It’s Wednesday, April 22. Here are the top stories from the Ottawa Citizen newsroom.
SHARED SERVICES CANADA DITCHES DESK ‘HOTELING’ FOR OTTAWA-GATINEAU EMPLOYEES IN RESPONSE TO FOUR-DAY RETURN-TO-OFFICE
New “neighbourhood model” in the National Capital Region will see department group teams together, shut down co-working locations and bring back assigned workstations.
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OTTAWA RENOVICTIONS BYLAW BATTLE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN
As Ottawa contemplates a renovictions bylaw, a community group says it must require a landlord to apply for a renovation licence within seven days of notifying a tenant of eviction.
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ONE DEAD, THREE INJURED IN SOUTH END OTTAWA COLLISION
An adult male was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle collision in Ottawa’s south end on Tuesday, April 21.
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JUST FIRE CHRISTIANE FOX ALREADY | OPINION
The deputy minister at the Department of National Defence broke a key ethics rule, offered a lame defence of her actions, and doesn’t seem to understand why helping an acquaintance get a job in her department is a problem.
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OTTAWA HEALTH BOARD WARNED OF ‘CHALLENGING SUMMER’ AHEAD OF DOWNTOWN DRUG CONSUMPTION SITES SE TO CLOSE
Ottawa’s medical officer of health, Trevor Arnason, says hospitals are working with Ottawa Public Health and others through the Overdose Prevention and Response Task Force to mitigate the impact of the closures.
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