OTTAWA -- Hundreds of people lined up in sweltering heat Wednesday morning for the chance to visit Service Ontario on Bank Street on one of the two days this week the office is open.
The Service Ontario office on Bank Street is operating with reduced hours during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the office only open on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. On Wednesday morning, more than 100 people were lined up outside the Service Ontario office by 11 a.m., as the temperature hit 30C.
Several people told CTV News Ottawa they had arrived before 7 a.m. to make sure they could speak with staff at Service Ontario on Wednesday.