
City staff recommend council say yes on pot stores in Ottawa
Ottawa city council should allow private cannabis retailers to set up shop in the capital once the stores become legal next April, municipal staff say

City staff recommend council say yes on pot stores in Ottawa
Ottawa city council should allow private cannabis retailers to set up shop in the capital once the stores become legal next April, municipal staff say

Op-ed: Why council shouldn’t opt out of cannabis storefronts in Ottawa: Leiper
Cannabis is now legal in Canada, and one of the first issues with which the new Council will be seized very soon is whether or

Jenna Sudds targeting tech park transit pains in new job as Kanata North councillor
One week after her successful entry into municipal politics, new Kanata North councillor-elect Jenna Sudds says she’s not forgetting her tech park roots. Sudds will

In or out? City of Ottawa surveying residents on private cannabis retail
The City of Ottawa is surveying residents about whether to allow private cannabis retailers to set up shop in the capital, an all-or-nothing choice that

Ottawa council turnover to delay LRT Phase 2 contract; schedule unaffected, says planning director
Following a third-consecutive election victory, Jim Watson will be in the mayor’s office see Phase 1 of the LRT expansion start running – but voting

Mayor Watson, seven new councillors elected in Ottawa 2018 vote
In his third straight term as mayor of Ottawa, Jim Watson will work with a crop of fresh faces after voters in seven wards picked

Watson faces legal challenge over blocking residents on Twitter
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is the target of a test legal case that could prompt politicians all across the country to reconsider their use of

Watson pledges to cap tax increases at 3%
With one week to go before Ottawa residents head to the polls, incumbent Mayor Jim Watson says he’ll limit property tax increases to three per

Mayoral candidates tackle Parliament Hill reno, Airbnb questions at Ottawa tourism debate
Ottawa’s mayoral challengers clashed over how to boost public safety in the ByWard Market and the need to regulate online accommodation platforms such as Airbnb

City of Ottawa to study potential Barrhaven LRT expansion
With plans for the second phase of the LRT already a go, the City of Ottawa is now studying ways to extend light rail to
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