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EXCLUSIVE: Baird calls for change of leadership at Via Rail
OTTAWA — John Baird is calling for Via Rail’s top man to step down after the Crown corporation erroneously blamed an OC Transpo bus for a signal malfunction earlier this week, an incident that the...
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Reevely: Two good reasons to read the Citizen
If you’re a regular reader of the Citizen, you may be a bit surprised by how interested everybody suddenly is in the suspect numbers in the Progressive Conservatives’ “million-jobs plan,” since you’ve...
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Jim Watson, Mike Maguire trade barbs at first key mayoral debate
The first mayoral debate since candidate registration closed earlier this month made it clear that the race is between incumbent Jim Watson and Mike Maguire. For one thing, they — along with Anwar Syed...
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Maguire says he'll aim for zero
After Larry O’Brien’s unkeepable tax promise of 2006 that “ zero means zero” — which was followed by an almost-14-per-cent hike over the next four years — Mike Maguire dared to go there again...
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Chianello: Trash politics emerge as city election campaign rolls on (VIDEO)
Garbage collection has emerged as a contentious issue in this municipal election campaign, with some candidates advocating a return to weekly pickup. The Citizen’s Joanne Chianello offers her thoughts...
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Five women and a roundtable discussion about sexual assault and harassment
Like the rest of Canada, the Citizen’s columnists have been having a conversation about sexual assault, abuse and harassment. The story of the allegations against Jian Ghomeshi and the unspecified...
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Hot/Not: City Hall
HOT: Uber Some have enthusiastically welcomed the arrival of the ride-sharing app designed to connect available drivers with people looking for a lift. But Uber’s insistence that it’s a technology...
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Replay: Jim Watson delivers ‘state of the city’ address
Citizen columnist Joanne Chianello and city hall reporter Matthew Pearson are on hand to live tweet from Mayor Jim Watson’s annual “state of the city” address at the beginning of Wednesday’s city...
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Letter: Make transit free
Re: Want more Transpo use? Start with the fare policy, Feb. 7. I enjoyed Joanne Chianello’s opinion piece on the future of OC Transpo. Everything that this city does for transit is against car drivers....
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Chianello: Deans fights for long-range Heatherington project
The Heatherington community usually makes the news for not-so-good reasons. In 2014, Walkley Road — at the north edge of the neighbourhood — was the scene of multiple shootings. Seven people were...
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Snow-removal tab could top expectations
OTTAWA — The City of Ottawa will likely have to dig deeper than expected into its coffers after a snowier start to the winter season than it has seen in recent years. That means it could well exceed...
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Tim Tierney — Beacon Hill/Cyrville (Ward 11)
Elected: 2010 Positions of power: Chair Information Technology Subcommittee Are you running for re-election? Yes What’s your biggest achievement of this term? “With the passing of the 2014 budget, I...
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Maria McRae — River (Ward 16)
Elected: 2003 Positions of power: Chair of Environment Committee Are you running for re-election? Yes What’s your biggest achievement of this term? “Earlier this term, City Council approved the Term...
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Katherine Hobbs — Kitchissippi (Ward 15)
Elected: 2010 Positions of power: None Are you running for re-election? Yes What’s your biggest achievement of this term? “The $1-million Fisher Park renovation, the Rosemount Library expansion plan,...
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Problematic donations
Re: Election donation rules must change, Jan. 7. Columnist Joanne Chianello has raised, in very useful detail, what should be a major issue in the city election later this year: political donations....
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Joanne Chianello: Suspicion can be a tough call
Watching Sgt. Richard Dugal as he spoke to the media about the Ottawa police needing help finding a sexual predator who might be responsible for as many as 10 attacks was slightly disconcerting. And...
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Level election playing field
Re: Election donation rules must change, Jan. 7. Joanne Chianello’s column on corporate and union donations triggered some interesting exchanges for me on Twitter with potential supporters. It is an...
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Violence in language
Re: Amid ugly sex allegations, a longing for a more PC age, March 4. Tuesday’s front-page column by Joanne Chianello regarding the connection between “the language we use” and the sex allegations...
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Raitt wants police to probe crossing woes
OTTAWA — The ongoing saga of Via Rail’s malfunctioning crossing signals in Barrhaven took a mysterious turn Thursday when Transport Minister Lisa Raitt called for police to investigate the problem. It...
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Graphic: Level crossings
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