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By Matthew Pearson, Ottawa Citizen, February 26, 2014
OTTAWA — The ByWard Market will launch a special “night market” this summer in a bid to attract an evening shopping crowd and liven up one of Ottawa’s most-visited areas.
The pilot project, pitched by Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury, would see a night market open one day a week; perhaps Thursdays until 9 p.m. It was approved by city council on Wednesday.
By Michael Woods, Ottawa Citizen, February 26, 2014
OTTAWA — New rules passed by city council Wednesday will allow for wider driveways in the city’s suburban communities.
The new rules apply to suburbs outside the Greenbelt, and are aimed at alleviating the problem — common in areas such as Stittsville and Barrhaven — of two-car families having to park one vehicle on the street. Cars parked on the street can make driving and snow removal more difficult.
By Michael Woods, Ottawa Citizen, February 25, 2014
OTTAWA — A proposed 30-storey condo tower in Hintonburg was approved Tuesday by the city’s planning committee despite some opposition from the local community association.
The mixed-use tower by Claridge Homes at 1040 Somerset Street would feature 284 residential units and 204 square metres of street-level commercial space.
By Michael Woods, Ottawa Citizen, February 25, 2014
OTTAWA — A proposed mixed-use 18-storey condo tower on the eastern edge of Little Italy was approved by the city’s planning committee on Tuesday.
The Domicile Developments proposal in the 500 block of Rochester Street includes 362 square metres of street-level commercial space, which popular local merchant Nicastro’s La Bottega will help to fill out.
By Carys Mills, Ottawa Citizen, February 25, 2014
OTTAWA — Ottawa’s water and waste water budgets fell short by a combined $13 million last year, largely because the city sold less water to residents than expected during the wet summer months of 2013.
Overall, the city ended the year with a $296,000 surplus in property-tax supported programs, according to a staff report outlining surpluses and deficits. The report will go to the finance and economic development committee next week.
By Michael Woods, Ottawa Citizen, February 25, 2014
OTTAWA — A large, controversial student-housing proposal for Sandy Hill cleared a key hurtle at city hall on Tuesday despite vociferous opposition from community members.
The city’s planning committee approved the proposed nine-storey, mixed-use building at Laurier Avenue East and Friel Street, meaning the project by private developer Viner Assets only requires a green light from council next month.
By Peter Raasmakers, Ottawa Citizen, February 24, 2014
This month, the National Capital Commission put out a call for proposals that would “animate the shorelines of the Ottawa River.” The call for public applications is a smart idea, and a good (and low-cost) way for the NCC to improve its public perception. But if the goal is truly to reanimate the shorelines of the Ottawa River, the best way to do it is to remove the nearly-impassable four-lane roadway that currently separates most of the city’s residents from the river itself — an idea that, sadly, isn’t likely to be considered.
The Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway offers a nice, scenic drive, and it’s become a very important public transit route. But the impending removal from the Parkway of hundreds of buses per day leads me to question whether it makes sense to devote a huge portion of the city’s prime riverside real estate to a commuter roadway. It is a massive waste to keep the Parkway as is. As a friend on Twitter pointed out last month, “Why spoil a park by running a road through it?”
By CFRA News, February 24, 2014
Potholes are popping up all over the streets of Ottawa because of the recent thaw-freeze cycle.
And that means headaches for local drivers.
Tow truck driver Jean-Francois Moisan told CTV Ottawa they'll have their work cut out for them.