Senators Win, Air Ambulance Missing & Fruit Rescue — Ottawa Saturday

🚑 Breaking & Incidents

1. Ontario-based air ambulance with six people went missing off Nantucket. A Hamilton-based Gulfstream G-100 medevac operated by Latitude Air Ambulance departed Bermuda and failed to arrive at Boston Logan around 1:30 a.m. Saturday; data shows a descent from 24,000 to 11,000 feet around 1:05 a.m. and the U.S. Coast Guard launched air and surface search crews.
2. Volunteers rescuing fruit from private trees aim to cut food waste. Local volunteer groups are collecting fruit from privately owned trees that would otherwise go unused, organising harvests and redistribution to food banks and neighbours across the city.

🏈 Sports

1. Stephen Halliday scored the winner as the Ottawa Senators beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2. Thomas Chabot had a goal and an assist in his first game as Ottawa captain and Linus Ullmark made 27 saves; Ottawa opened 1-0-0 while Toronto fell to 1-2-0, and defenceman Jake Sanderson left after re-aggravating a lower-body issue.
2. Thomas Chabot captained the Senators in a 3-2 victory over Toronto in the first Ottawa game after Brady Tkachuk’s trade. Chabot recorded a goal and an assist in the visitors’ win and coach Travis Green said Sanderson pulled himself after feeling the injury, with further updates expected in the next few days.
3. Sportsnet debuted “Saturday Night Hockey” in place of Hockey Night in Canada. The new programme premiered Saturday with Ron MacLean, a new show logo and Rogers branding after Rogers and CBC did not renew their sublicensing deal.
4. The Toronto Raptors lost 129-105 to the Miami Heat in Quebec City’s first-ever NBA game. The preseason game at Centre Vidéotron drew a sellout crowd of 18,474; Kawhi Leonard did not play and Giannis Antetokounmpo, acquired by Miami, scored nine points.
5. Sean Whyte kicked a club-record eight field goals as the B.C. Lions beat the Toronto Argonauts 24-17. Whyte finished 40-of-43 on the season and B.C.’s defence made two goal-line stands in the final seconds to secure the win at BMO Field.
6. Daniel Alfredsson discussed his decision to join the Toronto Maple Leafs’ staff after 17 seasons in Ottawa. Alfredsson said it was not a quick decision and called the hire a growth opportunity as he settled into his first official Leafs events this week.

🏛️ Government & Politics

1. Organised fruit harvesting links to local policy on food waste and neighbourhood sharing. Volunteer groups coordinating private-tree harvests are redistributing produce to food banks and neighbours across the city, creating informal food-security channels.

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