A Lisgar Street resident is asking the city to revise its policies for deciding where speed humps go after his neighbourhood fought the city to put the brakes on one for their street.
A Centretown resident is proposing a municipal bylaw that would prevent correctional facilities and parole offices from being placed within 200 metres of schools.
Teachers and students are reacting with shock to Bob Chiarelli’s claim that 40 to 60 per cent of the city’s student body could be smoking pot during the course of the school day.
An opening for the Rideau Canal footbridge proposed by the city’s pedestrian advisory committee is being moved to coincide with the planned official opening next spring.
Over the past 19 years, Youville Centre has seen 500 young single mothers come through its doors. Of those, more than 300 have graduated from the centre’s alternative high school and about 140 are now off social assistance.
Almost half of Ottawa’s current city council members aren’t green enough, according to a coalition of local environmental groups that recently released report cards grading the councillors on their environmental concern.
A proposed city bylaw may result in OC Transpo passengers who choose not to give up their priority seats to the elderly or disabled having to face more than disgusted looks from those around them – they might get fined, too.