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Police lay fraud charges in alleged kickback scheme involving city housing worker
The City of Ottawa's auditor general uncovered an alleged kickback scheme last year that resulted in the city paying inflated rents through housing allowance programs. Now police have laid charges.
Dead man's 8-year-old water bill comes back to haunt new property owner, with interest
Robert Haslett bought a property in Ottawa's Hintonburg neighbourhood in 2017, but the city waited until this March to come after him for the previous owner's water arrears. He refuses to pay.
Doctor operating safer supply clinics billed OHIP $2.5M last year
A doctor running a network of addiction clinics across Ontario, including an Ottawa location that offers safer opioid supply, is billing OHIP millions per year.
Ex-employees accuse former Better Business Bureau of bad behaviour
Former employees of an Ottawa-based Better Business Bureau that covered eastern Ontario, Quebec and northern Alberta are accusing it of terminating staff without severance after it was booted out of the BBB network.
Councillors spar over parking and density as zoning debate flares up
City councillors split down the middle over efforts that could keep minimum parking rules in the suburbs but united behind a move that could further raise building heights, as Ottawa’s new zoning bylaw came up for debate Wednesday.
Westboro residents fear for crumbling monastery saddled with back taxes
A historic convent is up for sale after a creditor pushed an Ashcroft Homes subsidiary into receivership, as neighbours worry about the fate of a heritage property the city says is already unsafe.
Transit riders await massive bus route overhaul with mixed feelings
Transit riders are preparing to navigate a radically new bus network later this month, with some celebrating shorter commutes while others fret over complicated trips with multiple transfers.
OPP officer tells Bellefeuille murder trial he felt hunted down
One of the three OPP officers who was met with gunfire at a home in Bourget, Ont., almost two years ago testified at the murder trial of Alain Bellefeuille Wednesday.
Big zoning changes clear another hurdle at city hall
A transformational shift in city zoning rules has taken another step forward, but some councillors worry people won’t pay attention until it starts upending the look of their neighbourhood.
Gardeners celebrate vote to allow growing food on city boulevards
Two years after council rewrote a bylaw to allow flowers and other non-consumable plants on the city-owned right of way, edible plants got the green light at committee.