_ (press release) _ It’s a girl! While transporting a female patient at 31 weeks gestation, Ottawa Paramedics pulled over on the Blackburn Bypass when mom started going into imminent labour. Paramedics delivered a healthy baby girl, weighing 1440g, in the back of their unit at 1624hrs today, Thursday July 28 ...

_ (memo) _ Mayor and Members of Council, This memo is to provide an update on Confederation Line light rail transit (LRT) construction activities in the Rideau Street area. Construction underway As you are already aware, a majority of construction activities have resumed around Rideau Street, following the June 8, 2016 infrastructure failure. ...

_ (press release) _ Paramedics responded to a call for an industrial accident that occurred on Sharkey Crescent in Cumberland. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the call at 10:31 hrs today (Thursday July 28, 2016). Paramedics treated a 26 year-old male, working for a tree service, for a life-threatening laceration to one arm after the chainsaw he was using kicked backed. ...

_ (press release) _ OTTAWA—His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, along with Dr. Mark Kristmanson, Chief Executive Officer of the National Capital Commission (NCC), will officially mark the beginning of the rehabilitation work that will be undertaken in front of Rideau Hall, on ** Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at 1:30 p. ...

_ (press release) _ Ottawa, ON–Drinking and boating accounts for approximately 40% of boating-related fatalities on Canadian waterways. To raise awareness and reduce alcohol related deaths, the Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) – working with the Ottawa Police Service, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG) and the Sûreté du Québec– are launching year 4 of an initiative called “Operation Dry Water” in the Ottawa-Gatineau area to discourage this dangerous practice. ...

_ ** Update: Thursday’s court proceedings were adjourned until August 8. ** _ _ (post from OHS Facebook page, followed by press release from OSPCA) _ We have some important and upsetting information to share with you: On Monday, the OSPCA suspended the OHS’s affiliate status, effectively stripping our Rescue and Investigation Services officers of their ability to investigate animal cruelty cases. ...

_ (press release) _ Paramedics responded to a call for single vehicle collision that occurred on the 417 west near Eagleson Rd. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the call at approximately 17:23 hrs today July 27th, 2016. There were 7 occupants in the vehicle of which paramedics treated 5 patients for various minor injuries as a result of the collision: ...

Every time there is a serious injury, death or allegation of sexual assault in an incident involving police, the Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is called in. That is exactly what happened Sunday, when a man was seriously injured while being arrested by Ottawa Police outside a Hintonburg apartment complex. ...

_ (press release) _ ** OTTAWA – ** Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion announced today the club has agreed to terms with forward Mike Hoffman on a four-year contract which will run through the end of the 2019-20 National Hockey League season. ...

_ (press release) _ _ (Ottawa) – Note: This statement was made prior to Abdirahman Abdi’s passing yesterday afternoon. Chief Bordeleau has expressed his condolences for the family. _ We are all aware of the incident in Hintonburg on Sunday that resulted in one man in hospital. ...