By Natalia Goodwin
Ottawa cycling advocates say the city should have known that a redesigned stretch of Elgin Street where a cyclist was seriously injured Friday night needed better protection.
Just before 8 p.m., a 20-year-old woman was
CBC: Councillor 'wholly unsatisfied' with answers to inquiry on Jock River file
The Ottawa city councillor who demanded answers about alterations to the Jock River flood plain says the responses have only raised further questions, which are
THIS Magazine: Inside Canada’s Airbnb crisis
By Nicole Beier; Illustration by Marcia Diaz
Just this past year, Canadian news was constantly covering stories of vacation rentals, made possible by platforms such as Airbnb, taking the housing supply hostage. When Airbnb first launched its platform in 2008, allowing anyone to rent out their home to tourists, they unleashed a swarm of people who were desperate to “live like a local” while travelling. Many
CBC: Councillor wants answers on potential rise of Jock River
By Joanne Chianello
The Ottawa city councillor who demanded answers about alterations to the Jock River flood plain says the responses have only raised further questions — including what might happen if the changes cause water levels to rise, as an
Global News: Advocates push Ottawa to buy hotels as housing for city’s homeless during coronavirus pandemic
By Craig Lord; Photo by Beatrice Britneff
As many hotels across the nation’s capital sit empty, some are seeing an opportunity to both protect the city’s vulnerable populations during the coronavirus pandemic and address long-term homelessness concerns in Ottawa.
Advocates working to promote affordable housing in Ottawa are teaming up with
CBC: New respite centre for Ottawa's homeless to 'make a big difference'
The COVID-19 pandemic is making a bad situation worse for many of Ottawa's homeless residents, since most of the public facilities with bathrooms and showers have closed their doors.
Randy lives in a tent with his three dogs and hasn't had access to services for several weeks.
"My appearance … I'm sorry for not being on camera, but I look like shit," he
CTV: Councillor wants City of Ottawa to open recreation facility for people experiencing homelessness
By Tyler Fleming
OTTAWA -- An Ottawa Councillor is calling on the City of Ottawa to open a recreation facility to provide daytime respite for those struggling with homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Somerset Councillor Catherine McKenney will ask the City’s Human Needs Task Force to consider opening the Plant Recreation Centre on Somerset Street West.
CTV: Staff reject Councillor's request to deactivate beg buttons at Ottawa intersections
By Josh Pringle
The City of Ottawa has hit the brakes on a push to deactivate beg buttons at intersections across the city during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Councillor Shawn Menard asked staff to look at the “feasibility of reprogramming automated push buttons where safe to do so, in order to reduce the need for people to physically touch these buttons to safely cross a
Toronto.com: Cities make room for distancing on sidewalks
OTTAWA — Battles are brewing in some cities over use of increasingly limited public space, as local governments struggle with whether to give more room for pedestrians to spread out.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says on its website that taking a walk outside is a low-risk activity for healthy people — no more dangerous than online shopping or cooking at home.
CTV: Ottawa urged to re-purpose underused streets for cyclists, pedestrians
By Josh Pringle
OTTAWA -- Ecology Ottawa and two Councillors would like to see pedestrians and cyclists fill empty traffic lanes on Ottawa’s roads during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The City of Ottawa tells CTV News Ottawa that there has been an approximately 50 per cent decrease in traffic across the city over the past two weeks.
Employees working at home, school cancellations and calls for physical
Capital Current: Little Italy’s food desert may soon end with grocery store in new development
By Ciara Hain
A long-awaited supermarket is expected to anchor a major new housing and retail development in Ottawa’s Little Italy neighbourhood.
The new development will see the end of what Somerset Ward Coun. Catherine McKenney calls a food desert. The supermarket is to be part of a development
TVO: What happens when a library becomes a refuge for the homeless
OTTAWA — On a chilly February morning, people scurry in and out of the lobby of the Ottawa Public Library’s main branch on Metcalfe Street while a man sleeps on a wooden bench, his face covered by the hood of his parka.
For many years, the lobby doors opened on weekdays as early as 6 a.m., four