by Glen Gower | Nov 26, 2024 | Notebook
La version française suivra Where to begin with breaking down the 2025 Draft Budget for OC Transpo? Our Transit Commission spent over eight hours on Monday hearing delegations, asking questions, and discussing the numbers. Some of the budget recommendations stem from...
by Glen Gower | Nov 26, 2024 | Notebook
La version française suivra Here’s a recap of what we heard during our regular OC Transpo operational update at Transit Commission this week. (I’ve posted a separate recap of the budget portion here.) Para Transpo Talk OC Transpo held its first Para Transpo Talk...
by Glen Gower | Nov 22, 2024 | Information, Notebook
La version française suivra Ottawa’s 2025 Draft Budget is complex. With well over 100 service areas and nearly $5-billion in proposed operating expenses, the budget book is hundreds of pages deep. Throughout November and December, city committees are reviewing...
by Glen Gower | Nov 9, 2024 | Information, Notebook
La version française suivra On Monday evening, the Ottawa Public Health Board received the 2024 Nutritious Food Basket report. Every year, Ottawa Public Health (OPH) monitors food affordability via the Nutritious Food Basket survey. The food basket is a sample of...
by Glen Gower | Nov 8, 2024 | Notebook
La version française suit Here in Ottawa, we have a long history of welcoming refugees from all around the world. Whether it was Ottawa Mayor Marion Dewar leading the campaign to welcome Vietnamese refugees in the 1970s and 1980s, or more recently when the City came...
by Glen Gower | Nov 3, 2024 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit Last month we asked Stittsville residents to participate our Stittsville transportation corridor priorities survey. We received over 850 responses (!) and you provided a lot of additional comments and feedback. First, the survey results....
