OTTAWA More than a dozen people have been displaced from their homes and one woman is in critical condition after five separate fires Sunday evening and early Monday morning. One person is also facing charges in connection with one of the fires. The first alarm bells rang at around 8:40 p.m. Sunday at a three-storey apartment building on Powell Avenue in the Glebe.
#OttFire is on scene battling a fire in a 3 storey structure on Powell avenue in the Glebe. Firefighters have rescued 1 occupant and provided care until transferring to @OttawaParamedic. The main body of the fire is knocked down. #OttNewspic.twitter.com/Z21PaAPRj8
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Hundreds of toys, toiletries and clothing items have been donated for a charity event in memory of Freya Skene.
An annual Giving Day, hosted by Dundee hairdressers, was this year held in honour of Freya, who died in a river accident earlier this year.
Kim Deans and Becky Ross, who run the Cuts and Colours salon, teamed up with Freya’s mum, Brooke Reid, to offer free haircuts, as well as donations of toys, toiletries and food.