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Councillor-elect Catherine McKenney is ready to be sworn in on Dec. 1 as Diane Holmes’s successor in Somerset Ward, but she is the only newly elected woman on a city council that lost Holmes and two other women — defeated Katherine Hobbs in KitchissippiWard and retired Maria McRae in River Ward.
Caption TextGraphic by Oliver Sachgau, Centretown News
Shaded area shows relationship between leased land and existing Civic Hospital campus.Some community groups are concerned the federal government’s recent transfer of publicly owned land from Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm could be the beginning of a slippery slope that sees parcels of historical land put up for commercial development.
Security has been tightened on Parliament Hill, the Canadian Press reported.
The City of Ottawa’s clerk and solicitor has recommended a comprehensive review of the two boards that govern and oversee the activities on Sparks Street, according to a new report tabled at today’s city council meeting.