Catherine met with Centretown residents and the police to consider models of community policing.
CBC: Cyclists call Laurier Avenue upgrades a good start
By Matthew Kupfer
Cycling advocates are calling changes to Laurier Avenue West a good start to what they hope is a broader movement.
The stretch between the bridge over the Rideau Canal and Elgin Street, where the westbound bike lane is sandwiched between traffic
Global News: Area of Laurier where cyclist killed getting safety upgrades, City of Ottawa says
Interim safety upgrades to a westbound floating bike lane on Laurier Avenue West will be made before the end of August, the City of Ottawa announced on Thursday, three months after
Ottawa Citizen: City councillor says she'll pursue LRT conflict of interest questions
Joanne Laucius
Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney said Monday she will press for answers about whether a law firm that has worked for both the city and embattled engineering giant SNC-Lavalin was in a conflict of interest.
McKenney originally raised the question at a March 6 council meeting, then again last week after councillors received a memo on Aug. 2 saying SNC-Lavalin
CBC: Watson raises Pride flag as openly gay man
Mayor Jim Watson raised the rainbow flag over Ottawa City Hall Monday, marking his first Capital Pride event as an openly gay man.
Watson officially came out in a column in the Ottawa Citizen on Saturday.
"This is my third-day anniversary as an openly gay man in Ottawa," Watson told the crowd at the flag-raising ceremony. "I'm so touched by the support that
Ottawa Citizen: LRT legal debacle shows Ottawa must overhaul procurement
We just can’t use this kind of process when the next big project comes along. It needs a total revamp, and that should be a council priority after the summer recess.
Mohammed Adam
Photo by ERROL MCGIHON, Postmedia
From what we know about the Stage 2 LRT procurement process – and there may be a lot we don’t know – it is clear the system is broken. The more we learn
Ottawa Citizen: City not concerned Stage 2 legal adviser also represents SNC-Lavalin
Jon Willing
The law firm that advised the city on its LRT Stage 2 project is the same firm that advises SNC-Lavalin, the company that eventually won the $1.6 billion contract.
That contract has been the subject of much discussion over the past week, when it became clear that the controversial Quebec engineering firm didn’t meet the scoring threshold for its technical plan to expand the Trillium Line.
Ottawa Citizen: Conflict of interest? Questions persist about law firm working for both city and SNC-Lavalin
Joanne Laucius
Questions about the relationship between an outside lawyer hired by the city and SNC-Lavalin has stirred up questions of conflict of interest.
Norton Rose Fulbright, the law firm that advised the city on its LRT Stage 2 project, is the same firm that advises the controversial engineering giant that eventually won the $1.6-billion contract. Geoffrey Gilbert, a procurement
Ottawa Citizen: Cyclists gather at city hall to mourn Orléans teen, press for safety improvements
Several dozen cycling supporters gathered at Ottawa City Hall Wednesday morning to press officials for measures to protect cyclists.
The group held a minute of silence to honour Simon Khoudri, a 13-year-old teenager who was killed last week in a collision with a car on Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard in Orléans.
The vigil was also intended to pressure council to adopt Vision Zero, a
RENX.ca: LRT and residential development: How much parking is needed?
By John Clark, VP, The Regional Group of Companies, Inc.
Too many, too few, or just enough? For the modern urban core that is remaking itself with transit-oriented development in mind, what is that Goldilocks zone when it comes to parking spaces?
Take these two recent examples from the far ends of the spectrum.
In June, the
CBC: 'Developers control city hall,' city councillor charges
By Kate Porter
Coun. Shawn Menard frustrated by planning committee decision in Old Ottawa East
A frustrated city councillor is blaming developer influence at Ottawa city hall as the reason behind a controversial decision made at the planning committee this week.
Capital ward Coun. Shawn Menard was visibly frustrated at the committee's Thursday meeting, where his Old Ottawa East residents were
Ottawa Citizen: Airbnb, other home-sharing remove 1,000 homes from rental market, study says
By Luke Carroll
More than 1,019 Ottawa-area homes have been taken off the rental market as a result of Airbnb and other home-sharing services, according to a study published by McGill University.
The study titled, Short-term rentals in Canada, found that Airbnb and other home-sharing services were responsible for keeping 31,000 homes off Canada’s long-term rental market.