_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – On Sunday, September 4, new fall schedules go into effect on most routes; LeBreton Station will be shifting eastward, and some routing improvements will be implemented, including new service to Carling Campus on Moodie Drive and a new route serving Stittsville. ...

Ottawa Police have confirmed a seemingly distracted driver who went viral in a video last week has been charged. The video was posted to Facebook by motorcyclist Erik Hanna last week and shows a woman who appears to be distracted by her phone. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – At today’s fall mobility and construction briefing, the public was advised that heightened construction will continue until the end of the year. As regular traffic returns to the roadways this fall, residents are reminded that they should anticipate delays. ...

[caption id=“attachment_49913” align=“aligncenter” width=“496”] Traffic cam[/caption] A woman is dead and the community outraged after a crash in downtown Ottawa Thursday. It happened just before 8:00 a.m. at the corner of Laurier Avenue and Lyon Street, when the cyclist became pinned under the truck. ...

_ (press release) _ OTTAWA – Mayor Jim Watson will read a proclamation on Sept. 1 to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Day in the nation’s capital and the beginning of a month-long awareness campaign. The event at City Hall, hosted by Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Support Programs , launches Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Ottawa. ...

It’s the last day of the month, time to buy another pass and load up your Presto card. D’OH [caption id=“attachment_49827” align=“aligncenter” width=“481”] NOOOOO![/caption] Unhappy riders took to Twitter… https://twitter.com/amandaemdin/status/770998086663405568 https://twitter.com/watersoilair/status/770795431727030272 https://twitter.com/TiffanyAGlover/status/771144557102759936 https://twitter.com/NuZZy_PauL/status/771145433133486080 Metro Ottawa reported the site had crashed late Tuesday into Wednesday. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa – ** Today, Ottawa City Council voted to approve the enactment of regulations to expand existing smoke-free regulations. The by-laws, once enacted, will come into effect on December 1, 2016 and the City is working to ensure residents, businesses and other affected groups are aware of the changes. ...

Students at some public schools may have to go elsewhere, if the board accepts a staff recommendation to close eight schools. Two reports released Wednesday recommended the closure of: * **  D. Aubrey Moodie Intermediate School. ** * ** Greenbank Middle School. ...

_ (Press release) _ Paramedics responded to a call for single vehicle collision that occurred on Jinkinson Rd near Hazeldean. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the call at 13:50 hrs today (Wednesday August 31, 2016). https://twitter.com/CFRA_Alison/status/771062057903022080 https://twitter.com/CFRA_Alison/status/771057049425866752 Paramedics treated a male driver of the motorcycle, believed to be in his 40s for traumatic injuries after his motorcycle left the road, ending up in a field. ...

_ (Via Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri) _ City Council approved today the naming of the Goulbourn Recreation Complex Gym to be the Erica Wiebe Gym. It comes within two weeks of Erica’s astounding accomplishment in the Women’s Freestyle 75-kilogram wrestling category, earning Canada’s fourth, and final gold medal in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. ...