Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Mon. September 15th, 2025

When it comes to wait times for first assessments, all five of Ottawa’s E.R. departments have exceeded the provincial average. Health Quality Ontario has provided the latest batch of data, which dates back to July of this year. Across our city, the average wait time for a first assessment by an E.R. doctor was 2 hours. The Queensway-Carleton Hospital owns the longest initial wait time locally, slightly decreasing from last year’s 3.9 hours to July’s 3.5 hours. At the Ottawa Hospital General Campus, it’s a wait of 3.3 hours. Now, the wait time for actual treatments and in-depth conversations with a health professional is obviously much longer. But this is a very big issue, and it’s nothing new to Canada’s Capital. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Dr. Alan Drummond, a former President of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. Over in Manotick, parents and students are on edge after threats were made at St. Mark’s High School. CTV’s Katelyn Wilson provides the latest developments in Hour 1. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.