By Carys Mills, Ottawa Citizen, April 14, 2014
OTTAWA — A short but nasty thunderstorm may have paused over the Ottawa-Gatineau area Sunday night, but the heavy rainfall that had earlier been predicted for the region over the next few days appears unlikely.
Early Sunday, Environment Canada maintained a rainfall advisory for much of the region, but particularly for Renfrew, Petawawa, Calabogie and other areas west and north of Ottawa. These communities were warned they could receive between 25 and 50 millimetres of rain from Sunday into Monday — a range that at the time was thought likely for Ottawa, as well.
By Mai Habib, CFRA News, April 13, 2014
Ottawa Police say Greenfield Avenue is closed in both directions between Mann Avenue and King Edward Avenue because of a broken water main.
Ottawa Police are asking motorists to avoid the downtown stretch of the road.
By Hugh Adami, Ottawa Citizen, April 12, 2014
OTTAWA — Sick of all those “landmines” that have littered Ottawa roads for months?
A Queen’s University professor says potholes would not be a problem if the city followed his advice and used asphalt containing pure Alberta crude to pave its streets.
By Lauren Davis, CFRA News, April 11, 2014
Hull will be under a boil water advisory again this weekend.
Starting at 8:30 p.m. Friday, residents will have to boil their water for one minute before consuming it.
By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, April 11, 2014
OTTAWA — Having given up on expert advice to raise taxes to pay for major transportation projects, the provincial government is punting even its second-best plan at least into 2015.
That’s not the way Finance Minister Charles Sousa described it in a Friday speech. He talked about naming a high-powered task force “dedicated to optimizing assets,” to squeeze Crown corporations for every dollar, selling things the province no longer needs to own and trying to make what remains more efficient.