Archive 1997-2016
Councillors eagerly hacked and slashed city programs to reach the target 3.9-per-cent tax increase at a budget committee meeting recently, but their eagerness blinded them to strategy when they cut funding for Crime Prevention Ottawa, says Somerset Ward Coun. Diane Holmes.
The city is moving to recapture the Sussex Drive lane that the U.S. Embassy closed off with concrete barricades in 2003 as an added security measure following the 9/11 terrorist attacks of 2001.
Megan Cheung, Centretown NewsThe city is considering alternatives to the unsightly barricades along Sussex Drive.
People use cellphones to talk and to text, but soon Ottawa residents may be able to use them to pay for parking.
City council gave the Lansdowne Live proposal the green light last week with rural and suburban councillors tipping the balance in its favour.