OTTAWA A Quebec woman is facing charges after allegedly breaking into the Ottawa home of a new mother and using bear spray on the occupants before abducting an eight-day-old infant. In a release, police said the accused had met the victim on a social media group for new mothers and dropped off a gift at the west end Ottawa home on Friday. At around 1:40 p.m. Sunday, the accused returned to the victim s home, forced her way inside and allegedly used bear repellent on the occupants and abducted the baby. Neighbours, alerted by the commotion, were able to chase the accused down and detain her until police arrived.
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Ottawa firefighters were kept busy overnight attending two separate row house fires.
Ottawa Fire Services received multiple 911 calls reporting heavy black smoke from a middle unit in of row house complex on Woodroffe Avenue between Knoxdale Road and Majestic Drive.
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When firefighters arrived, they confirmed heavy smoke and, due to the location of the fire and the risk it posed to neighbouring units, put in a second alarm.
Crews were then able to quickly extinguish the fire. Two residents were in the care of Ottawa Paramedic Services. No other details were available.
OTTAWA Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) says two people were injured in a late night fire in Mechanicsville. Firefighters were called to a triplex on Hinchey Avenue between Burnside Avenue and Lyndale Avenue at around 10:35 p.m. Tuesday. Smoke and heavy flames were visible from the home as crews arrived. The fire was under control by 12:31 a.m. OFS said. Two people, a man in his 50s and a woman in her 30s, were taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition, Ottawa Paramedics said. OFS said the fire did an estimated $600,000 in damage. What caused the fire is unknown.
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