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Conservative Party leadership candidate Kellie Leitch’s pledge to “drain the canal” has caught the ire of some on social media. [caption id=“attachment_60292” align=“alignright” width=“150”] Leitch (Facebook)[/caption] Leitch’s version of Donald Trump’s “drain the swamp” slogan appeared Saturday in an email to supporters, Metro News reported. ...

OC Transpo fares increased in the new year, along with some route changes and an overhaul to the express bus system. New fare table * The adult monthly pass costs $113.75, from $105.75. * The per-semester U-pass increased to $202. ...

_ (Via NCC) _ ** Canada’s Capital Region - ** During this holiday season, beautiful natural Christmas trees light up the official residences, thanks to a donation from the Canadian Christmas Tree Growers Association (CCTGA). They are Fraser firs, ranging from 3 to 3. ...

Reports of Susan Sherring’s retirement are greatly exaggerated. Certainly, she has taken a buyout from the Ottawa Sun and yes, she has put down her pen for now. But she’s not going away that easily. Sherring, 57, had been at the paper since day one, writing about everything and anything. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Canada’s Capital Region – ** The public is asked to remain off the Rideau Canal surface, as the ice is still dangerously thin. Although it may appear that a layer of ice has formed on the canal’s surface, the ice is still thin. ...

_ (press release) _ Ottawa Fire Services received a call at 9:05 a.m. from a very concerned neighbour. It appeared as though a dog was on the back roof of a Rowhome on Sorento Street in Barrhaven. Ottawa Fire Dispatch staff gets all kinds of requests and this one was especially perplexing. ...

Two Ottawa residents are dead after a head-on collision between an SUV and a tractor trailer on Highway 7, about 140 kilometres southwest of Ottawa. It happened just after 5 p.m. Sunday near Kaladar, Ont. The driver of the SUV, Brian Ward, 70, and his passenger Mary Ward, 69, were killed. ...

_ ** Update: Melanie Joly, the Montreal-area member of parliament who is responsible for the National Capital Commission, approved the Carling site Friday. ** _ https://twitter.com/melaniejoly/status/804761076436967429 _ (press release) _ ** December 2, 2016 ** – On Thursday, November 24, the NCC approved a staff recommendation to offer Tunney’s Pasture to The Ottawa Hospital as the site of the future Civic Campus. ...

_ (press release) _ Ottawa, Ontario November 29, 2016 The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, today officially announced that Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States of America, will undertake an official visit to Canada on December 8 and 9, 2016. ...

The Ottawa REDBLACKS beat the Calgary Stampeders Sunday night, 39-33, to become the 104th Grey Cup champions. It was the first Grey Cup win for the team, which started in 2014. The last time an Ottawa team won the Grey Cup was 1976 with the Ottawa Rough Riders, at the same stadium. ...