Two power outages affected system operations at Kemptville District Hospital on Tuesday. It was one of just over 7300 customers impacted by the outages in the Kemptville area, according to Hydro One, prompting staff to place the hospital under Code Grey. Non-urgent patients were asked to seek treatment elsewhere with the hospital’s systems on paper methods, since their phone, internet and electronics records systems were all down. Power has since been restored, although the Code Grey may not yet be fully lifted as the hospital continues to ensure all systems are updated and fully running.

The Petrie Island Canoe Club in Orléans is at risk of closing by the end of October if it cannot make ends meet. Sarah Kennedy, club commodore, founded the club ten years ago and was faced with unforeseen challenges in maintaining it, primarily rising costs following the COVID-19 pandemic and an unprecedented budget overage in the construction of a recent but much-needed storage boathouse. Kennedy hopes to have the City of Ottawa share in the annual operating expenses, as the club has 250 members and is unique due to its offering of French-speaking and other specialty programs. The club has an ongoing fundraiser in an effort to come up with the remaining balance on their lease.

The board of directors overseeing the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario announced changes on Tuesday to the administering and preparation of “safer supply” drugs – those in cautious quantities for patients at risk of opioid overdose. All patients receiving safer supply medications will have to consume them in the presence of a healthcare professional rather than at home, in an effort to curb the recent increase in opioids on the street. Currently, the safer supply drugs consist of alternatives to illicit versions found on the street, and board chair Dr. Patrick Safeh said that the aim of the practice is to limit the circulation of these illicit street opioids and instead, with the offering of opioid agonist therapy in the safer supply program, “ensure that the public is safe…so that eventually no one is on this and needs this.”