Politics

Infill, Part 3: Katherine Hobbs with a crucial difference

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Peddling our ounce on Rideau

Apartment 613 has new columnist — he’s the new city councilor for Rideau-Vanier ward, Mathieu Fleury. He introduced himself to readers this...

The infill wars: a case study from Old Ottawa South

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Opinion: downtown library vital to entire region

Last month the Ottawa Citizen ran an opinion piece by Mark Sutcliffe about what he alleges is a lack of a “business case” to justify the construction of a...

Bring on bi-weekly garbage collection: open letter to City Council

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When truth is stranger than fiction: the capital that sits on another nation’s land

When I took on the task of writing an update on the Algonquin land claim, I was unaware of the controversy I’d find. Unifying steps toward a “modern-day...

LRT: tunnel visions are blogs apart

No topic sees Ken Gray’s “Bulldog” blog on the Citizen site live up to its name better than his dog-with-a-bone stubbornly relentless...

The violation of our right to the public realm

No doubt the wording of the above communique from the Police Services Board concerning tomorrow night’s community meeting about racial profiling would be...

Election liveblog with Ian Capstick and Apartment 613

Check this space after 8 P.M to see live results from the Rogers 22 Election night blogging team, made up of writers from Apartment 613 and Ian...

That vision thing

Editor’s note: Today is municipal election day across Ontario. In Ottawa, you can enter your address in this polling station finder to find out...

Misty eyes, phone bots, modest promises – it’s character time in the mayor’s race

Today — October 14 — is the last advance poll before election. The pace is hopping! Debates, fundraisers, doorknocking, phone calls, coffee...

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