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Ontario's local ethics watchdog system a 'cash cow' in 'Wild West,' say experts urging reform
Experts say Ontario’s mandatory integrity commissioner program for municipalities has been left unregulated for too long, as some lawyers and firms monopolize contracts across the province. Even some integrity commissioners say the province needs to make some serious changes.
This Ontario town hired its own lawyer as integrity watchdog. Residents say that's not OK
An eastern Ontario township and its lawyer are under scrutiny as residents raise conflict of interest concerns over the lawyer also acting as the community's integrity commissioner — a dual role that Ontario's ombudsman says shouldn't happen.
The city tore his fence down. Was he treated fairly?
An Ottawa man whose fence was torn down by the city more than a decade ago says the city's bylaw enforcement system is unfair, and says he has evidence to support his case.
How an 11-year fence feud ballooned into $43K in tax bills and multiple lawsuits
Two Ottawa families say they've been haunted by bills for more than a decade after the City of Ottawa tore down their fence and invoiced them. Today, that fence dispute has turned into multiple lawsuits and more than $43,000 in ever-growing penalties.
IRCC stopped assigning immigration applications to inactive officers' IDs after CBC report
In the wake of a CBC investigation that revealed thousands of immigration applications had been assigned to hundreds of former employees' IDs and placeholder codes, the federal government conducted a major review and cleaned up its system to ensure none had been "forgotten."
Air travellers complained about 'unprofessional' screening staff. Now the officers are speaking up
Current and former airport screening officers say systemic issues such as high turnover, an influx of new hires, poor management and a "toxic" work culture among some teams could explain why some passengers see unprofessional behaviour at security checkpoints at Canadian airports — including Ottawa's.
City officials raised alarm over ceiling stability before St-Laurent station shutdown
Internal emails reveal several City of Ottawa officials were concerned about the stability of the ceiling structure at St-Laurent LRT station, even before discovering in May that some ceiling panels dusted with concrete chunks were being supported by "detached" and "heavily corroded" metal framing, directly above platforms where passengers waited for trains.
Travellers accuse screening officers at Ottawa airport of 'unprofessional' behaviour
Many complaints travellers filed with officials about the Ottawa International Airport over the past year and a half were directed at screening officers they accused of unprofessional, rude and invasive behaviour during body and bag searches, CBC News has learned.
Canadians flagged at border for house-sitting say U.K. company misled them
Some people who used the Trusted Housesitters platform to house-sit abroad say they were fingerprinted, photographed and turned away by border security agents for not having valid work visas. They're now worried about how that could affect future trips to the U.S.
Skipped inspection, warning signs preceded falling concrete in LRT tunnel
Internal emails and inspection reports reveal sections of the LRT tunnel at St-Laurent station showed signs of "severe" concrete chipping as early as 2020, years before concrete chunks fell onto the train tracks.