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Ottawa's rail director Michael Morgan to resign this fall

The City of Ottawa is losing its rail director, in the midst of ongoing legal problems and just as the delayed north-south Trillium Line inches closer to opening.

Horizon Ottawa audit finds possible election finance breaches

An external auditor has found evidence the well-known progressive lobby organization Horizon Ottawa may have breached campaign rules for third-party advertisers, based on interviews and financial records from the 2022 municipal election.

Ottawa police helicopter 'critical' resource, but will take a year to arrive

Hours after Ottawa police halted their chase of an allegedcarthief, Chief Eric Stubbs stood at the Rockcliffe Airport Tuesday infront of a helicopter onehe says would have made that pursuit easier and safer.

Tired of rising rents, group aims to keep its housing affordable forever

The Ottawa Community Land Trust has put an offer on a second apartment building, in a bid to slow gentrification of affordable neighbourhoods and keep the homes affordable.

Federal $30 billion fund may not be enough to save struggling transit services, critics warn

It's been called the federal government's largest investment in public transit ever but transit advocates say they fear the $30 billion infrastructure fund won't be enough to pull struggling agencies out of their death spirals.
Analysis

Ottawa's LRT testing has a troubled past. Here's how it'll work with the Trillium Line

Transit staff are promising more transparency for the north-south Trillium Line's trial running and a commitment to only open the line when it's certain that trains will run well.

Ottawa facing stiff competition in search for next chief planner

Ontario's three biggest cities are all on the hunt for a top bureaucrat who can lead them through the challenge of meeting housing targets, during a time when experts say hiring and retaining top talent is keeping municipal leaders up at night.

Controversial developer donations policy punted to working group

The contentious debate over whether to ban councillors from negotiating donations for their wards sparked confusion around the council table on Wednesday, as the city clerk struggled to answer a litany of questions on hypothetical no-go scenarios.

Stalled Orlans development reaches deal after dispute that's left homeowners locked out

Homeowners who bought in the new Eastboro development in 2019, have spent years looking at completed homes they can't live in because they aren't connected to storm sewers.
Analysis

Multi-million-dollar settlement talks prove LRT secrecy still a concern

Ottawas latest light rail transit legal woes are highlighting an issue thats been a concern since before the troubled system got rolling: transparency.Sources tell CBC new claims against the city are in the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars.