_ (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. ...

_ (press release) _ (Ottawa) - The Ottawa Police Organized Fraud Unit is warning the public about a frequently occurring scam that has once again emerged in Ottawa. Over the last week, Ottawa Police has received over 14 complaints from people who have received e-mails they believed were sent by the Canada Revenue Agency. ...

_ (Press release) _ Ottawa – Mayor Jim Watson and Innes Ward Councillor Jody Mitic presented 13-year-old Annaka Boucher with a Commendation for Bravery today in recognition of her actions to protect her younger brother and sister during a July 5 kitchen fire. ...

_ (press release) _ The 10th annual free Ottawa Peace Festival 2016 aims to educate the public with daily events held across the Ottawa metropolitan area. Some events are planned for children, youth, and women. Panel discussions, displays, speeches, films, art, dance, marches and other methods will be used to bring people of all kinds and ages together for “Peace and Emerging Consciousness”, this year’s theme. ...

_ (Press release) _ Paramedics responded to a call for a collision between an SUV and a cyclist that occurred near the intersection of Ogilvie and Cyrville roads. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the call at 09:54 hrs today (Tuesday August 30, 2016). ...

_ (Press release) _ (August 30 th , 2016) Ottawa – The Canada Games Council’s (CGC) 2021 Technical Review Committee (TRC) has completed site visits of the four potential Ontario communities bidding to host the 2021 Canada Summer Games. As part of Phase I for the Technical Review Phase of the 2021 bid evaluation process, the TRC visited: ...

_ ** UPDATE: Police say Madeline Atagootak and her baby have been found safe. ** _ _ (Press release) _ (Ottawa) - The Ottawa Police Service is asking for public assistance to locate missing Madeline Atagootak, 20 years old, of Ottawa. ...

_ (Press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – Ottawa residents are invited to sample a variety of fitness opportunities at City recreation facilities during the fall edition of Try it! You have the entire month of September to try three free fitness sessions at City facilities. ...

_ (Via City of Ottawa) _ ** Ottawa ** – Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Diane Deans, Chair of the Community and Protective Services Committee, held a community celebration at City Hall today marking the first 250 participants to secure permanent housing as part of the Housing First initiative, a priority of the City’s Ten-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan. ...

_ (Press release) _ ** (ORILLIA, ON ** ) – For the first time since Ontario distracted driving laws were introduced in 2009, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reporting that driver inattention-related road deaths are poised to double the number of impaired-related deaths this year. ...