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Taxpayers will provide outgoing elected officials with a severance package when they depart Ottawa City Hall following this fall’s municipal election.

Motorists owe the City of Ottawa millions of dollars in outstanding speeding fines for photo radar camera violations, eight months after the Ontario government deactivated the speed cameras on roads across the province.

Ottawa drivers have paid more than $8 million in fines for failing to stop for red light cameras at intersections across the city so far, including $840,000 in fines on King Edward Avenue.

The City of Ottawa is cancelling all shows, plays and productions at the Meridian Theatres at Centrepointe until the end of the year due to the damage caused by heavy rain on Canada Day.

Motorists will notice the parking ticket on their windshield is yellow today, as part of a series of changes to parking tickets issued in the City of Ottawa.

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says City of Ottawa advertising campaigns to promote activities happening in the city and to share tips on traffic and OC Transpo service does not mean the city is “demanding public servants should stay downtown” and support local businesses.

Fewer drivers are complying with the posted speed limits at eight former photo radar camera locations across Ottawa this summer, including only one in four drivers following the speed limit at four locations in July, according to new data.

Thousands of drivers have been caught not paying for parking in the Westboro, Wellington West and Hintonburg areas since the introduction of paid on-street parking last summer.

Ottawa homeowners affected by flooding following the Canada Day storm can apply to the city for relief on their property taxes.

The City of Ottawa is seeing an increase in cash for hosting the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Ottawa.

Ottawa residents could soon be picking up their packages from Amazon and other delivery companies from lockers at City of Ottawa facilities.

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe insists there will be “no effort to direct people to stay downtown longer than they want to,” despite a city report outlining an advertising campaign that would encourage people to stay downtown after work to help alleviate pressure on the O-Train, buses and the roads this fall.

A glass vase, cuff links and a portfolio were among the gifts given to retiring and departing City of Ottawa staff last year, while dignitaries visiting City Hall received leather black mittens, a leather passport holder or a glass bowl.

Dozens of drivers hit a sour note with Bylaw Services officers around LeBreton Flats during Ottawa Bluesfest.

Three community groups are calling on the City of Ottawa to explore acquiring the Kanata Golf and Country Club and turn it into an urban park to prevent the development of 1,500 new homes on the land.