
Op-ed: Affordable housing trumps talent, says survey of Ottawa residents’ priorities
OBJ columnist Bruce Firestone asked local residents what matters most to them – and received some surprising answers

Op-ed: Affordable housing trumps talent, says survey of Ottawa residents’ priorities
OBJ columnist Bruce Firestone asked local residents what matters most to them – and received some surprising answers

City of Ottawa announces data-sharing plan with Google’s Waze app
Ottawa will join other major North American cities in sharing traffic data with Google’s Waze app, the city announced Thursday

City of Ottawa proposes $3.76B operating budget in 2020
Mayor Jim Watson laid out the City of Ottawa’s proposed fiscal blueprint for the coming year at council Wednesday morning, with increases planned for transit

City likely to fail any legal challenge over Chateau Laurier addition: memo
A pending motion for city council to rescind approval of the controversial addition to the Château Laurier could land the municipality in a tough court

City ends struggling Ottawa Champions baseball team’s stadium lease
The City of Ottawa is renegotiating its lease deal with pro baseball’s Ottawa Champions after the club fell more than $400,000 behind in rent payments

Prospectus: Ottawa’s golden age of city-building
In the latest edition of the OBJ newsmagazine, publisher Mike Curran shares his observations from Ottawa’s city-building summit

City says it expects to recoup all LRT delay costs from developers
Ottawa taxpayers won’t be on the hook for an estimated $34.4 million in costs related to the delayed opening of phase one LRT – assuming

NCC shares vision on Sparks Street, LeBreton Flats and Château Laurier projects
The National Capital Commission outlined its role and vision for several major Ottawa building projects – including the controversial Château Laurier addition – on Thursday

Confederation Line LRT service to start in September: Watson
Rideau Transit Group has not provided a new date to hand over the system, though the city has been told to expect work to finish

A million reasons to celebrate
The population of the nation’s capital has hit one million people, a feat the city said puts it ‘in a different league of big North
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