Jon Willing
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Osgoode couple drops lawsuit against Coun. George Darouze
Continuing with the lawsuit wasn't worth the time, stress and potential cost associated with a trial, Kristen Lechleitner said. → Read More
Deadline for LRT inquiry report extended to Nov. 30
The original deadline was Aug. 31, but the provincial government allowed an extension to Nov. 30 if requested and the minister agreed. → Read More
'It breaks my heart:' Hazeldean Woods loses tract of trees following cleanup from May wind storm
The City of Ottawa forestry branch provided three reasons for removing the trees: public safety, access and regenerating the forest. → Read More
Explainer: 'Strong mayor' system would give more CEO-type powers to Ottawa's head of council
Here's what the province has cooked up for the mayors of Ottawa and Toronto for the next term of council, which begins Nov. 15. → Read More
'The craziness is over': Ottawa's real estate market inches toward stability, but home prices still increasing
Thursday, the Ottawa Real Estate Board released its analysis of July listings and sales and declared a "profound slowdown" in the local home resale market. → Read More
Montfort Hospital confirms temporary ER closure will end Monday morning
The hospital said the temporary closures were necessary because of COVID-19-related absences, vacations, staff fatigue and burnout, on top of a nursing shortage. → Read More
Supreme Court won't hear Ottawa's appeal over Kanata golf course redevelopment
The decision is a win for Clublink and its partners as it seeks to redevelop the land into a new suburban community → Read More
Small change allowing accents on Ontario government ID is a big difference for francophones
The Ford government announced Wednesday that French characters, such as those with accents, will be permitted on Ontario health cards. → Read More
Explainer: Why taxpayers will pay departing council members at least $549K
Officially, it's not called severance, but the idea is the same — under a municipal policy, councillors get a significant payout → Read More
Why aren't more people registering for Ottawa's municipal election?
As of Friday, the lack of candidates in some wards was glaring with the nomination cutoff date approaching. → Read More
LRT inquiry: Rail projects are a gamble with unfavourable odds for project owners, commissioner hears
According to one researcher, 80 years of data have indicated that two out of 1,000 rail projects deliver on budget, schedule and benefits, and there's a… → Read More
Carol Anne Meehan is the latest councillor who won't seek re-election in October municipal vote
Meehan, representing Gloucester-South Nepean ward, joins a number of council members who don't want to serve the next term at city hall. → Read More
Departing mayors, bureaucrats get goodies from City of Ottawa's protocol gift bank
The gift-giving slowed during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
City seeks marketing and communications extraordinaire to promote Stage 2 O-Train expansion
According to a tender document, the city has set aside $2.715 million for the promotional campaign. → Read More
Ottawa councillors pan premier's plan to make mayor 'strong' in council decisions
New provincial measures could give the mayor the power to veto decisions and let council block mayoral vetos with two-thirds votes. → Read More
'Pleasant' Canada Day weekend so far as police maintain visibly large presence downtown
Police are maintaining a visibly large presence downtown for the long holiday weekend. → Read More
LRT inquiry: Mayor Watson defends receiving more info than council colleagues
Mayor Jim Watson says he believes in “over communicating,” but on Thursday he had to explain why he didn’t let colleagues know that the bar for measuring LRT… → Read More
LRT inquiry: Former RTG boss says city requested less-strict trial run requirements
Peter Lauch, who left the CEO job in July 2020, said RTG didn't ask for changes to the trial running criteria, but he said the city made the offer through OC Transpo director Troy Charter. → Read More
Mark Sutcliffe eyes mayoral race, schedules announcement Wednesday
Sutcliffe hosted radio shows on CFRA and 1310 News and was a TV host on CPAC and at Rogers TV moderated many municipal election debates. → Read More
LRT inquiry: Manconi defends using group chats to feed updates to city leaders, including the mayor
“The WhatsApp chats were not an attempt to be private,” Manconi told commission co-lead counsel John Adair on Day 12 of the inquiry hearing. → Read More