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CTV News
4 days ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
Ottawa sees drop in vehicle thefts so far in 2025. Here are the hot spots
The Ottawa Police Service's crime map shows the locations of reported vehicle thefts so far in 2025. (Ottawa Police Service/website) There has been a significant drop in the number of vehicles reported stolen across Ottawa so far this year. Statistics available on the Ottawa Police Service's crime map show there have been 577 reported vehicle thefts in Ottawa so far this year. In 2024, a total of 712 vehicles were reported stolen between Jan. 1 and May 21. Gloucester-Southgate is the hot spot for vehicle thefts in Ottawa, with 53 vehicles reported stolen since Jan. 1. Rideau-Vanier is second, with 46 vehicles reported stolen, while 41 vehicles have been reported stolen in Alta Vista ward since the start of the year. According to the crime map, a vehicle has been reported stolen in all 24 wards in Ottawa. Police reported 504 vehicles stolen in the first six months of 2023, and 387 vehicle thefts between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2022. Here is a look at the top 11 wards for reported vehicle thefts in Ottawa so far in 2025:
National Post
12-05-2025
- Health
- National Post
Derek Finkle: Controversial drug injection sites among Carney's first challenges
When Mark Carney was asked on the campaign trail about whether federal approval for injection sites would continue under his government, he avoided the contentious topic by saying the effectiveness of those sites was under review. Article content Article content Even in his evasion, our new prime minister was undermining the position staked out by his predecessor, Justin Trudeau. When asked about such controversial initiatives as injection sites and the distribution of so-called 'safer supply' opioids to those with severe addictions, the latter was fond of insisting his government was simply 'following the science.' Article content Article content If science had decided injection sites were wildly successful and necessary, then why does Carney's government need to study them? Article content Article content As it turns out, Carney and his minority government are going to be called on to conclude their alleged study of injection sites sooner rather than later. This is because the federal drug law exemption (required for injection sites across Canada to operate) expired for a site in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood of Ottawa on April 30. Article content The Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, which houses the injection site, applied to renew its federal drug law exemption on Jan. 30. Just a few months earlier, another injection site in the same ward, Rideau-Vanier, which is home to three sites, was granted a five-year exemption renewal under controversial circumstances. Article content So controversial, in fact, that the head of a local arts non-profit has since gone to federal court seeking a judicial review of the insular and secretive process Health Canada utilized in coming to its decision. Article content At the 11th hour, late on April 30, Health Canada advised the Sandy Hill site that it was renewing its exemption — not for five years but only 30 days. The obvious reason for such a short exemption renewal being that Health Canada needs to take direction from the new government. Article content Article content One piece of good news for Mark Carney is that the materials required for his study of injection sites have recently been assembled in a very large, detailed package. This exhaustive analysis of the topic results from a legal challenge filed by an injection site in Toronto's Kensington neighbourhood, claiming that legislation passed in Ontario late last year prohibiting injection sites from operating within 200 metres of schools and daycare facilities violates the charter rights of drug users. Article content Article content The judge overseeing this litigation estimated the case's court record to be 6,000 pages in total. I may be the only journalist to have read it in its entirety. So, free of charge, I will provide Mr. Carney with the Coles notes summary.
