Does your ice have a strange odor? Here are some tips to keep your ice fresh this
If you have ice cubes hanging around your fridge for too long, it can pick up odors from food, giving it a strange smelly taste, like left over lasagna. CTV's Pat Foran reports.
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Oilers notebook: Keith Acton fondly recalls 'resilient' Mark Kirton who died after fight with ALS
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CTV News
22 minutes ago
- CTV News
Crime rate around Somerset supervised consumption site lower than government suggested when announcing closure
The Somerset West Community Health Centre on Eccles Street is seen in this undated file image. (CTV News Ottawa) The crime rate around the Somerset West Community Health Centre did not rise to the figures put forward by the provincial government last year when announcing the closure of its supervised consumption site. The drug consumption site at 55 Eccles St. was one of the first sites the government announced last year would close because it was within 200 metres of a daycare. In a news release announcing the move, dated Aug. 20, 2024, the province said, 'the crime rate near the Ottawa site was 250 per cent higher than the rest of the city.' Health Minister Sylvia Jones also told the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference that year that violent crime was up 146 per cent near the Eccles Street site. CTV News Ottawa asked Jones's office for the source of the statistics that were shared in 2024 but has yet to receive a response. Following the province's statements last year, CTV News Ottawa filed a freedom of information request with the Ottawa Police Service for crime statistics in the 200 metres immediately surrounding 55 Eccles St. The results show that the crime rate and the number of violent crimes reported to police in 2023 were not as high as the minister suggested. The Ottawa Police Service said the crime rate in 2023 for the West Centretown neighbourhood, where 55 Eccles St. is located, was only 14 per cent higher than the citywide average. The rate was 5,078.83 per 100,000 residents, compared with 4,430 per 100,000 residents citywide, according to police statistics. Police also said there were 20 violent crimes reported in the 200 metres around 55 Eccles St. in 2023, down from 26 in 2022, a 23 per cent decline. This represents 0.2 per cent of all violent crimes reported citywide in 2023. The number of violent crimes reported in 2017, the year prior to the supervised consumption site opening, was 12. The total number of calls for service—not including cancelled calls, false alarms, and false 9-1-1 calls—was 905 in 2023, up 18 per cent from 764 in 2022 and down from 1,047 in 2021. There were 586 calls for service in the 200 metres around 55 Eccles St. in 2017. There was a 158 per cent jump in the number of violent crimes reported in the area in 2018, going from 12 to 31. The number of violent crimes rose to 37 in 2019, then fell to 21 in 2020, and rose again to 35 in 2021, before falling in 2022 and 2023. The exact nature of each crime is unknown. Data for 2024 was not included in the request because the request was filed last summer. The Somerset West Community Health Centre was granted approval in early January to transition to a homelessness and addiction recovery treatment (HART) hub, which will not offer safer supply services, supervised drug consumption or needle exchange programs. The health centre's supervised drug consumption site closed in March.
CTV News
32 minutes ago
- CTV News
Here's how DNA testing helps numerous beaches grapple high bacteria levels
It's certainly been a summer suited for swimming, but numerous local beaches have been grappling with high bacteria, forcing swim advisories. Here's how the City of Orillia is now turning to DNA testing to identify the cause. While Orillia's two beaches were open for swimming on Monday, that has often not been the case this summer. 'I don't really even want to put my feet in the water with the number of warnings that are around here,' said one local to CTV News. The city and local health unit issue swim advisories each time E. coli levels exceed 200 E. coli per 100 milliliters in Lake Couchiching Beach Park. But the city has responded by taking a deep dive to try and understand what's contaminating the waters of Couchiching Beach and Moose Beach, looking at not just the quantity of contamination but also where it's coming from. Couchiching Beach Park Couchiching Beach Park in Orillia Ont. (CTV News/Rob Cooper) Greg Preston, Orillia director of environmental services, says, 'There are four sources we're looking at. One is seagulls, the next is geese, the next is dogs, and the last is humans, human waste.' Staff have been taking DNA samples on three dry weather days and three wet weather days and getting them analyzed by water scientist Dr. Tom Edge. He says that, according to his initial findings, the contamination has been mostly coming from the sky. Dr. Tom Edge says, 'What we have found are DNA sequences of bacteria from the seagull gut and DNA from Canada geese as well. There's no question that there's bird fecal contamination at the beach that's contributing to the E. coli.' While the city has an $18,500 budget for the study, the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition fears that future costs could be even greater to keep Lake Couchiching clean. The city says it will take several weeks to get the results back from their samples. Staff will then report their findings and make other recommendations to council.
