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Habitat scales back Orléans project
A Habitat for Humanity housing project in Orléans is poised to go ahead after it was scaled down and redesigned…
Buff and polish to smooth highway 174 commute
Written by Neco Cockburn for the Ottawa Citizen ‘Interim measures’ will improve road City crews are to smooth a section…
Dissension in council bound to come about
Written by Joanne Chianello in the Ottawa Citizen Expect newbies to take initiative soon On his last official day of…
City wants to snag hydro customers
Written by Jon Willing in the Ottawa Sun City councillors are eager to move 50,000 electricity customers to Hydro Ottawa…
City gears up to study HWY 174 widening
Written by Jon Willing in the Ottawa Sun Commuters can rejoice after council Wednesday approved a plan to study widening…
City promises more scrutiny of construction work
Written by CBC.ca City staff who supervise construction and repair work across Ottawa will have to start sharing information as…
Weeding out the bad apples
Written by the Ottawa Sun Editorial Board Ottawa city council was right to approve a motion this week geared at…
Cumberland bypass to be named after former mayor
Written by Jon Willing in the Ottawa Sun A road could be named after a former Cumberland mayor and provincial…
City proposes renaming Blackburn Bypass extension after former Cumberland Mayor
Written by Joanne Chianello in the Ottawa Citizen The confusingly titled Blackburn Bypass extension may soon be renamed in honour…
$103 million earmarked for the east end
Written by Diodora Bucur in the Orléans Star Of Ottawa’s $600 million capital-works budget, more than $100 million will be used…
"Be sincere, be brief, be seated"
Written by Bruce Deachman in the Ottawa Citizen City Councillor Stephen Blais on superheroes and what he stole from FDR…
Council cleans house
Written by Jon Willing in the Ottawa Sun
Sense of teamwork in air as newly elected members tackle Lansdowne Park, transit and the environment
Residents clearly didn’t like the direction Ottawa was heading in 2010, even though historic city-building projects gained momentum.
East end feels a little left out
Written by Sue Sherring in the Ottawa Sun Shortly after council approved membership on the city’s standing committees and chose…
Young blood keeps it fresh
Written by Jon Willing in the Ottawa Sun
Four council young guns are mindful of not blasting into City Hall in a blaze of glory.
Although they’re eager to get the keys for their new offices Wednesday, the under-40 group of councillors acknowledge the veteran leadership around the council table. Mathieu Fleury, who will represent Rideau-Vanier ward, will be the youngest councillor at 25 years old.
New councillors eye extra work
Written by Jon Willing in the Ottawa Sun
The jockeying for committee positions has begun as the new councillors learn the ropes at City Hall.
Committee structures will be one of the first matters for the new council, which takes office Dec. 1. There are seven standing committees on which councillors sit, but depending on the wishes of the new council, that number could increase, decrease or remain unchanged.