OttaTalk

OttaTalk
Podcast Description
This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff and residents discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. Things like emergency services, garbage collection and nightlife in Ottawa. Why do we have a three-item garbage limit? What’s a typical day like for an Ottawa Paramedic? What does a Nightlife Commissioner do? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk. For now, you can look for us to post a new episode each month.
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The podcast focuses on topics that impact everyday life in Ottawa, such as emergency services, garbage collection, and the nightlife economy. Episodes include discussions like the challenges of the three-item garbage limit, the daily routine of Ottawa Paramedics, and the role of the Nightlife Commissioner, providing insights and answers on these community concerns.

This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff and residents discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. Things like emergency services, garbage collection and nightlife in Ottawa. Why do we have a three-item garbage limit? What’s a typical day like for an Ottawa Paramedic? What does a Nightlife Commissioner do? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk.
For now, you can look for us to post a new episode each month.
In today’s episode, we OttaTalk about Ottawa’s paramedics and what they’re up to in our community.
We’ll talk with Pierre Poirier, Chief of the Ottawa Paramedic Service. We’ll take a closer look at the specialized paramedic units working in our community and discover the positive impact of the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS), which arrived in Ottawa about a year ago.
Today’s hosts are Marlene and Tom!
Links for this episode are:
· About the Ottawa Paramedic Service
· Jobs in the paramedic service
· Paramedic discovery camp for youths
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This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. How can we prevent basement flooding? Why do we have a three-item garbage limit? What does a Nightlife Commissioner do? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk.
For now, look forward to a new episode from us each month.

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