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Straight Outta Stittsville

About housing, city issues, transit and more.

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City secures legal ownership of Amberway Park after 68 years

An administrative error dating back nearly seven decades has now been corrected, and Amberway Park on Savage Drive is now officially owned by the City of Ottawa.

They paved paradise, put up a Mattress Mart

The story of the former Hodgins House in Kanata

What every municipal candidate needs right now

Nearing the half-way point of the campaign

What does a city councillor do exactly?

Less than 100 days til the election campaign, still plenty of time to register

Candidate tips: Dos and don'ts of door knocking

It's the central activity of every municipal campaign

Youth ride free on OC Transpo this summer

Pre-teens and youth ride free in July and August, but they'll need a Presto card

Why closing supervised consumption sites puts lives at risk

Closures will mean more overdoses and a major strain on emergency services, healthcare, and social service providers

Q&A: The sign construction that's snarling the Queensway

Crews are installing a new overhead directional sign near the IKEA

How a crab apple tree led archaeologists to a lost farm near Tanger Outlets

The 19th century Burroughs Farmstead could be the site of a new housing development

Speaking notes: Rick Leary's 10 point plan for OC Transpo

Delivered today at a news conference at City Hall