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Downtown

Feb 5, 2026

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17 min read

City Hall Insider: zoning & CRRRC

It was a busy few weeks, and a busy council meeting, as council members received an update on the controversial purchase of a property in the east end slotted for use as a waste management facility.

Sarah MacFarlane-Youngdale

Downtown

New Edinburgh petition opposes NCC’s plan for Sussex Drive redevelopment

Jan 29, 2026

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10 min read

New Edinburgh petition opposes NCC’s plan for Sussex Drive redevelopment

Sussex Drive serves as one of Ottawa’s most historic and ceremonial roads. Now, it could become home to a new development that would redesign some of the street’s most recognizable features.

Sarah MacFarlane-Youngdale

Ottawa Centre

‘We can do it’: the ongoing fight to end youth homelessness in Ottawa

Jan 20, 2026

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8 min read

‘We can do it’: the ongoing fight to end youth homelessness in Ottawa

Within the statistics about unsheltered individuals in Ottawa and data from emergency shelters lies a smaller but underrepresented community of homeless youth, some under the age of 18, who live on streets, friends’ couches, or in the few shelters dedicated to their age group.

Sarah MacFarlane-Youngdale

Ottawa Centre

Slow-motion closure? Parents push to save alternative schooling options

Jan 15, 2026

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7 min read

Slow-motion closure? Parents push to save alternative schooling options

A day before students went on a two-and-a-half-week break for the holidays, parents received a memo from the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s new director of education saying alternative schools would not include junior kindergarten enrolment come September.

Charlie Senack

Ottawa Centre

Q&A: Affordability, supply and availability in Ottawa’s rental market

Jan 12, 2026

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12 min read

Q&A: Affordability, supply and availability in Ottawa’s rental market

The Ottawa Lookout spoke with Francis Cortellino, a senior economist at CMHC, to learn more about the current situation for renters in Ottawa.

Julie Chadwick

Downtown

Why the Infinity Convention Centre homicides remain unsolved two years later

Dec 22, 2025

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15 min read

Why the Infinity Convention Centre homicides remain unsolved two years later

The party was in full swing and guests were having the time of their lives when gunfire rang out at a wedding held at the Infinity Convention Centre on Sept. 2, 2023.

Charlie Senack

Neighbourhood news in Centretown, Glebe, Westboro, ByWard Market and all of central Ottawa

City Hall Insider: zoning & CRRRC

New Edinburgh petition opposes NCC’s plan for Sussex Drive redevelopment

‘We can do it’: the ongoing fight to end youth homelessness in Ottawa

Slow-motion closure? Parents push to save alternative schooling options

Q&A: Affordability, supply and availability in Ottawa’s rental market

Why the Infinity Convention Centre homicides remain unsolved two years later

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