No deaths attributed to Ottawa's weeklong heat wave: Coroner
While Montreal’s death toll from the blistering weeklong heat wave that has gripped Quebec and Eastern Ontario reached 18 on Thursday, health officials in Ottawa say the city hasn’t had a single heat-related death.
Ottawa paramedics responded to 15 heat-related calls on Wednesday, 11 on Tuesday and 20 on the holiday Monday, but they haven’t had an unusual number of death or “vital signs absent” calls since the heat arrived last weekend, said Ottawa Paramedic Service
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