Jeff Leiper, the councillor for Ottawa's Kitchissippi ward, suffered a heart attack Wednesday morning caused by a blocked artery while shoveling snow, he said in a statement. Leiper was taken to the Heart Institute at the University of Ottawa where an angioplasty was successfully performed and he is now recovering there, he wrote. Leiper says that he has been smoking for 30 years but will be quitting smoking as part of his recovery. He plans to use resources offered by the Heart Institute and Ottawa Public Health. He went on to thank Ottawa Paramedics and the staff at the Heart Institute and warned people to be careful while shoveling snow.

Source: CBC News February 13, 2019 23:55 UTC