This from Alistair Steele...

Politicians are used to competing for media attention, but this morning Ottawa West-Nepean MPP Jim Watson really had to put on a show. Watson -- who's also minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing -- was standing at the podium outside the Lisgar Street entrance of Ottawa City Hall, where he was announcing $17.9-million dollars in provincial funding to replace aging OC Transpo buses. One of the gleaming new hybrid vehicles served as his backdrop. Watson was just seconds into his speech when there was a loud bang off to his left. Everyone but Watson turned to see a dark-coloured minivan that had just been driven over a metre-high wall separating two nearby parking lots. Neither the female driver nor the two children inside the van were hurt. The van, which was perched at a 45-degree angle, didn't appear too badly damaged. Watson later thanked reporters and camera operators for NOT abandoning his news conference to film the accident.