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Over the weekend, there were issues with the City of Ottawa’s website, ottawa.ca . The website is currently online. There were no security breaches or loss of resident or City data. City services have not been affected and are operating normally. ...

The Ottawa Police Service is investigating after a small, sharp needle resembling a sewing needle was discovered inside a potato by an Ottawa resident peeling potatoes. The potatoes were purchased in Ottawa at a local grocery store. The Ottawa Police Service is coordinating with outside agencies such as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the R. ...

As part of Crime Prevention Week 2014, the Ottawa Police Service will be participating in a fundraiser in partnership with Datashred Security on Saturday, November 8, 2014 from 10: 00 am to 1:00pm at 2385 City Park Drive (near the Silver City theatre). ...

On Saturday, January 18, Cst. Pete McKenna and Sgt. Iain Pidcock of the OtOn Saturday, January 18, Cst. Pete McKenna and Sgt. Iain Pidcock of the Ottawa police live-tweeted a night-shift. It was a busy night with wide variety of different calls and issues that they dealt with. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs almost daily over at Rose’s Cantina . _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rose-garage.jpg) This garage on Othello St. was firebombed last month, causing $25,000 in damage and severely damaging a 1977 Triumph inside. ...

Update (October 9): The elk ended up being donated to the Odawa Native Friendship Centre, who issued this press release earlier today titled " The Friendship Centre Wapiti “. The centre included this statement: “We are hopeful that in future events, a more structured process will be in place to set any wildlife animals into their natural habitats. ...

_ OttawaStart is on summer haitus this week so we’re posting some “best-of” posts from the past year. Here’s one from last August : _ _ _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/douchebag01.jpg) Greenboro resident and Ottawa blogger [ Dan Awesome ](http://twitter. ...

Saw this notice in this week’s EMC newspaper: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG-20110506-00123.jpg) Somebody managed to “start, disconnect all safety features of an 80' Manlift to drive itself off the quarry edge falling 60 feet”. The construction equipment belonged to R.W. Tomlinson Ltd and they’re offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. ...

Great photo posted today on the ELgiN StreEt iRReguLars blog: “DRIVE HANDSFREE ITS THE LAW” ** ** ** Related: ** Ottawa Driving Guide

Greenboro resident and Ottawa blogger Dan Awesome was relaxing at home on Saturday afternoon, when he heard a suspicious noise on his back deck. He investigated and foiled what he belives was an attempted break-and-enter. He chased the suspect, snapped some photographs, and then blogged about the experience : ** ...