honestly, it's a government website but it has a lot of glitches. they ask you to link for "faster" processing but you can't even upload anything on there. it's disappointing. anytime you use the ircc webform, they reply after 10 business days, sometimes even more! very unprofessional. they take us for granted because we need their decision. they don't even care about customer service. i can rant forever but i know there's nothing i can do about it. it's just frustrating sometimes. the logic in me tells me my application will take some time so i just chill, check regularly just incase, but when these updates appear and they end up a glitch? it's an emotional rollercoaster.
on a side note, they take such meticulous and lengthy process of "reviewing our background" and then you just find these kinds of news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/immigration-fraud-china-canada-1.3826942o_O makes you wonder what do they do the entire time?
anyway, did you have your owp already mlabella? dmps might allow upfront medicals as long as you already have an owp. that's what i did. or you can try asking for an upfront medical and indicate it's for an owp application, although i'm not sure if they will allow it.