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OC Transpo says it is investigating after a person was caught on live television riding the bumper of a bus Tuesday evening. The incident unfolded during a live report on CTV Ottawa’s “News at Six.” The report was, somewhat fittingly, about the introduction of a low-income bus pass. ...

_ (Press release via Ecology Ottawa) _ A spill from the proposed Energy East pipeline could have catastrophic impacts on the Rideau, Mississippi and Ottawa rivers, and put the region’s drinking water at risk. These are the findings of a new report by the independent Montreal-based technical firm Savaria Experts-Conseils Inc. ...

_ ** Editor’s note: A wave of job cuts hit city hall Wednesday. A total of 75 managers and 102 unionized employees were given pink slips. City Manager Steve Kanellakos says the cuts will save $14 million and increase efficiency by eliminating extra levels of management. ...

A Centretown board game cafè may have closed, but their doors will reopen Wednesday to sell off its game library. Monopolatte announced on Facebook Sept. 19 they would close at the end of September. Owner David Narbaitz told the _ Ottawa Citizen _ his business did not generate enough business to pay his employees livable wages. ...

[caption id=“attachment_52906” align=“aligncenter” width=“720”] Via City of Ottawa[/caption] The city released its proposed new water rate structure Monday and it could mean a small increase to your bill. The structure would add a flat connection fee to your bill on top of the existing rate based on water usage. ...

_ ** Update: Rideau Street was reopened as of Monday morning. ** _ IT’S BACK! https://twitter.com/amkfoote/status/782664245259436036 Months after an enormous sinkhole opened up on Rideau Street, another one has appeared. Ottawa Police issued a news release Sunday afternoon: _ "While in the midst of construction a small sink hole appeared on Rideau St. ...

_ (press release) _ (Ottawa) - The Ottawa Police Service responded to numerous calls of gunshots fired in the 2800 block of Cedarwood Drive around 1:20am on Monday, September 26th, 2016. Officers and K9 attended the area and located one handgun with ammunition. ...

Six city councillors are calling for major reforms to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), the provincial oversight body for municipal planning. They say it undermines the city’s planning decisions and ability to create a healthy, sustainable city. Councillors Jeff Leiper, Tobi Nussbaum, Catherine McKenney, Mathieu Fleury, Riley Brockington and David Chernushenko signed a letter to Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi and Minister of Municipal Affairs Bill Mauro, which outlined their concerns with the current system. ...

There are eight ways this could play out, and all of them include some sort of monument to Lord Frederick Stanley’s namesake hockey trophy on Sparks Street. This week the finalists were revealed for a competition to build the monument. The designs are all some abstraction of the cup, to varying degrees. ...

This video was posted to Reddit Friday and shows an SUV turning left at the Huntmar-Campeau roundabout in Kanata North, near Tanger Outlets/Arcadia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCP0uJOpKVo