The province has announced it will permanently increase speed limits on over 900 km of 400 series highways. A multi-year pilot project has been in effect since 2022 on a number of 400 series highways. Effective tomorrow sections of highway 401 and the 416 will permanently reflect a 110 km/hr maximum speed limit with an expansion of over dozen more corridors throughout the summer. Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria added that the changes are “evidence based” and bring the province in line with maximum speed limits in other provinces across Canada.
Ottawa Fire Service’s rope rescue team was called to help a woman who fell off a rock face at an east end lookout early Wednesday morning. OFS arrived near the intersection of Promenade Sir-George-Etienne-Cartier and Lisgar Road at 1:45 and commenced the rope rescue. One member repelled down the slope along with a tactical paramedic. The victim was conscious but suffering serious injuries. More personnel were able to access the scene from the shoreline and a stroke basket was deployed helping the team safely transport the woman to a waiting ambulance. She was transported to hospital in serious but stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.
Despite three recent deaths of police officers in the line of duty in Ontario and Quebec, a University of Ottawa Professor says policing is generally safer now than in the past and the number of on-duty fatalities thus far this year are in line with historical averages. Justin Piché is a Full Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa and he says data indicates that since 1962 the number of police officers has increased significantly and the number of fatalities has dropped relative to the overall number. Piche notes that it is more likely that an officer would die on duty due to a vehicle collision with 58% of on-duty fatalities resulting from accidents. Montreal police officer Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, died in the line of duty Monday after responding to an active shooter incident in the city’s Côte-des-Neiges district. OPP Constable Tarun Bali was killed in Hearst and Toronto Constable Marc Pinizzotto, was shot to death on June 11.
