Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says he is pleased with what he saw in the 2026 federal budget on Thursday.

Speaking on Newstalk 580 CFRA’s Ottawa Now with Kristy Cameron on Friday, Sutcliffe said he was encouraged to see measures like funding for museums and the defence sector, as well as commitments toward ending homelessness.

Ottawa renters are paying more for an apartment this fall, with rents for apartments in Kanata increasing nine per cent.

The November Rent Report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation shows the average rent in Ottawa was $2,202 in October, up from $2,200 in September.

The Ottawa Police Service is looking for an additional $44 million from taxpayers next year to fund the hiring of 50 new police officers, equip all officers with body cameras and cover salary increases.

A report tabled at the Ottawa Police Services Board’s finance and audit committee meeting on Thursday outlined the service’s approach to the 2027 budget, calling it a “plan for service, capacity and financial sustainability.”

OTTAWA — Some economists are getting worried that a string of job losses in recent months is revealing cracks in the labour market.

Statistics Canada said Friday that the unemployment rate rose two tenths of a point to 6.7 per cent in October. The labour market shed 4,700 jobs last month, the agency said, and more people were also looking for work.

Malfunctioning power door operators, inaccessible self-service kiosks and the inability to get a braille menu were among the issues people with disabilities faced while eating out as part of a Marketplace investigation into accessibility at fast-food and full-service restaurants in Ontario.

Marketplace put 10 popular restaurants to the test: five fast-food chains and five full-service restaurants.

The findings raise questions about the effectiveness of Ontario's decades-old accessibility legislation, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), and the province's overall approach to fulfilling the act's purpose: achieving accessibility for Ontarians with disabilities.

The City of Ottawa paid out nearly $10 million in personal-injury claims in the first half of 2026, with the largest of those settlements being a $2.98-million award to a pedestrian or cyclist who was struck by an OC Transpo vehicle.

Mark Carney is making a bet.

He believes massive public investing now will position the Canadian economy to grow in spite of the trade war and the shifting winds of global geopolitics.

By the 2030-31 fiscal year, the federal government will shoulder $85.5 billion in annual public debt charges. By then, Carney hopes the bet will have paid off and the economy will have undergone a transformation.

Ottawa's planning and housing committee voted Wednesday to repeal a zoning bylaw that would render an appeal from the Ottawa International Airport Authority moot.

Originally approved by council in June 2025, the bylaw allowed the construction of four towers up to 17 storeys along with 660 homes near Riverside Drive, 950 metres the airport's longest runway.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's second federal budget allocates tens of billions of dollars in new spending to tackle what the government describes as the twin challenges of our time: improving affordability in an era of high prices and securing Canada's sovereignty as it faces external threats.

The budget's new big-ticket items include generous tax measures designed to prompt an "investment supercycle," increased GST rebates to help with the cost of living, an $11.2-billion cash injection to tackle homelessness and one of the largest investments in Canadian arts, culture and identity in recent history to bolster national pride.

OC Transpo says the month of November should bring the transit agency a few steps closer to opening the O-Train Line 1 east extension, though firm pre-trial running dates have not been set.

A majority of Canadians want the country to accept fewer immigrants and temporary residents next year, according to a new Nanos Research survey commissioned by CTV News, as the country continues to grapple with immigration levels and their impact on housing, services and the economy.

The survey found that 52.3 per cent of respondents believe Canada should accept fewer immigrants and temporary residents in 2027, compared with 33.5 per cent who want the numbers to remain about the same.

From concerns around job cuts and the work-in-office mandate to the implementation of artificial intelligence, Canada's largest public service unions are keeping close watch on Thursday's federal budget.

OTTAWA — In 1985, Canadian athlete and activist Rick Hansen embarked on a historic world tour, wheeling more than 40,000 kilometres across 34 countries to promote inclusion and tackle barriers for people with disabilities.

More than 40 years later, Hansen says progress has been made but that there’s still much more work to do.

Ottawa may be experiencing unusually warm November weather but rising diesel prices are already putting financial pressure on local snow removal companies, with some of those costs now being passed along to customers.

The City of Ottawa says it is making progress on installing provincially mandated signs and lights at former photo radar camera sites, but physical traffic calming measures like speed humps won’t be completed until next year.

The Ontario government ordered all automated speed enforcement cameras to be turned off on Nov. 14, forcing the city to deactivate 85 photo radar cameras. In their place, the city was told to install signs, flashing lights, and speed humps and cushions. The province provided $4 million in immediate funding and the city has applied for up to $24 million more to cover costs.

As the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) dealt with blowback over its decision not to register for the Capital Pride parade that took place this August, the controversy went all the way to the top.

It landed with Education Minister Paul Calandra.

One-in-three Canadians is tapping into savings or borrowing to buy food. Those are the latest findings in the Canadian Food Sentiment Index report by Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab. Of those surveyed, food affordability remains the top concern, but transportation is adding to household financial strain. However, when it comes to eating out at restaurants or take-out, the numbers tell a different story with Millennials leading the way with spending the most money.

Nearly one year after the provincial government forced the removal of roadside speed cameras, Ottawa's police chief says traffic enforcement has been extra challenging.

Chief Eric Stubbs told the Ottawa Police Service Board on Monday that there are more than 400 school zones and intersections officers would have to monitor to replace the reach of speed cameras.

Canada's privacy watchdog is urging the Senate to further amend the Liberal government's hot-button lawful access legislation — which would make it easier for Canadian police and intelligence officials to tap private communications.

The Senate's national security committee is beginning its review of Bill C-22, which would give law enforcement agencies and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) faster access to digital information during investigations — something the community has been pushing for decades.

More than 150 organizations across the county, including Inclusion Lethbridge, urging Ottawa to build a rights-based approach to defining disability.

The groups are asking the federal government to better clarify application requirements and remove existing barriers and unnecessary red tape.