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Ottawa councillors holding ‘New Ways to Bus’ outreach at Westgate Shopping Centre

OC Transpo will hold its latest outreach session regarding proposed changes to bus routes Thursday evening at the Westgate Shopping Centre.

$10 million in red-light camera revenue not allocated to Ottawa’s road safety fund, audit finds

Ottawa’s auditor general has found millions of dollars in revenue from the city’s red-light cameras could have been allocated to road safety initiatives over the past four years, but the funding supported the City of Ottawa’s general operating budget and police.

Ottawa city council signs on to campaign to ban Nazi symbols in Canada

Ottawa city council has voted unanimously to support a campaign to ban Nazi symbols nationwide.

Ottawa city council calling on province to toughen vehicle crime legislation

Ottawa city council has voted unanimously to call on the Ontario government to strengthen legislation around vehicle-related crimes, like theft and stunt driving.

Ottawa city council approves plan to develop doctor recruitment strategy

Ottawa city council has voted unanimously to direct staff to develop a strategy to recruit family doctors to the capital.

Ottawa city council rejects proposal to expand quarry on March Road

Ottawa city council has voted to reject a plan to expand a quarry in the city’s rural west end.

Vehicles covered in parking tickets as Ottawa conducts spring street sweeping

Bylaw Services officers have issued dozens of tickets to motorists ignoring the temporary no-parking rules, as the City of Ottawa conducts the annual spring cleaning of roads and sidewalks.

Councillor wants Ottawa to develop strategy to attract more doctors

An Ottawa councillor wants the city to develop short-term and long-term plans to attract more physicians to the capital.

Here’s how many marriage licences the City of Ottawa issues a year

Statistics from the City of Ottawa shows 5,274 marriage licences were issued in Ottawa in 2024, up from 4,997 in 2023 and 4,992 in 2022.

City of Ottawa urged to take ‘cautious approach’ on bubble zone bylaw for protests

Staff are proposing the City of Ottawa take a “cautious approach” on implementing a possible “bubble bylaw” to restrict demonstrations near certain community spaces, including schools and hospitals.

These are Ottawa’s road and transit priority projects for the next 20 years

The City of Ottawa’s roadmap to keep people moving over the next 20 years includes expanding light-rail transit into Barrhaven and Kanata, a new bus transitway on Baseline Road and widening Prince of Wales Drive and the Airport Parkway.

Ottawa firefighters see spike in demand in 2024

Ottawa firefighters continued to meet its response time targets in 2024, despite responding to 1,200 more incidents across the city last year

Fewer speeding tickets issued through Ottawa’s photo radar cameras during a snowy February

The snow may have slowed down motorists on Ottawa’s roads in February, as the city’s photo radar cameras caught the fewest number of speeders in 16 months.

Ottawa Police Service forecasting more than $44M in budget pressures in 2026

The Ottawa Police Service is getting an early start on its budget process for next year, saying it is facing more than $44 million in budgetary pressures and suggesting it could need a significant tax increase to pay for it.

Tourism experts in Ottawa optimistic about ‘night mayor’

Experts and leaders in Ottawa’s tourism industry say they’re optimistic about the city’s future nightlife and are thanking nightlife commissioner Mathieu Grondin for his work so far on laying the foundation for expanding the city’s nightlife economy.