Ottawa Community Housing should be allowed to tear down a heritage house it owns in Lowertown and replace it with a small parkette and community garden, the built-heritage subcommittee ruled Thur...
OC Transpo is closing a busy Transitway station at the University of Ottawa in the midst of final exams in April.
The plan to create a unique "health hub" in the Carlington neighbourhood by combining housing for seniors with an expanded community health centre won the planning committee's enthusiastic endors...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/planning-committee-oks-carlington-health-centre-expansion
About 300 Para Transpo accounts with outstanding balances — some as low as $1 — have been cleared up, OC Transpo said this week.
The planning committee will vote next week on zoning changes to allow a community health centre in Carlington to build new housing units for seniors, but the renovations could come at the cost of...
People who live near Lansdowne Park want the city to do a better job enforcing its own noise bylaw because loud music is keeping them up at night.
More than five dozen women were able to return to a Centretown emergency shelter Saturday morning, hours after a fire temporarily displaced them.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/residents-return-after-overnight-fire-at-womens-shelter
Dreamlike, atmospheric projections could be coming to Ottawa in 2017 as part of the city's plan to mark the 150th anniversary of Canada's Confederation.
The ambitious redevelopment proposals for LeBreton Flats unveiled Tuesday both include space for a new central library, but whether that ever becomes a reality could come down to timing.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/library-at-lebreton-could-come-down-to-timing
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/planning-committee-ok-with-moving-heritage-barn-to-munster
Ottawa city council approves relocation of Bradley-Craig barn, Lowertown demolition.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/council-approves-barn-relocation-lowertown-demolition
Calling it a "year of collaboration," Mayor Jim Watson outlined his vision for 2016 on Wednesday in his annual State of the City speech. Here are five things to watch for this year.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/5-things-watsons-vision-for-2016
Councillors react positively to LeBreton proposals
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/councillors-first-reactions-to-lebreton-proposals-positive
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson released the following statement about the LeBreton proposals unveiled Tuesday.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/city-hall-blog-watsons-lebreton-statement
OC Transpo isn't backing down from its plan to collect nearly $20,000 in outstanding fares from Para Transpo passengers, despite widespread scorn from some who say it's ridiculous to go after peo...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/oc-transpo-stands-firm-on-fare-warnings
The emails and letters began arriving shortly after the Citizen's website posted a multi-part series about the redeveloped Lansdowne Park.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/city-hall-blog-the-lansdowne-letters
The relative ease of OC Transpo's latest Transitway detour appears to have caught many, including some former critics, by pleasant surprise.
Retail shops in the Glebe, including those at Lansdowne Park, may soon have the city's blessing to open on statutory holidays.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/glebe-shops-may-soon-open-on-holidays
It will soon take OC Transpo riders up to three minutes longer to travel between the west end and downtown Ottawa once another section of the Transitway closes Sunday, forcing hundreds of buses o...
The Transitway between Merton Street and Empress Avenue will close Sunday at around 3 a.m., diverting hundreds of buses onto Scott and Albert streets. How many buses, you ask? A lot.
The city should hold off on widening the Airport Parkway until it extends the O-Train further south, Mayor Jim Watson said Wednesday, after admitting sluggish development charges have delayed a n...
A citizens' group that wants the Ottawa Public Library to build its new central branch in the downtown core says there should be more opportunities for public input before a site is chosen.
The city should refuse Ottawa Community Housing's application to demolish a Lowertown house, says a report from city staff.
Drivers who are fed up with bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Airport Parkway are just going to have to suck it up because the cash-strapped city has delayed plans for widening the road until at le...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/airport-parkway-widening-postponed-until-2020-or-later
A long-awaited study on the feasibility of building a truck tunnel underneath King Edward Avenue is expected in weeks, but a permanent fix for one of Ottawa's worst traffic headaches could still ...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/king-edward-truck-tunnel-study-expected-soon
Sewer work on Scott Street is expected to cause some traffic disruptions between Merton Street and Bayview Road.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/sewer-work-expected-to-delay-scott-street-traffic
A broken pelvis, a bench-buying bonanza and a budget that didn't pass unanimously were among the highs — and lows — at Ottawa City Hall. Here are 15 memorable moments from 2015.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/year-in-review-15-memorable-moments-from-ottawa-city-hall
Mayor Jim Watson says he's disappointed the $60-million O-Train expansion has failed to live up to the promise of a train every eight minutes.
Sunday marks the day when a second section of the Transitway closes for conversion to LRT.
Every level of government seems to agree a new footbridge over the Rideau Canal between Fifth Avenue and Clegg Street is a good idea, but so far the City of Ottawa is the only one committing cash...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/mckenna-says-proposed-canal-crossing-a-priority
College Coun. Rick Chiarelli is launching a new online tool to help Ottawa residents find out where they can donate clothes to Syrian refugees expected to arrive here in the coming months.
An independent committee appointed by Ottawa city council to deal with complaints about campaign finances stemming from the 2014 municipal election has voted to commence prosecution against Bay w...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/committee-votes-to-proceed-with-prosecution-against-taylor
Basing cost-estimates on more detailed plans, talking to property experts about tricky land acquisitions and including OC Transpo as soon as possible are some of the key recommendations contained...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/report-offers-lessons-learned-from-lrt-project
Funding set aside to turn the city-owned Prince of Wales Bridge into a cycling and pedestrian link to Gatineau has been transferred to a different project because the city claims it couldn't conv...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ottawa-city-council-approves-2016-budget
All the Citizen's 2016 budget coverage in one easy place, so you'll know how we got to Wednesday's vote.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/city-hall-blog-budget-day-in-ottawa
The city's 2016 budget is coming down to a grudge match over hiking — or freezing — transit fares next year.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/budget-battle-comes-down-to-transit-fares
The public health department is taking steps to close legislative loopholes in order to expand the city's smoke-free bylaws to include hookah pipes and e-cigarettes.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/board-of-health-oks-hookah-ban-plan-2016-budget
The Ontario Municipal Board has given its final blessing to a developer's proposal to build a "landmark" condominium tower, bringing an end to the drawn-out affair over what will be built at the ...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/omb-approves-landmark-condo-tower-for-ottawa
OC Transpo isn't backing down from its plan to collect $200,000 from Bluesfest next year for extra bus service during the annual summer music festival.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/oc-transpo-not-backing-down-from-bluesfest-cash-grab
OC Transpo's plan to cut dozens of first and last trips on some routes may save $500,000, but it could hurt shift workers and low-income riders.
Councillors are being asked to approve the 2016 budget — which includes a plan to eliminate dozens of jobs — without being told where exactly the cuts are to come from.
The federal government will have to help pay for a grade-separated crossing for the Transitway because the city can't afford such a pricey project on its own, Mayor Jim Watson said Wednesday in r...
The finance committee has endorsed a proposed deal to end the city's $23.6-million dispute with its Lansdowne Park business partners, despite a legal opinion that says the city would likely win i...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/finance-committee-oks-resolution-to-lansdowne-dispute
OC Transpo's proposed fares for 2016, which will increase by an average of 2.5 per cent.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/city-hall-blog-oc-transpos-2016-fare-table
Last winter's deep freeze wreaked havoc on underground water pipes, leaving some Ottawa residents with dry taps. Here's how the city's environmental services department plans to address the situa...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/city-hall-blog-a-fix-for-frozen-pipes
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, in the midst of speaking Thursday night at a public forum for sponsoring Syrian refugees, broke the news to the audience of several hundred that celebrated local broadcas...
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/city-hall-blog-watsons-statement-on-max-keeping