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Community rallies to help Merry Dairy recover missing ice cream bike

There was a swift response from the community to help find a missing bicycle cart owned by a popular ice cream shop.

The Merry Dairy's bicycle cart is recovered on Elgin Street near Jack Purcell Lane after the cart went missing Friday night. (Josh Pringle/CTV News Ottawa)

Two novice drivers among 4 charged with stunt driving Friday

Ottawa police say two G2 drivers are among four people charged with stunt driving on Friday night, as the police service’s summer speeding blitz continues.

Ottawa police officers replace bike stolen from 8-year-old boy

A young Ottawa boy has a brand new bicycle, thanks to some Ottawa police officers in his neighbourhood.

Ottawa police officers in the Suburban West Neighbourhood Resource Team delivered a new bike to an 8-year-old boy whose bike was stolen Aug. 3, 2022. (Ottawa Police Service/Facebook)

Police reveal the most stolen vehicle in Ottawa and Queensway shutdown causes gridlock: Top five stories this week

CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the top five stories on our website this week.

Five-kilometre section of Queensway closed until Monday

All eastbound and westbound lanes of Hwy. 417 are closed between Metcalfe Street and Carling/Kirkwood Avenues for the replacement of the Booth Street Bridge. The closure will continue until Monday at 6 a.m.

Family and friends continue search for missing Cornwall, Ont. man

Family and friends of a missing Cornwall, Ont. man are continuing to search for him more than two weeks after he went missing.

Ottawa baby makes his grand appearance in Queensway Carleton Hospital hallway

An Ottawa family has a story for a lifetime after delivering their newborn in the hallway of the Queensway Carleton Hospital.

A sunny and seasonal mid-August weekend

It’s going to be a sunny weekend with temperatures that aren’t too hot both Saturday and Sunday.

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More than 10,000 Canadians received a medically-assisted death in 2021: report

More Canadians are ending their lives with a medically-assisted death, says the third federal annual report on medical assistance in dying (MAID). Data shows that 10,064 people died in 2021 with medical aid, an increase of 32 per cent over 2020.

A hospital patient is seen in this file photo. (Pexels)

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after stabbing, may lose an eye

Salman Rushdie remained hospitalized Saturday after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing attack, which was met with shock and outrage from much of the world, along with tributes and praise for the award-winning author who for more than 30 years has faced death threats for his novel 'The Satanic Verses.'

Canadian Blood Services in talks around paid donations of plasma as supply dwindles

Canadian Blood Services says it is in talks with companies that pay donors for plasma as it faces a decrease in collections.

LAPD ends investigation into Anne Heche car crash

The Los Angeles Police Department has ended its investigation into Anne Heche's car accident, when the actor crashed into a Los Angeles home on Aug. 5.