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CTV News
17 hours ago
- Climate
- CTV News
Relief on the way from the hot and humid weather in Ottawa
The Rideau River at Mooney's Bay in Ottawa. (Brad Quinn/CTV News Ottawa) Ottawa residents will have to sweat through one more day before relief arrives from the hot and humid weather conditions. A heat warning remains in effect for a fourth day, with the humidex expected to make it feel like 35 today. 'A multi-day period of heat and humidity conditions,' Environment Canada said in a statement on its website. 'Daytime high temperatures are expected to lower on Wednesday, bringing an end to the heat event.' The temperature warmed up to 33.9 C Monday afternoon, the warmest temperature of the past six days of above-seasonal temperatures. It will be mainly sunny to start today, then a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. High 30 C. Partly cloudy tonight. Low 18 C. Wednesday will see a mix of sun and cloud a 40 per cent chance of showers. High 28 C. Thursday will be sunny. High 25 C. The outlook for Friday calls for sunshine and a high of 25 C. Saturday will see a mix of sun and cloud. High 27 C. The normal temperatures for this time of year are a high of 26 C and a low of 16 C.
CBC
27-06-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Legal drinking coming to 7 Ottawa parks starting July 1
The City of Ottawa has put out its list of seven parks that are part of its legal drinking pilot project. People will generally be able to drink in designated areas of these parks from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., July 1 to Oct. 31: Brewer Park across Bronson Avenue from Carleton University. Lansdowne Park's Great Lawn east of the TD Place stadium. Minto Park off Elgin Street. McNabb Park at Gladstone and Bronson avenues. Queenswood Ridge Park near Tenth Line Road and St, Joseph Boulevard in Orléans. Riverain and Strathcona parks along the Rideau River near the Adàwe Crossing. The parks will have signs indicating that public drinking is permitted. Up to now, alcohol consumption has been banned in all city parks without a permit. But the provincial government changed regulations in 2019 to allow municipalities to designate public places where drinking is allowed. Capital ward Coun. Shawn Menard asked city staff to consider implementing a pilot program in Ottawa, and earlier this year they came back with a report laying out the options. After a few tweaks at committee, the idea got unanimous support at council earlier this month.
CBC
17-06-2025
- CBC
Teen drowns in Rideau River near Manotick park
A male teenager drowned after being reported missing in the Rideau River in south Ottawa Monday night. Ottawa firefighters were called to the area of Walton Upton-Collins Park in Manotick around 9:20 p.m. It was reported that three people went swimming and only two emerged from the water, Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) said in a post on X Tuesday morning. A search and rescue boat was launched around 9:45 p.m, OFS said. "Water Rescue Technicians located the resident under the water and lifted them on board and immediately initiated CPR," OFS said. OFS said the person was taken to shore and transferred into the care of Ottawa paramedics. Ottawa paramedics said the teenage male was in cardiac arrest when he was brought to the surface and was taken to hospital.
CTV News
17-06-2025
- CTV News
Teen drowns while swimming in Rideau River in Ottawa's south end
An Ottawa Fire Services water rescue boat is seen in this undated image. (Dave Charbonneau/CTV News Ottawa) A teenager drowned while swimming in the Rideau River in Ottawa's south end Monday night. Three people were swimming in the Rideau River near Walton Upton-Collins Park on River Road at around 9:20 p.m., on a warm, humid evening in Ottawa. The Ottawa Fire Services communications division received a 9-1-1 call reporting only two people had come out of the water. 'Initial reports were that the third resident had been under the water for five minutes and not resurfaced,' Ottawa Fire Services spokesperson Nick DeFazio said. The Ottawa Fire Services Water Rescue Team launched a rescue boat into the water and conducted a grid search. DeFazio said water rescue technicians located the man under the water and lifted them onboard. Firefighters began CPR while returning to shore, transferring care to paramedics at the scene. The Ottawa Paramedic Service says a man in his late teens was transported to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition. An Ottawa Police Service spokesperson confirmed the teen was pronounced dead at the hospital.
CBC
10-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
South Ottawa police station forging ahead despite soil problems
Social Sharing Construction on the Ottawa Police Service's (OPS) new south district station faced delays due to "unfavourable soil conditions" at the site next to the Rideau River, but the city's police chief says the project is forging ahead. The new police station at 3505 Prince of Wales Dr. will host 500 sworn officers and civilian employees in a "state-of-the-art" facility that will also house a 911 communications centre plus marine, dive and tactical units. It will also include community policing and collision reporting centres. The major infrastructure project has been in the works for more than a decade, with initial design work beginning in 2018. After a temporary pause in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a groundbreaking ceremony finally took place in 2023. At that time, the project was estimated to cost $115 million and be completed in 2026. Now, the budget has increased to about $187 million and the facility is not expected to open before the spring of 2027. According to OPS, the delay is being blamed on soft soil at the construction site. Geotechnical testing was conducted ahead of the groundbreaking, but the full extent of the problem only became apparent during piling work, police said. On Friday, Chief Eric Stubbs said the project remains within the expanded budget, and said he's confident the soil problem has now been addressed. "They're not going to build something if they're not comfortable with the foundation and ground underneath it. They did find issues and resolved it and we have a healthy building," Stubbs told CBC. Stubbs joined members of the OPS board and local city councillors on Friday at a "topping-off recognition ceremony" to mark the completion of the building's structural framework. Attendees signed an OPS flag which will be sealed in a time capsule and enclosed in the building when construction is complete. Stubbs said he's confident there will be no significant delays going forward.
