Archive 1997-2016
The City of Ottawa’s $150,000 security plan, calling for 15 surveillance cameras in and around city hall by the end of December, has community groups scrambling to mount a legal challenge before it’s too late.
Images of protesters smashing the windows of a McDonald’s on Bank Street turned customers away from the area, resulting in a significant loss of business, claim Bank Street merchants.
Community members want city hall to rethink its proposal to install video surveillance cameras to monitor the grounds outside the building because they say the cameras are intrusive.
A safety audit of bus stations in Ottawa shows safety for women is not up to par.