The City of Ottawa to Increase Development Charges for New Homes

 Ottawa City Council began its monthly meeting with the adoption of committee reports, including the report that the Council approved the Irish Famine memorial in McDonald Gardens Park.  A substantial portion of the meeting was devoted to approving a new schedule of development charges and a new development charges by-law

Ottawa City Council Stuck in the Ditch

 Ottawa City Council met today for its second session of 2024. The meeting was short, with most of the debate centring around the ditch policy. In 2022, the then municipal administration updated its Ditch Alteration Policy, allowing citizens to alter drainage courses subject to city approval and enforcement by by-law