Councillors push for more transparent real-time tracking of transit reliability
Long wait times, delays, ghost buses have plagued some 300,000 daily OC Transpo users in 2026. Low operator and bus availability, extreme weather and mechanical problems only exacerbate the problem. And real-time tracking tools meant to help OC Transpo users make decisions about their commute have become unreliable for some. On Jan. 5 alone, for example, more than 800 scheduled...
City rebuffs owner, grants heritage status to ‘rare’ Orléans farmhouse
Over the objections of the building’s owner, Ottawa city council has granted heritage status to a “rare and unusual remaining example” of a century-old farmhouse in Orléans. Located at 6654 Notre-Dame St. in the east-end suburb, Lauzon House is described by city heritage experts as an important link to the history of the early Franco-Ontarian farming community while exhibiting “a...