Man rescued from Rideau River after kayak tips over

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A file photo of an Ottawa Paramedic Service ambulance. Photo by Tony Caldwell / POSTMEDIA Article content A kayaker was rescued from the chilled waters of the Rideau River after his watercraft tipped over on Thursday afternoon. A spokesperson for the Ottawa Paramedic Service said the emergency was reported at about 2:30 p.



m. on April 3, with the kayaker in the river at a location north of Billings Bridge and near the Riverside campus of The Ottawa Hospital. An Ottawa Fire Services water rescue crew pulled the unidentified elderly man from the river, and paramedics then transported him to hospital for treatment of severe hypothermia.

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