Category: Police, Fire & Paramedics
CITIZEN: Family of Maddie Clement thanks community for support
From the Ottawa Citizen: Maddie Clement loved children and animals and would do anything to help a friend, says her uncle. The 17-year-old died Sunday night after a car carrying…
Two teens killed in vehicle rollover on Fernbank
(Update, Monday afternoon) The Ottawa Citizen and CBC are reporting the names of the two young women killed in the crash. Police believe the teens were heading to or from…
PHOTOS: Stittsville Co-operative Nursery School visits the firehall
The three-year-old class at Stittsville Co-operative Nursery School enjoyed their visit to the Fire Station 81 on Stittsville Main Street last week. Firefighters Liz and Josh gave the kids a…
One person injured in BBQ fire on Talltree Crescent
(PHOTO: Emergency vehicles respond to a fire on Talltree Crescent on Sunday evening. Photo by Jeffrey Elliott.) (Part of Abbott Street between Granite Ridge and Iber was closed earlier this…
Fernbank farm owner asks for public’s help to find possible arsonists
Joni Sabourin and her family own 200 acres farmland on Fernbank Road, immediately west of Deer Run and West Ridge. On Sunday, firefighters responded to a brush fire on her…
Grass fire behind Birchland Crescent
(via Ottawa Fire Service) Ottawa Fire Services received a 911 call from a resident reporting smoke showing in a farm field behind his home on Birchland Crescent on May 28…
Sad ending to search for missing Jackson Trails senior
(PHOTO: Police search for missing person Nelliya Karbisheva in the Jackson Trails area on Tuesday. Photo by Connor Boudreau.) UPDATE, May 27: Karbisheva’s family have thanked the community for their…
LOCAL HEROES: Father and son honoured for lifesaving rescue
(PHOTO: Terrance Davidson, and his son Geoffrey received a Certificate of Valour for their actions to save a man’s life in January 2016. Photo via Ottawa Police Service – Imaging.)…
HIGHWAY ROBBERY: Wheels stolen from car at Carp Road Park and Ride
(PHOTO: When Jeff Levere arrived back at his car after work, he discovered that all four wheels were stolen.) Imagine getting dropped off at the Park and Ride following a…
LINKED: How a would-be Ottawa pot ’empire’ failed to launch
The Ottawa Citizen has a report about Franco Vigile and his plans for a chain of Magna Terra marijuana dispensaries, including one on Iber Road in Stittsville. Franco Vigile wanted…
Police issue warning about break-ins into sheds and garages
(via Ottawa Police) The Ottawa Police Break & Enter Unit has started to see an increase in reports of break & enters into insecure sheds & garages. With the arrival…
Portable fire at Montessori School in Kanata
(Ottawa Fire Services reported a fire early Monday morning at the Kanata Montessori School in Kanata South. It’s on Michael Cowpland Drive near the Trans Canada Trail, just east of…
City-wide open air fire ban in effect
(via Ottawa Fire Services) Ottawa Fire Services is placing a city-wide fire ban into effect immediately to prevent the rapid spread of fire due to grass and brush fires. This…
Fire on Fowler Street in Richmond displaces family of five
UPDATE: Neighbours have set up a fundraising page to help the family displaced by the fire: “The Purdy family from Richmond ON suffered a devastating loss yesterday when a fire…
Police operation at Sacred Heart on Friday evening
Police vehicles including vans and a trailer, along with an ambulance, were on the scene at Sacred Heart High School from late Friday afternoon into the evening. The photo above was…