by XPolice | Aug 26, 2019 | News, Ottawa & Area
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press Two-hundred and twenty-four days after three people died when a double-decker commuter bus slammed into an Ottawa transit station, the woman who was behind the wheel has been charged in their deaths, as well as for injuring 35 others....
by XPolice | Jul 26, 2019 | News, Ottawa & Area
The National Capital Commission (NCC) is closing a section of the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway in Ottawa this weekend for construction work before it begins demolishing and rebuilding the LeBreton Bridge on the parkway. The parkway will be closed to vehicle traffic...
by XPolice | Jul 8, 2019 | News, Ottawa & Area
Ottawa police traffic officers showed they’re taking July’s crackdown on bicycle safety seriously Saturday morning. A sunrise stakeout on Hunt Club Road netted officers two dozen tickets in a couple of hours. The offences included “2 stunt drivers both going more than...
by XPolice | Jun 11, 2019 | News, Ottawa & Area
City stepping up efforts to ease downtown congestion Ottawa bylaw officers were out in force Monday on the first day of a two-week blitz meant to ensure traffic keeps moving downtown. Alison Sandor, a spokesperson for Ottawa bylaw, said they want to keep traffic...
by XPolice | May 23, 2019 | News, Ottawa & Area
Legal experts say criminal charges like those laid against a former bar server in connection with a drunk-driving crash that killed two Ottawa-area teens are rare and difficult to prove. Ann Senack, 62, of Greater Madawaska Township, was charged in March with two...
by XPolice | Apr 25, 2019 | News, Ottawa & Area
Ottawa OPP caught two drivers who were using their phones on the Queensway during rush hour on Tuesday. Both were pulled over heading west in doubtless heavy traffic through the downtown core, one at Parkdale Avenue and the other at Rochester Street. While...