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Snowmobilers need to rethink riding on ice EMC news - The OPP and the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs remind snowmobilers that no ice can be considered to be 100 per cent safe to ride on a snowmobile. This is especially true when ice is newly forming, during any prolonged period of thaw or rain, and late in the season after ice begins deteriorating from milder temperatures. To avoid unnecessary risks, snowmobilers should stick to available, land-based OFSC trails whenever possible. OFSC clubs provide many trails that avoid water crossings altogether and also provide many bridges and culverts to pass over known water crossings
safely. If you do make the personal choice to risk travelling on ice by snowmobile, wait until a marked stake line is in place and cross only when you can follow it directly from shore to shore, without stopping on the ice. While ice crossing is never a sure thing, snowmobilers can also reduce their risk by: • Checking ice thickness and quality before riding onto any frozen water. • Understanding that ice conditions may vary from day to day, from hour to hour and from place to place. • Never travelling on ice alone, at night or while impaired.
• Watching out for obstacles like rocks, stumps, docks, ice roads and fishing huts. • Wearing a buoyant snowmobile suit and carrying ice picks. The OPP is committed to saving lives on Ontario’s highways, trails and waterways through the reduction of preventable injury and death. Visit opp.ca for more information. The OFSC promotes safe, responsible riding, on and off Ontario snowmobile trails, by building safer snowmobiling knowledge, attitudes and behaviours through rider education, safety legislation development and enforcement. For more information, visit ofsc.on.ca.
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EMC news - Ottawa police laid a number of charges against a 23-year-old Ottawa man following a series of nine robberies between Nov. 21 and Dec. 27, including a number in Nepean. On Nov. 23, at about 2:50 p.m., a lone male entered a convenience store on Tartan Drive in Barrhaven. The suspect demanded cash and fled empty handed. Similar robbery attempts, including some where cash was stolen, occurred: • Dec. 10 on Beaverwood Drive in Manotick.
• Dec. 17 on the 200 block of Hunt Club Road. • Dec. 24 on the 1600 block of Merivale Road. • Dec. 27 on the 3700 block of Fallowfield Road. Following the Dec. 27 robbery, a witness followed the suspect and observed him getting in a vehicle and drive off. The suspect was arrested without incident. The Ottawa police charged a 23-year-old man with the following offences: • Robbery with an offensive weapon (nine counts). • Attempted Robbery (one
count). • Wearing a Disguise to commit an offence (nine counts). • Possession of a weapon in commission of an offence (nine counts). • Use imitation firearm during the commission of an offence (nine counts). • Uttering Threats (three counts). • Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle (one count). Anyone with information with respect to this robbery is asked to contact the Ottawa police robbery unit at 613-2361222, ext. 5116.
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