Tories do Ottawa a disservice by not defending their record at City Hall debate
Mayor Jim Watson got exactly what he wanted out of a federal election debate he organized at City Hall Monday evening: A collection of candidates crashing into each other as they competed to show just...
View ArticleCity outgunned on putting public housing on radar
In less than three weeks — with no public money spent — the Stand Up for Public Housing contingent has clearly outmanned and outgunned the city’s efforts to put the need for social housing funding on...
View ArticleTransportation available to Max Keeping funeral (City of Ottawa)
(Source: City of Ottawa) Ottawa - Three OC Transpo buses will be made available to take residents to the Canadian Tire Centre for a Celebration of Life...
View ArticleDemocrats head to Nevada hoping to win debate – and crucial Latino support
The state’s Culinary Union, considered a key to Latino support, prepares to listen to candidates’ platforms on ‘pathetically broken system’ at debate party...
View ArticleRiverside South students get active for International Walk to School Week...
(Source: City of Ottawa) Ottawa -Mayor Jim Watson andOttawa Board of Health member Councillor Michael Qaqish will join students and staff from St. Jerome Catholic School, Steve MacLean Public School...
View ArticleCycling safety proponent wins 2014 Bruce Timmermans Award (City of Ottawa)
(Source: City of Ottawa) Ottawa - Monna-Leigh McElveny has been recognized with the 2014 Bruce Timmermans Award for her work promoting safe cycling in the community and in particular with the Kanata...
View ArticleOttawa crowned Western Hemisphere’s most business-friendly mid-sized city
The city of Ottawa was a big winner recently at fDi Magazine’s American Cities of the Future Awards presented at the International Economic Development Council in Anchorage, Alaska. © Provided left to...
View ArticleProgressives support Trudeau Liberals: In Their Own Words (Liberal Party of...
(Source: Liberal Party of Canada) Joseph Boyden 'My name's Joseph Boyden. I'm a Canadian writer, a teacher, a father, an uncle to more than three dozen nephews and nieces. Let me tell you why I...
View ArticleRandy Born receives Mayor’s City Builder Award (City of Ottawa)
(Source: City of Ottawa) Ottawa - Mayor Jim Watson and Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward Councillor Tim Tierney presented a Mayor's City Builder Award to Randy Born at today's City Council meeting, recognizing...
View ArticleDiscover your city this autumn (City of Ottawa)
(Source: City of Ottawa) Ottawa - It's Autumn in the City and there is lots to do in and around Ottawa. Get out and enjoy the fall colours by cycling or walking along the many pathways, sign up for a...
View ArticleTories may regret shutting out potential Ottawa candidates
With several neck-and-neck races in the Ottawa area, you have to wonder whether the Tories and Pierre Poilievre might be second-guessing the heavy-handed decision to shut out some well-known potential...
View ArticleRandy Born to receive Mayor’s City Builder Award (City of Ottawa)
(Source: City of Ottawa) Ottawa - Mayor Jim Watson and Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward Councillor Tim Tierney will present a Mayor's City Builder Award to Randy Born on Wednesday, October 14 at the start...
View ArticleTories in trouble in some local ridings: Poll
With the Liberals and Conservatives locked in a virtual dead heat in national polls, the race is "too close to call" in three prominent local ridings. A new poll conducted exclusively for Postmedia by...
View ArticleOttawa to host 2017 Juno Awards
Ottawa mayor Jim Watson has scored the first goal in his bid to secure a hat trick of marquis events for Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations in 2017. © wikipedia.org Ottawa will host the 2017 Juno...
View ArticleBehind the polls: A chance for the Tories?
OTTAWA — Can you believe the polls? By and large, yes. Sure, the entire industry whiffed big time in the Alberta election of 2012 and again in the B.C. election of 2013. In both elections, multiple...
View ArticleLots to learn from the parties' horrible behaviour late in this campaign
Weary and out of time, the politicians get honest in the last days of their campaigns. They have no other choice. With voting day in sight, the leaders reveal how they believe they're doing by where...
View ArticleLiberals campaign to unseat NDP's Paul Dewar in Ottawa Centre
Ottawa Centre has been called one of the safest NDP ridings in the country after Paul Dewar won with more than 50 per cent of the vote in 2011, but a call for strategic voting has Liberal candidate...
View ArticleKeen political interest at the heart of the nation
Ottawa Centre is one of the most politicized ridings on the federal election map. In 2011 nearly 75 per cent of eligible voters marched to the polls, a 5.5-per-cent jump over the 2008 election. When...
View ArticleLet's send some good men and women to Ottawa
The longest and most expensive Canadian election will come to a close on Monday night. I live, eat and breathe politics and even I am sick of this campaign and ready for the end. But as worn out from...
View ArticleStaffing problems, mislaid poll boxes lead to glitches
The polling station at Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre nnear Britannia Beach in the Ottawa West-Nepean riding opened more than 30 minutes late Monday after four Elections Canada staff members failed to show...
View ArticleFederal NDP leader Tom Mulcair hoping to build on momentum from Alberta NDP win
In his last Edmonton stop of the campaign, Federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair was quick to laud the provincial NDP win, but was short on specific Prairie promises. About 800 NDP supporters turned out for a...
