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Winterlude was less reliant on good weather this year — but got it anyway
Winterlude had near-perfect weather for its closing weekend and much of its 18-day run, but organizers say this year's festival was poised to be successful even if Mother Nature hadn't played along.
65-storey Albert Street tower would be city's tallest
A developer building on a spot across from the Bayview LRT station is proposing what would be the city's tallest building: one that would stretch 65 storeys tall.
Tips to City of Ottawa's fraud line cost 3 employees their jobs
Stealing a patient's medication. Helping friends cheat on a provincial exam. Selling city-branded swag for personal profit. These are just a few of the allegations the City of Ottawa investigated last year after receiving tips through its fraud and waste hotline.
Here's where your donated clothing really ends up
Your old jeans may end up selling at a local thrift shop, but they're more likely to be cut into rags, or shipped overseas to a market in Kenya or a reprocessing plant in India.
Review supports demolition of Lester B. Pearson's former home
An independent engineer the city hired to take another look at the home where former prime minister Lester B. Pearson lived when he received the Nobel Peace Prize has come to the same conclusion as the building's owner: it should be torn down.
Correcting Phoenix: Collecting overpayments from workers easier said than done
Eight years after a payroll fiasco similar to Canada's own experience with Phoenix, the Australian state of Queensland is still struggling to recover tens of millions of dollars paid in error to its employees.
How to fix Phoenix: Put payroll back in local hands, Australian experts say
When faced with a payroll fiasco similar to Canada's situation with the Phoenix system, the Australian state of Queensland chose an expensive strategy, but one observers say was successful: they put payroll back in local hands.
Australian payroll fiasco foreshadowed Phoenix's failed launch in Canada
Officials in the Australian state of Queensland who studied their own failed implementation of an IBM-provided payroll system say Canada would have benefited from their hard-earned lessons before launching Phoenix for federal public servants.
City seeks to protect taxpayers as LeBreton talks unfold
The City of Ottawa is proposing a list of ground rules it wants observed as negotiations over the redevelopment of LeBreton Flats continue — chief among them, a guarantee that municipal taxpayers won't be overburdened in the deal.
Ottawa needs school bus drivers, but wage hike threatens industry
School bus operators in Ottawa are facing a shortage of drivers, one they worry will get worse as provincial minimum wage increases, making other jobs more attractive.