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Council passes 2025 budget with 3.9% tax hike

Ottawa city council has passed a budget that holds the property tax increase to 3.9 per cent while scrounging up enough extra money to...

Council passes transit plan that eases burden on seniors, delays student hikes

Ottawa city councillors have voted for a new plan to fill the transit deficit that avoids sky-high fare hikes for seniors while delaying proposed...

Rideau Street music store packing up and moving, citing rising crime

For 42 years, Steve's Music has operated in the same location on Rideau Street, steps away from the ByWard Market.But the store will soon be relocating...

Catherine McKenney to run for ONDP in Ottawa Centre

Former Ottawa city councillor and mayoral candidate Catherine McKenney has been nominated as the Ontario NDP's candidate for Ottawa Centre in the next provincial election.The news...

City ready to reconsider 120% hike to transit passes for seniors, mayor says

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says the city will revisit an unpopular budget proposal to raise the price of a monthly senior transit pass by...

Ottawa faces uphill battle to get support for asylum seeker centre

As the director of Refugee 613, Louisa Taylor knows better than most what people seeking refuge in Canada are facing.Federal policies have contributed to...

Tough city budget to be drafted on mayor’s directions

The City of Ottawa's draft budget for 2025 will be crafted based on the mayor's approach of raising property taxes by 2.9 per cent...

2 men charged with 1st-degree murder after Keswick shooting

Two men are facing first-degree murder charges, York police say, following a double-fatal shooting in Keswick, Ont. Wednesday.Officers were first called about the sound...

Major public service union asks members not to shop downtown

A major union for Ottawa-Gatineau's largest employer asked members on Wednesday to try not to spend money at downtown businesses.As of Monday, federal public servants have to work in...

Ottawa mayor says he’s skipping this year’s Capital Pride events

Ottawa's mayor says he's skipping this year's Capital Pride following a falling out between the organization and a prominent Jewish group over statements in the...

Mayor says Ottawa facing ‘financial crisis,’ blames feds for shortchanging city

Commuters board an OC Transpo bus in late 2023. The transit agency's ridership has not recovered to pre-pandemic levels to the same extent as...

After 3 decades on Ottawa’s airwaves, Laurence Wall is hanging up the mic

Wall has been 'inexorably linked' with CBC Ottawa's news coverage, says managing editor Drake Fenton. (Michel Aspirot/Radio-Canada)

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