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However, there has been no confirmation that the unidentified young woman knew Harper’s son or was at a social gathering with him. It got as cold as -2 in Ottawa Sunday morning.

Another young woman, who said she was at the party, said about 20 of Ben Harper’s friends and sports teammates attended, many wearing swimsuits.

“It was just a hanging out, a get-together,” said Devon von Eicken-Bursey, whose boyfriend plays volleyball with Ben.

“There was some drinking and mixing and stuff,” but no one who appeared to be seriously intoxicated, von Eicken-Bursey said. “We were all very controlled.”

She said Ben’s RCMP protective detail was around but she didn’t see either of his parents.

When von Eicken-Bursey and her boyfriend left the party around 1 a.m., she said, police cruisers had just pulled up and asked them if they had seen anyone vomiting.

The RCMP, which provides personal protection to the prime minister and his family, said only that it was aware that the Ottawa Paramedic Service had been to the residence.

“This was a medical call and not a police matter,” Cpl. Lucy Shorey said in an emailed statement. “It did not involve any of our protectees.”

The underage woman was reportedly taken to hospital with a suspected case of alcohol poisoning.

The legal drinking age in Ontario is 19. However, a parent may supply their own underage child with alcohol in their own home.

It’s not illegal for parents to allow other minors to drink in their home, as long as the parents aren’t supplying the alcohol.