View ArticlePublic Meeting presentation of City of Ottawa National Disaster Resilience...
(Source: City of Ottawa, IL) WHAT: City of Ottawa presentation of the content of its approximately 15 million dollar grant application for funding under the...
View ArticleTrudeau's Team: Meet the Top Contenders for Canadian Cabinet
In selecting Canada’s next finance minister, Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau can pick between an old hand, a Toronto business executive and the head of his economic advisory group whose stimulus...
View ArticleOttawa business leaders look forward to dialogue with Trudeau government
The lines of communication between the Ottawa business community and Parliament Hill are expected to be much more open under a new Liberal government, local business leaders said Tuesday. (Stock photo)...
View ArticleWatson says 'good relationship' with Trudeau will help Ottawa
Mayor Jim Watson boasted Tuesday that his "good relationship" with Justin Trudeau will benefit Ottawa residents, many of whom elected Liberal MPs on Monday night as part of the party's sweep across the...
View ArticleCity wins two GTEC Medals of Distinction
On a night when most eyes were glued to televisions for federal election or baseball results, the City of Ottawa scored its own victories, picking up...
View ArticleLiberal sweep of 416 a 'strong message': Tory
Mayor John Tory called the Liberal sweep of Toronto a "clear choice" by residents. Tory publicly congratulated Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau Tuesday morning. "His victory and the number of...
View ArticleOttawa mayor pleased with Liberal win, calls Tories a 'challenge' to deal with
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says he's looking forward to a more positive relationship with the federal government after last night's Liberal success in the city, adding it was "always a struggle" to deal...
View ArticleEastern Ontario, Western Quebec painted red on election night
Eastern Ontario and western Quebec was swept up in the red wave that rolled over Canada as Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party scored an impressive majority government Monday night. © catherinemckenna.ca...
View ArticleHow to tell McKenney and McKenna apart
One rides a scooter to work and competes in ultra marathons, while the other was captain of her varsity swim team and now trains with a local club. Some advice on who to tell Somerset Coun. Catherine...
View ArticlePlenty of cabinet material in Trudeau's new caucus
OTTAWA -- Justin Trudeau will swear in a new Liberal cabinet on Nov. 4 and he's got an embarrassment of riches to choose from among his 183 newly elected MPs. Cabinet making is one of the most...
View ArticleTrick or Treat with the Mayor in support of the Ottawa Food Bank’s Baby...
(Source: City of Ottawa) Ottawa -Mayor Jim Watson will host the ninth annual Trick or Treat with the Mayor event this Saturday in support of the Ottawa Food Bank's Baby...
View ArticleMayor to lead economic development mission to China, Thailand
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson will be adding to his frequent flyer points when he leads an economic development mission to China and Thailand this November. © Tom Pechloff Mayor Jim Watson with some of the...
View ArticleAs Paul Dewar knows, 'there's no safe seat'
“Did you get the number of the truck that hit me?” Paul Dewar asked. “It was a big, red truck.” On Tuesday, Dewar, his wife and a dozen volunteers were clearing out the Somerset St. W. storefront that...
View ArticleOttawa Fury FC to be honoured by City, Mayor Watson (Ottawa Fury FC)
(Source: Ottawa Fury FC) The City of Ottawa will honour Ottawa Fury FC this Friday with a Fury flag raising ceremony at City Hall. The entire Fury team and coaching staff will...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on the Canadian elections: ready or not, here comes Trudeau
Regrettably, Canadian general elections get only a fraction of the attention that is routinely lavished on contests in their more powerful neighbour to the south. Yet the Liberal win in Monday’s...
View ArticleSnellville, Suwanee candidates to debate issues
The heated contest for Snellville mayor and city council seats will get a little hotter as candidates debate the issues 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 75...
View ArticleCity announces Ottawa Book Award and Prix du livre d’Ottawa recipients (City...
(Source: City of Ottawa) Ottawa - Three local writers were honoured with the prestigious Ottawa Book Award and Prix du livre d'Ottawa tonight at Ottawa City Hall. Heather Menzies, Blaise Ndala and...
View ArticleFury FC Honored By City Of Ottawa (NASL - North American Soccer League LLC)
(Source: NASL - North American Soccer League LLC) After a stellar run that culminated in a Fall Season title, Fury FC was honored by the city of Ottawa and Mayor Jim...
View ArticleFury FC Honoured at City Hall (Ottawa Fury FC)
(Source: Ottawa Fury FC) The Ottawa Fury FC flag was raised at City Hall Friday afternoon as Fury FC were honoured by the City and Mayor Jim Watson to celebrates the club's qualification into the...
View ArticlePierre Poilievre, Ottawa's last Conservative standing
After John Baird left politics last spring, Stephen Harper made Pierre Poilievre the face of the Conservative government in local Ottawa affairs. Now, as the last Tory MP standing in the capital after...
View ArticleMeetings at Ottawa City Hall next week (City of Ottawa)
(Source: City of Ottawa) Ottawa -All public meetings will be held at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, unless otherwise noted. For a complete agenda and updates, please sign up for email...
View ArticleScorecard: How the Democrats fared in their 1st debate
Here's a look at how the five Democratic presidential candidates performed in Tuesday's debate at the Wynn Las Vegas resort-casino. ___ HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON Standing center stage, Clinton went on...
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