Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. October 24th, 2024
October 24, 2024
Canada's Capital is getting a snapshot of their homeless population, hoping to learn how many people are living without a roof over their head. Ottawa Mission CEO Peter Tilley explains how that information will be critical to their decision-making in the present and future. Meantime, the Children's Aid Society of Ottawa is sounding the alarm on a drop in Ottawa's foster families. It has gone from 150 (pre-pandemic) to just 80 (today). Also, we have the details on Ottawa's snowplow names. Some of the final results might surprise you. Others are, to put it mildly, absolutely obvious. Exhibit A: Plowey McPlowface.
Unpublished Newswire
So let me try to get this straight: City of Ottawa politicians (past and current) screwed up the purchase, installation and operation of the LRT to the tune of millions of dollars, yet they want to pass on their incompetence by increasing our property taxes and raising rates to ride their transportation vehicles? Read More
November 24, 2024 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
Preliminary data suggests Ottawa is on pace to set yet another record for drug overdose deaths this year with 244 people already lost to the epidemic. Read More
November 24, 2024 - 04:00 | Andrew Duffy | Ottawa Citizen
An ongoing debate in the House of Commons could force some government departments into a cash crunch and run up against other deadlines as the end of the fall sitting approaches.
November 24, 2024 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
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