Archive 1997-2016
The Dalhousie Community Association is pushing for a continuous cycling route connecting Ottawa’s west end to the downtown core to encourage more people to bike to work, but the proposal has been stalled in the administrative process.
A prominent Conservative senator and a leading Canadian history advocate have endorsed a controversial bid to change the name of Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill to Sir John A. Macdonald Street in honour of the country’s first prime minister.
City council’s decision to not revise rules regulating strollers on OC Transpo will cause problems in the future, says the chair of the city’s transit committee. 
Julie Myhre, Centretown NewsMargarita Coppard waits to board an OC Transpo bus with her stroller.
Despite smoke detectors, rigorous fire code regulations and an elite fire service, a recent string of fires in Ottawa has left more than 200 people homeless and caused millions of dollars in damage.
Sage Mosurinjohn-English, Centretown NewsAn empty lot on Glebe Avenue is all that remains of a building destroyed by fire in January.