By Matthew Pearson, Ottawa Citizen, October 23, 2014
As election day nears, here is a compilation of all the ward profiles published so far by the Citizen. I’ll update once the final three have run
.Ward 1, Orléans
Ward 2, Innes
By Erin McCraken and Adam Kveton, Ottawa Community News, October 23, 2014
Students in south Ottawa are taking a different kind of bus to school.
Instead of catching a ride to school courtesy of mom or dad or the big yellow bus, a number of students at Robert Bateman Public School in Hunt Club Park and Steve MacLean Public School in Riverside South are being walked to classes by a trained Walking School Bus leader.
"I think the key is it's healthy," Rosalie Cross, a Steve MacLean viceprincipal, said in touting the benefits of walking to school. "It's active. It gets them walking in their community. And they're with an adult."
By Michelle Nash, Ottawa Community News, October 23, 2014
Environment issues dominated the conversation at a recent Capital Ward debate.
All three candidates running for councillor, David Chernushenko, Scott Blurton and Espoire Manirambona, participated in the Oct. 15 debate in Old Ottawa South, organized by seven city organizations.
The evening focused on what each candidate would do to support environment concerns at city hall.Greenspace Alliance of Canada's Capital, Ottawa Riverkeeper and Ottawa Public Interest Research Group Carleton had a prepared question for the candidates, looking at reducing the city's carbon footprint, increasing green infrastructure and supporting urban wetlands.
By Jon Willing, Ottawa Sun, October 22, 2014
Some incumbents who either voted against bi-weekly trash collection or in favour of weekly pickup in the summer say their next move, if re-elected Monday, hinges on compostable plastics being allowed in the green bin.
"The key to the success of acceptability of the people who are having trouble is the adoption of plastic bags," Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder said.
By Matthew Pearson, Ottawa Citizen, October 22, 2014
By Jon Willing, Ottawa Sun, October 21, 2014
The finish line is finally in sight for 132 council candidates running in the Oct. 27 municipal election.
Voters, who have endured a 10-month election period, have heard a lot about LRT, rail corridors, the Orgaworld contract and biweekly garbage collection. In the mayoral race, candidates spar over environmental issues, taxes and economic development.
By Jon Willing, Ottawa Sun, October 21, 2014
By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, October 18, 2014
By Jonathan McLeod, Ottawa Citizen, October 21, 2014
By Ottawa Community News, October 16, 2014
One of the biggest changes in Ontario's recycling history occurred in 2007 when wine and spirit containers were taken out of the blue box and joined beer containers in The Beer Store deposit return program.
The Ontario Deposit Return Program for empty wine and spirit containers - or "Bag It Back" - recently celebrated five years in operation and is a partnership with the Ontario government.In this time, recovery of wine and spirit containers has gone from about 55% in 2006 when they went in the blue box to 81% in 2011-2012. In total, about 1.5 billion wine and spirit containers have been recovered since the program started.
By Jennifer McIntosh, Ottawa Community News, October 16, 2014
By Ottawa Community News, October 16, 2014
