Leering, groping, exposing: OC Transpo reporting tool reveals bad bus behaviour - Ottawa - CBC News

By Ashley Burke, CBC News Ottawa, August 16, 2016

In one report, a woman told OC Transpo anonymously that she was so frightened of a man who repeatedly harassed and followed her that she stopped riding the 94 bus.

"He kept saying I was Palestinian and Palestinians do bad things in Ottawa," she wrote.

In another, a woman came forward requesting a special constable be placed onboard so she didn't have to confront a man who leered at her, licked his lips, smiled at her, and then sat uncomfortably close.

City of Ottawa looking to further block access to Prince of Wales bridge - Ottawa - CBC News

By Andrew Foote, CBC News Ottawa, August 16, 2016

The City of Ottawa is considering making it more difficult for cyclists and pedestrians to trespass onto an abandoned but popular rail bridge over the Ottawa River by installing large gates.

The councillor for the area says he's strongly opposed to that idea, but is encouraged the move no longer seems as much of a sure thing as it was a few days ago.

Ottawa will legalize Uber despite looming taxi lawsuit
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By Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen, August 15, 2016

The city won’t delay making Uber legal, even though taxi plate owners are making a potentially precedent-setting claim that they’re owed millions because of a major change in municipal licensing.

“We’re proceeding full-steam ahead,” Mayor Jim Watson said Monday.

“We think the public certainly want choice when it comes to transportation in the City of Ottawa. The taxi industry has really had a monopoly for decades. I’m very comfortable with where we are legally and procedurally to move forward with alternative forms of transportation, like Uber and other ride-sharing companies, on a go-forward basis.”

Ottawa is Canada’s safest city, says a nation-wide poll. Perception or reality?
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By Joanne Laucius, Ottawa Citizen, August 16, 2016

Ottawa is considered the safest city in Canada, according to a Mainstreet/Postmedia poll released Tuesday.

It’s also one of the rare cases in which the perception almost matches reality as measured by Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, said Quito Maggi, president of Mainstreet Research, which conducted the automated telephone poll of 4,213 Canadians about their perceptions of safety in 15 cities.

Record-smashing rain lands on Ottawa
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By Kristin Endemann, Ottawa Sun, August 13, 2016

The flood doors were jerked open Saturday on what had been an incredibly hot, dry summer.

Between June 28 and Aug. 12, a total of 67 millimetres of rain had fallen on Ottawa.On Saturday alone, a record-smashing deluge of 76.7 mm swamped downtown Ottawa, obliterating the previous Aug. 13 mark of 23.4 mm set in 1943.

Gatineau to finally track sewer overflows into the Ottawa River - Ottawa - CBC News

By Kate Porter, CBC News Ottawa, August 15, 2016

The City of Gatineau is installing devices so it can finally measure the volume of its sewer overflows into the Ottawa River.

The move comes years after its Ontario neighbour, the City of Ottawa, launched its 17-project Ottawa River action plan worth hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up the same waterway.

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The Ottawa Riverkeeper, Meredith Brown, finds those figures astounding.

"That's huge," said Brown of the 1,300 overflows. Ottawa counted 80 overflow events in the same year.

Health Minister Barrette stresses the importance of a pit bull ban

By the Canadian Press, Ottawa Citizen, August 13, 2016

ST-AUGUSTIN-DE-DESMAURES — Health Minister, Gaétan Barrette, reiterated Saturday his support for banning pit bulls in Quebec.

If the Couillard government moves in this direction, it would be going against the working group mandated to formulate recommendations on the regulation of dangerous dogs.

Last week, The Canadian Press revealed the preliminary recommendations of the working group which is expected to submit its final report within two weeks.

Science of Summer: Nature is not just dead animals and pollution
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By Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen, August 14, 2016

Last spring I helped some Grade 5 students in Burlington with an environmental studies project and was not surprised at all to find their questions on the gloomy side.

One girl wanted to know about the importance of conserving our scarce water resources. A boy asked me what the government is doing to protect endangered beavers.

ByWard Market businesses shocked but say area still safe
Ottawa Citizen

By Evelyn Harford, Ottawa Citizen, August 14, 2016

Businesses in the ByWard market say they aren’t all that worried about violence spilling into their establishments, despite an early morning shooting at Sentral nightclub.

Alex Hay, the assistant general manager of the Heart & Crown at Clarence Street and Parent Avenue, said their bar hasn’t seen a rise in violence and is generally trouble-free.

Severe drought conditions declared in Mississippi Valley
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By StittsvilleCentral, August 11, 2016

Earlier today the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority issued a severe drought warning for several sub watersheds of the Mississippi River. This includes the Fall River, Clyde River, Indian River and Carp River watersheds.

The City of Ottawa’s central drinking water system relies upon the Ottawa River. The City’s annual water demand is normally less than 1% of the Ottawa River flow. The current River levels are comparable to the same period last year. The City’s communal well systems draw on deep aquifers and are currently not impacted by the drought conditions. Water use in the communal well systems is well within the City’s permitted water use.

NOTEBOOK: Farmers’ market in the works; Fireworks on August 27
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By Glen Gower, StittsvilleCentral, August 11, 2016

Lots of news out of tonight’s Stittsville Village Association (SVA) monthly meeting, including plans to bring a farmers’ market to Village Square Park next spring.

Sue Bird owns the old log building next to the park, and has been spearheading the efforts to start up a market along with help from a number of volunteers. Last weekend she launched a petition to demonstrate community support that now has over 300 signatures.

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