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Ottawa tables $4.98-billion budget for 2025, with 3.9 per cent tax hike and 5 per cent fare increase
The 2025 City of Ottawa budget was tabled at city council on Wednesday, centering fiscal responsibility and balance, low tax increases and the need for additional funding from the provincial and federal governments.
City identifies sites for sprung shelters to house newcomers amid community backlash
The city has identified five city-owned sites to host sprung-shelter facilities for newcomers and asylum seekers and proceeding with next steps, although the affected communities have been taking to the streets in protest.
Carleton University program creates ‘pipeline’ of political staffers
The Master of Political Management program trains students to work in politics and support politicians at all levels of government through an intensive one-year program that provides students with real work experience and the applied skills required to pursue political careers.
Nightlife commissioner introduces new council, outlines plans to tap into Ottawa students and waterways
With this appointment of a new nightlife council, Ottawa’s inaugural nightlife commissioner says he’s ready to get to work — and he says that while Ottawa won’t be the next Montreal, it’s about to become “the city that fun remembered.”
Premier Ford announces new public safety, homelessness funding for Ottawa
The provincial government is dedicating $543 million to Ottawa, $83 million of which will address concerns around public safety, asylum seekers and homelessness, Premier Doug Ford announced in Ottawa Tuesday.
