Category: Breaking News

A public meeting about the latest details of Ottawa’s new light rail system is scheduled for Thursday night at city hall.

City councillors will be asked next week to rule on whether ads that carry a pro-atheist message should be allowed on city buses after a transport committee meeting failed to reach a decision.

The “atheist bus” campaign was momentarily bound for Ottawa, but OC Transpo has ruled out allowing provocative advertisements bearing a no-god message.

Council voted Wednesday night to decrease the incentive package for returning transit users after a discussion that inched city staff through a wringer of scrutiny and had tempers flaring.