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Reporter Cheryl Brink begins a three-part series on her airborne adventures. Over the next few weeks, she will take you along on her journies in the skies via hot air balloon, Cessna 150 airplane and parachute. For more photos and a video, check out Brink's personal blog at http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com.
The federal government is looking long and hard at relocating thousands of civil servant jobs to Ottawa's suburbs. Kanata is a prime target for this mass exodus, with its high vacancy rate and relatively low lease rates.
Ottawa's biggest transit union broke off all talks with the city after coming to an impasse over scheduling issues. The city is now urging the federal government to step in and force the union to bring the municipality's last offer to its membership for a supervised vote.
Ottawa's mayor is calling on the president of the city's largest transit union to allow its members to vote on the city's final contract offer. In the meantime, Mayor Larry O'Brien is asking residents to form carpools to reduce traffic on the city's highways.
The Ottawa Talent Initiative is re-starting a job hunting service for out-of-work or underemployed professionals, teaching them how to tap the 'hidden job market'.
Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien was blindsided this week by a coalition of 15 councillors who pushed through a budget with a 4.9 per cent increases and few cuts to programs and services on Monday, Dec. 8.
Ninety-eight per cent of drivers, mechanics and dispatchers with
the Amalgamated Transit Union local 279 voted to give their leadership a strike
mandate on Dec. 3. The city was unable to negotiate a new contract with the transit
union which has resulted in a city-wide transit strike starting on Dec. 10.
A plan to hire 15 new school crossing guards is on the chopping block, as Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien is pushing city council to cancel spending on "nice to have" programs and bring in a tax-freeze budget.
City council recently voted 19-5 to approve a transportation master
plan that will see a light rail route running from Blair Station through a
downtown tunnel to Tunney’s Pasture within a decade.
The Conservatives are asking Canadians to speak out against an attempt to replace the Tory government with a Liberal-NDP coalition supported by the Bloc Quebecois.
While there could soon be major changes on
Parliament Hill, area Conservative and Liberal MPs are at odds about what is
best for Canadians.
Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson says council is starting to think outside the box, looking for ways to balance the budget without approving severe cuts to programs and services. One idea, she said, is to delay hiring some paramedics and police officers.
Hundreds of people gathered at Ottawa council chambers on Monday, Nov. 18, to protest
a proposal to axe more than $6 million from all municipal arts, culture and
heritage funding next year.
The
story of Brandon Crisp has touched people across Canada,
but is particularly felt at Ottawa Region Media Group, because Brandon’s mother, Angelika Crisp, works at
the Barrie Advance, a paper owned by our same parent company.
It was déjà vu all over again at Ottawa's city hall, as staff
this week unveiled a $1.7-billion transit blueprint, calling for a light rail route
running from Blair station to Tunney’s Pasture, passing through a downtown
tunnel during the first decade of the project.
City staff are expected to recommend making east-west light rail a priority in a report to be tabled at city hall on Monday, Nov. 7.
The Ghost of Budgets Past will haunt council once again this Christmas, with staff tabling a draft budget for 2009 calling for deep cuts to programs and services and steep hikes to user fees and bus fares.
Kanata's Walter Baker Park hosts cyclocross race on Sunday, Nov. 2. One competitor describes the European sport as a cross between a steeplechase race and cross country running, only on bikes.
Ottawa police unveil new Google-based crime mapping tool, allowing residents to track crime in their neighbourhood. Ottawa is the first urban police force in Canada to introduce the tool.
Musical couple Sarah DeLuca and Peter Voith can’t get enough of each other and are even
sharing the stage on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at Southminster Church,
15 Aylmer Ave.
It will probably be the last time they share a church stage before their
wedding.
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