The City of Ottawa today received the Fraud and Waste Hotline Report tabled at Audit Committee by Auditor General Ken Hughes.  The Office of the Auditor General identified instances reported to the City’s Fraud and Waste Hotline in 2013 and 2014 which resulted in a range of management actions from discipline and suspension to termination. ...

** Fewer persons accessing shelters – but longer periods of homelessness point to a missing key ingredient in solutions to homelessness: affordable housing. ** The latest _ Progress Report on Ending Homelessness _ (attached), summarizing the state of homelessness in Ottawa at the end of 2014, was released by the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa on ...

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Today, Royal Galipeau, MP (Ottawa–Orléans), Bob Chiarelli, MPP (Ottawa West–Nepean) and Mayor Jim Watson installed the first official rail track of the O-Train Confederation Line light rail transit project.  This milestone sets the stage for the City’s Transitway to be converted to light rail, beginning this summer. ...

The Ottawa Police Service Break and Enter Unit has noticed an increase in reports of residential break and enters in which the suspect(s) enter the residence by an unlocked front or rear door, including patio doors. Residents are reminded to keep their doors locked, even when at home, and to ensure any access point from the garage into the main area of the home is also locked. ...

For 25 years, Options Bytown has been successfully housing the homeless by instilling hope and providing the most vulnerable people in Ottawa with the skills they need to live independently in the community. Options Bytown has ensured that hundreds of men and women have been able to leave homeless shelters and move to permanent housing – and stay there. ...

Construction of a new roundabout will begin Monday, June 15 at the intersection of Anderson Road and Renaud Road.  Construction will primarily take place during regular working hours on week days, with some weekend work expected. During this time, motorists and cyclists will experience lane re-alignments and/or reductions, as well as some intermittent lane closures. ...

Beginning Friday, June 12 at 9 p.m., Highway 417 will be reduced by one lane in the eastbound direction from Hurdman to St. Laurent, and in the westbound direction from Belfast to Nicholas. These lane reductions will be in effect until the early morning of Monday, June 15. ...

The Lunch Out Loud podcast looks to promote the amazing talent, food, events and music Ottawa has to offer. Every week we will introduce you to new things about Ottawa you never knew existed. ** This week: ** We meet up with Karen Sparks, the executive directors of Wesley Clover Parks, to talk about all things the Wesley Clover foundation and its goals, the park ground, the future of the location, the Ottawa International Horse Show, Ottawa Horse Day, the upcoming Shania Twain concert and so much more! ...

Ottawa Fire Services invites Alta Vista and Beacon Hill-Cyrville residents and businesses to an information session to learn more about the details and staff recommendations outlined in the Station Location Study – including how the locations of the fire stations serving these two areas will continue to meet the needs of the community. ...