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“More time” was the order of the day as Elgin Street’s planned concert hall survived a city council vote last week that could have stripped its municipal funding. Instead, council agreed to postpone the deal’s Nov. 30 deadline to the end of February.
The Ottawa Public Library Board has been forced to recommend the closure of one third of its branches in order to meet the city’s rigid budget constraints.
The new OC Transpo smoking ban, which clamps down on bus stop smokers, may be difficult to enforce on city streets.
An Ottawa city councillor wants fences built in the Colonel By underpass, near the Rideau Centre, to discourage street youth from hanging out and in turn make the area safer.