Three crashes injure pedestrians and cyclist in Ottawa | CTV News Ottawa at 11:30 for Oct. 20, 2026

Three separate crashes involving pedestrians and a cyclist in Ottawa left two people critically injured and a teenage pedestrian seriously hurt. CTV's Austin Lee reports that a 23-year-old woman was found with life-threatening injuries after being struck on Riverside Drive around 4:30 a.m., while an elderly cyclist was critically injured at Fairbanks Avenue and Crestview Road; The Stittsville municipal election race features nine candidates competing to replace outgoing city councillor Glen Gower, with development, traffic and transit among the main issues facing the growing community. CTV's Leah Larocque speaks with candidates including Chelsea Walton, whom Gower has endorsed, and Theresa Qadri, who says residents need an accessible representative who can get answers for them; Online voting in Perth, Ontario, gives municipal election voters a week to cast ballots by internet or telephone, a system the town has used since 2006 and The Petrie Island Canoe Club in Ottawa's east end faces closure unless it raises $78,000 by Nov. 1 after its new boathouse cost $1.5 million, more than double the original estimate.

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