Category: Police, Fire & Paramedics
Charges laid in Iber Road marijuana dispensary robbery
(via Ottawa Police) The Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit is investigating the robberies of several marijuana dispensaries and charges have been laid in connection to three incidents. Year to date…
Stittsville marijuana dispensary temporarily closed after armed robbery
The Magna Terra marijuana dispensary on Iber Road is temporarily closed after an armed robbery on Saturday. Owner Franco Vigile confirmed to StittsvilleCentral.ca that four armed men broke into the shop, carrying…
17-year-old stabbed in Glen Cairn
UPDATE: Police are investigating a stabbing in Glen Cairn on Sunday night. One media report says it took place near John Young Elementary School / Rickey Place Park, while the initial report from…
Police seek witnesses to fatal crash at Fernbank-Eagleson Sunday
UPDATE, Oct 31: (via Ottawa Police) The Ottawa Police Collision Investigation Unit is investigating a fatal collision which occurred at 5:35 pm on October 30, at the intersection of Eagleson…
Police seek suspect in residential theft on Smoketree Crescent
(via Ottawa Police) The Ottawa Police Service Break & Enter Unit is investigating a break & enter to a residential property and is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a…
9RUNRUN: Photos and tweets from today’s races
https://twitter.com/Kendra_OttFire/status/787275876652183552 On a beautiful fall morning, #9RunRun was great! But my knee is killing me. pic.twitter.com/LspwIG9CBg — Ben Wood (@bnjmnwood) October 15, 2016 Super race today @9RunRun 10K in the…
Stittsville man charged with child porn offenses
(via Ottawa Police) In late May of 2016 and early June of 2016, the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre (NCECC) forwarded the Ottawa Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE)…
List of road closures for 9RUNRUN on Saturday, October 15
(Photo: Runners at the 2013 9 Run Run event.) With less than two weeks until race day, spots are nearly sold out for 9RUNRUN. Now entering its seventh year, 9RUNRUN has raised…
Police offer Kijiji tips after two thefts on Monday night
(via Ottawa Police) The Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit has laid charges in two overnight robberies that both started with the sale of cell phones using a popular social media…
LINKED: Family of double murder-suicide continues to seek answers
Judy Trinh writes in Ottawa Magazine: In our initial conversations in 2016, Jon Corchis was unable, emotionally, to go into depth about the events of January 13, 2013. Instead, he directed…
Police seek “persons of interest” in robbery of Uber driver
(via Ottawa Police) Update, Sept 9: Persons of interest and suspect identified Following the media release yesterday, two of the three persons depicted in the attached image, as well as…
Ottawa Fire responds to possible bus fire on West Ridge
Ottawa Fire responded this afternoon to a report of a possible bus fire at Westridge Drive and Barracks Way, south of Fernbank. Traffic is being affected. More to come… https://twitter.com/OttawaFirePIO/status/773961884110319616
ALE restaurant evacuated after gas line hit
ALE Restaurant in Amberwood, along with the golf course and pool, were evacuated today after construction crews working nearby hit a gas line. The restaurant remains closed. UPDATE: The restaurant will…
Man in critical condition after motorcycle crash on Jinkinson
(via Ottawa Paramedics) UPDATE (Sept 1): The Ottawa Citizen reports that Aaron Orlik, the driver of the motorcycle, has died. Paramedics responded to a call for single vehicle collision that occurred…
Police search for senior citizen with Alzheimers, last seen in Stittsville
(via Ottawa Police) Update, August 6: “The Ottawa Police Service wishes to thank the public for the assistance. Mr. Gregoire has been located and returned home safe and sound.” The…