Category: Police, Fire & Paramedics
Stittsville Public School on alert after nearby police incident
(Above: Police vehicles parked at Fringewood Park. Reader photo.) Stittsville Public School was on a precautionary alert for about four hours on Monday as police responded to an incident nearby on…
PHOTOS: Saturday’s 9 Run Run Emergency Services run
Thousands of Emergency Service personnel – police, paramedic and fire – and friends, family and supporters have assembled in Stittsville this morning for 9 Run Run, Ottawa’s Emergency Services’ Run.…
Road closures this Saturday for 9 Run Run
This year’s annual 9 Run Run, Ottawa’s Emergency Services Run, takes place on Saturday, October 17. Here’s a list of planned road closures. These times are approximate and the may…
Single-car rollover on Upper Dwyer Hill road
(press release from the Ottawa Paramedic Service) Paramedics responded to a call single car rollover that occurred at the intersection of Upper Dwyer Hill and McArton roads (just north of…
6th annual 9 RUN RUN happens October 17
(via 9 RUN RUN organizers) 9 RUN RUN, Ottawa’s Emergency Services’ Run, is now in its 6th year. On October 17, we welcome participants and spectators from far and wide…
Barn fire on Beavertail Road
Ottawa Fire responded to a barn fire on Sunday afternoon at 434 Beavertail Road, just northwest of the Highway 7/417 split. There were no reports of animals in the barn, and…
RESPONSE: Accusations of vandalism unfair to teens
EDITOR’S NOTE: This column comes from Connor Boudreau, a Grade 12 student at Sacred Heart High School. We invited him to submit it in response to an article published last week, ‘Bored teenagers’…
Ottawa Police are enforcing youth curfew
UPDATE (Sept 21): Thanks to several of our readers for the heads up about the applicable age. Sgt. Maria Keen of the Ottawa Police Youth Services Section clarifies: “The Child…
TWEETED: Speeding on West Ridge
Here’s a tweet shared on Tuesday morning by the Ottawa Police: https://twitter.com/OPSWestTraffic/status/643772896561770496 Police had the radar gun out at a few locations around Stittsville and Kanata over the past week.…
COMMENT: ‘Bored teenagers’ excuse is getting tired
EDITOR’S NOTE: Vulgar language spraypainted on a church, car break-ins, damage to a heritage home, overturned mailboxes, destruction of a trail cam, benches knocked over along Stittsville Main Street, stolen…
Vandalism at Community Bible Church on Stittsville Main
The Community Bible Church on Stittsville Main Street next to the post office was vandalized sometime overnight on Tuesday. It’s the latest in a string of property damage incidents this summer…
Ottawa police issue back-to-school safety reminder, step up enforcement
(Photo: Speed sign on Hobin Street, near A. Lorne Cassidy school. Photo by Barry Gray.) (via Ottawa Police) Over the next few days children will be returning to school and…
Crimestoppers asks for tips in building material theft
(via CrimeStoppers) Sometime after Friday July 17th 2015 a male was observed committing a theft of building material from a commercial lot situated in the 1400 block of Stittsville Main Street.
Three-vehicle collision at Fallowfield and Eagleson
(Above: Photo via Ottawa Paramedic Services.) Ottawa fire extricated two people from a three-vehicle collision at Fallowfield and Eagleson on Thursday afternoon. They were treated by Ottawa Paramedics, who said they…
Police issue arrest warrant in Hazeldean Mall jewellery heist
UPDATE (August 17): Second suspect arrested in Montreal The Ottawa Police Service has returned the second suspect wanted in this matter, Robert Webb, to Ottawa following his arrest by Montreal…