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KELLY ROCHE, JON WILLING OC Transpo fare inspectors will wear identification and carry pens for passengers, Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans, chair of the transit commission said Monday. The city was quick to respond after the Sun published a story about 221 complaints filed against fare inspectors detailing hostile, threatening behaviour. “You put it in perspective […]
MoreThe chamber of commerce is on board with the city’s Confederation Line light-rail project and the 20,000 person-years in jobs it’s projected to create. “The economic impact of people being able to get around the city is huge,” said Dave Donaldson, chairman of the board of directors. During the Dec. 5 announcement, Premier Dalton McGuinty […]
MorePower-tripping, belligerent, rude, heavy-handed; that’s how OC Transpo riders describe fare inspectors when detailing their encounters to city staffers. Passengers who were rebuked or witnessed it happening to someone repeatedly chronicled tales of contempt. “I am totally disgusted by such rude, threatening, and intimidating behaviour of an OC Transpo employee towards one of its customers,” […]
MoreRichard Eade took time deliberating each station along the Confederation line after LRT plans were unveiled at City Hall Wednesday morning. “Overall, I’m pleased it’s moving ahead,” said Eade, a west-end resident. He said he has been using transit for more than 50 years. Rideau Transit Group, led by ACS Infrastructure Canada, was named the […]
MoreCon artists are hoping it’ll be a green Christmas — that’s why cops are warning residents to be on guard during the holiday season. “The best medicine is prevention,” said Ottawa police Sgt. Richard Dugal from the organized fraud section. “You have to take a step back when people are offering things.” Every winter, snowplowing […]
MoreTaxes are increasing and so are salaries of senior executives employed by the City of Ottawa, says the head of a taxpayer watchdog group. “It’s obvious that whatever Jim Watson’s priorities are, generating income for city employees comes first in the mind of this mayor and council,” said Canadian Taxpayers Federation federal director Gregory Thomas. […]
MoreA 14-year-old boy climbed to safety after falling through the ice in an Orléans pond Tuesday morning. “He was completely submerged at some point,” said paramedic spokesman J.P. Trottier. “It was a close call for him.” The teen was with two friends at a retention pond, next to a high school near Innes and Trim […]
MoreDespite jobs being slashed by the thousands, federal government employees forked over $21.4 million in 10 weeks for the annual United Way Ottawa campaign, surpassing its goal. “It’s an amazing achievement, and we’re very proud,” said Glenda Yeates, Health Canada deputy minister and chairwoman of the 2012 Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign. The celebration […]
MoreBy KELLY ROCHE, JON WILLING Exhaust fumes have leaked into the city’s new fleet of double-decker buses, OC Transpo general manager John Manconi told council in a memo Friday. Transpo’s entire fleet of deckers is undergoing inspection as a “proactive measure” after drivers reported diesel fumes, Manconi wrote. Management received word on Wednesday and the […]
MoreWith up to 10,000 booze-swilling bar and club patrons in the Byward Market — plus an average of 500 calls ranging from theft to drug trafficking — central patrol officers are grossly understaffed, often on weekends, the Sun has learned. Sometimes there are just four patrol officers working, “and that’s if everyone shows up for […]
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