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Paid parking expansion limited to 7:30 p.m. as committee passes compromise
Ottawa city councillors have voted to pare back proposed parking changes that would have extended paid parking late into the evenings and on Sundays.
Kanata tech park office conversion passes at city committee
An 11-storey office tower with massive glass walls would become a mixed-use development with 115 housing units and Juliette balconies. The local city councillor says it will help transform the neighbourhood.
More homeowners hit with years-old water bills from previous occupants
A Hintonburg property owner’s battle with the city bureaucracy over a dead man’s eight-year-old water bill has prompted other residents to share similar stories that have left them on the hook for large interest payments.
Transit, housing, safety on council's wish list as province tables budget
Ottawa city councillors are sharing their spending wish lists as they hope Thursday's provincial budget will help the city pay for its priorities.
Mayor presses to move forward with 'bubble bylaw' despite Charter concerns
Ciry staff had previously said it would be prudent to wait for courts to rule on other cities' bylaws, while civil liberties group says police already have powers to ensure safety.
Is Chinatown safer without a supervised consumption site? Neighbours say no
Two months after Somerset West Community Health Centre closed its injection site, neighbours say they've witnessed a surge in public drug use.
Landlord, case worker named in alleged city kickback scheme
The landlord, Sandeep Aggerwal, and his company Subhkin Canada Inc. have been receiving money from city housing programs for years.
Police lay fraud charges in alleged kickback scheme involving city housing worker
The City of Ottawa's auditor general uncovered an alleged kickback scheme last year that resulted in the city paying inflated rents through housing allowance programs. Now police have laid charges.
Dead man's 8-year-old water bill comes back to haunt new property owner, with interest
Robert Haslett bought a property in Ottawa's Hintonburg neighbourhood in 2017, but the city waited until this March to come after him for the previous owner's water arrears. He refuses to pay.
Doctor operating safer supply clinics billed OHIP $2.5M last year
A doctor running a network of addiction clinics across Ontario, including an Ottawa location that offers safer opioid supply, is billing OHIP millions per year.