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It was a year of change in Ottawa in 2024, with federal public servants required to spend more time in the office, alcohol now available in grocery stores and gas stations, and the Ottawa Senators taking the next step towards moving downtown.
2024 was also a year of tragedy in the city, including six people killed inside a Barrhaven home and the Ottawa Police Service labelling a killing as a femicide for the first time.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the top stories in Ottawa in 2024.
6 people killed, including mother and 4 children, in Barrhaven home
A mother, her four children and a family acquaintance were killed in a “mass killing” at a Barrhaven home on March 6.
The Ottawa Police Service says officers responded to two 9-1-1 calls from the Berrigan Drive area “reporting a suspicious incident where a male was yelling and asking people to call 9-1-1,” Ottawa …
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