_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – The Canada Games Council announced today that Ottawa is among the cities advancing to the second phase of the bid process to host the 2021 Canada Summer Games. The Games are Canada’s largest multi-sport event for the next generation of national team athletes and represent the pinnacle of interprovincial/territorial sport competition. ...

_ (press release) _ (Ottawa)- The Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit is investigating a downtown swarming that resulted in one suspect being stabbed. On September 8, 2016, at approximately 10:40pm, plainclothes officers were involved in an unrelated investigation in the area of the 300 block of Murray Street, when they were approached by a person who indicated that he had been stabbed. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – Ottawa residents will have several opportunities in the coming weeks to take part in pre-budget consultations, as part of the City of Ottawa’s 2017 budget development process. Starting with a session on Thursday, September 15, City Councillors will work together in groups, inviting residents from their wards to share their comments on the 2017 budget, including suggested priorities and potential areas for savings. ...

_ (press release) _ (Ottawa) - The Ottawa Police Service Guns & Gangs Unit is investigating a shooting that occurred on Rideau Street. On the 11th of September, 2016, at approximately 3:00 am, Central patrol officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 400 block of Rideau Street. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – National Day of Mourning for Fallen Firefighters is Sunday, September 11, and it honours all Fire Fighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The flags at all City of Ottawa sites will be flown at half-mast on Sunday, September 11 from sunrise until sunset to commemorate these courageous and committed men and women. ...

_ (press release) _ (Ottawa, O N) ** – ** The Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police along with the Ministry of Transportation are launching a pilot project to reduce pedestrians soliciting along Highway 417. The Ottawa OPP, in collaboration with the MTO, have created a new sign that will be placed on designated off ramps of Highway 417. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa - ** Ottawa Public Health (OPH) in collaboration with Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Health Unit and Public Health Ontario have determined through further laboratory analysis that one of the three previously-identified cases is negative for measles. ...

_ (Photo via Ottawa Public Health on Twitter) _ _ (press release) _ ** Ottawa – ** The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) has advised Ottawa Public Health (OPH) that water samples taken from the Rideau Canal were positive for blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). ...

_ (press release) _ ** Related: Field day for police pulling over dangerous drivers in school zones ** . (Ottawa)— With students returning from summer holidays, the Ottawa Police Traffic sections conducted city-wide proactive traffic enforcement blitzes in school zones. ...

_ (press release) _ (Ottawa)-Ottawa Police Collision Investigators have charged the driver of the September 1st collision at the intersection of Laurier Avenue West and Lyon Street North involving a large truck and a cyclist. The cyclist, a 23 year old female, succumbed to her injuries at the scene. ...