Dylan Dyson

Ottawa

Journalist at CJOH-TV (Ottawa, ON)

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Renfrew County health unit warns of possible measles exposure in Cobden, Petawawa

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Dylan Dyson

The Renfrew County and District Health Unit is warning of a possible exposure to measles in the communities of Cobden and Petawawa. The Northeastern Public Health Unit says it has identified two cases of measles in residents from the District of Timiskaming. These cases were on board an Ontario Northland Bus that made stops in Cobden and Petawawa.
Cottage prices in Ottawa Valley on the rise

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Dylan Dyson

Those in the Ottawa Valley looking to purchase a cottage this year can expect to be paying more. A recent survey by Royal LePage says that from 2023 to 2024, the price of a single-family recreational property in the Ottawa Valley rose from $438,000 to $476,000, an increase of 8.7 per cent. Among single-family recreational properties, the Ottawa Valley saw the biggest price increase year-over-year across all of Ontario.
Austrian hockey team to play Ottawa Selects on international tour

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Dylan Dyson

Self-proclaimed as the number one beer league hockey team, a group of amateur players from Austria are currently testing themselves against Canadian opposition on an international tour. The Sport Club Fair Play hockey team of Innsbruck, Austria is set to play the Ottawa Selects at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre on Wednesday. The Sport Club Fair Play hockey team say they are a group made up of amateurs “who are aging too quickly”. The team has almost 40 players between the ages of 25 and 65.
Arnprior Humane Society buoyed by community support after flooding

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Dylan Dyson

The Arnprior and District Humane Society says it is overwhelmed by the response of the community this week after spring flooding damaged its building. “It’s been phenomenal and it just makes us so lucky to be in this community,” said AHS vice-president Jan Smith. “They’re so generous, so kind.”On Sunday night, ground water flooded into the shelter on Didak Drive in Arnprior, pooling up to ankle depth on the building’s east side.
Renfrew paramedics celebrate 5 years for Virtual Triage and Assessment Service in Ottawa Valley

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Dylan Dyson

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones will be in Renfrew on Thursday afternoon to celebrate five years of Renfrew County’s Virtual Triage and Assessment Centre (RC VTAC). The program was started in the early days of the COVID pandemic by the Renfrew County Paramedic Service to fill gaps in the healthcare system, specifically addressing the needs of residents without a family doctor. It’s a program that was founded in the Ottawa Valley, which took pressure off local hospital emergency rooms.
Drivers, businesses excited as Quyon Ferry opens for 2025 season

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Dylan Dyson

The Quyon Ferry is back on the water as the service opened Wednesday for another season. The ferry service crossing the Ottawa River from Quyon, Que. has been operating in one form or another for roughly 140 years. The ferry opened in early March last year, thanks to a milder winter. Co-owner Ed McColgan says anticipation has been high as travelers waited to board. “The agriculture, they depend on it for their traffic to haul their cash crops.
Huge gaps to be left in Ottawa malls by Hudson’s Bay closure

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Dylan Dyson

With the announcement that Hudson’s Bay is set to close in all but six locations in Canada, questions are being asked about the gaps in not only physical space, but the needs of shoppers it is leaving behind. Five Hudson’s Bay location in Ottawa will close at Bayshore Shopping Centre, on Rideau Street, St. Laurent Shopping Centre, Place d’Orleans and Les Promenades Gatineau. “Bayshore area has got a lot of families, they need good shopping,” says Bay Coun. Theresa Kavanagh.
Canola tariffs sewing seeds of uncertainty for Canadian farmers

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Dylan Dyson

Canadian farmers are finding themselves caught in the middle of a trade war. News retaliatory tariffs from China are the latest measure hitting Canada’s agriculture sector, with a 100 percent tariff now in place on canola. Jennifer Doelman is one of the few canola farmers in eastern Ontario. Her crops aren’t even in the ground yet, having received her seeds on Thursday, and is already worried about selling it. “It’s overwhelming.
Ottawa Valley Stomp: Petawawa’s new music lumberjack festival

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Dylan Dyson

A brand-new music and outdoors festival is coming to the Ottawa Valley this summer. The Ottawa Valley Stomp and Lumberjack Festival will be hosted at the Petawawa Civic Centre Park June 27-29. “The Ottawa Valley Stomp is a three-day music and entertainment festival for all ages,” said James Dent, one of the festival’s organizers.
Hundreds of Ottawa motorists driving with expired licences

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Dylan Dyson

Police in Ottawa say every day they are catching drivers with expired licences. “It’s happening dozens of times a day, and that’s not an exaggeration. Our ALPR cameras are picking up unlicensed drivers,” Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) spokesperson Const. Michael Fathi told CTV News Ottawa Wednesday. Fathi says the main reason so many motorists are driving with expired licences is because they are completely unaware.