Sunday.

On December 23, Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches wrote a letter of instruction addressed to operators and owners of outdoor recreation sites — like skating rinks, sledding hills, cross country ski and snowshoe trails, and other similar winter activities — detailing the extra health measures that are set to take place on Boxing Day.

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Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is poppin' on social media off about a pooping problem, and apparently, it's not the first time it has had to do it.

The notoriously hilarious Twitter account went off on another rant on Friday, July 23, about a pressing bird poop problem on Ottawa's beaches.

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