It’s Wednesday, July 29. Here are today’s top stories from the Ottawa Citizen newsroom.
DEACHMAN: IS OTTAWA MISSING THE BUS ON INTERCITY TRAVEL?
Three years after the city made a new intercity bus terminal part of its Transportation Master Plan, what has happened?
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MORE THAN 10,000 PUBLIC SERVANTS APPLY FOR EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVES
According to the latest government data, about 10,006 public servants submitted applications and 6,855 have been approved so far.
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NEPEAN’S CELEBRATED DISABILITY ART STUDIO STRUGGLING TO SECURE ITS FUTURE
Silver Spring Studio, an art and cooking studio for adults with developmental disabilities, says the provincial government doesn’t support the sector.
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JULY WILL BE OTTAWA’S RAINIEST MONTH EVER RECORD
Largely thanks to two “walloping storms” bookending this month, this July will officially mark the rainiest month Ottawa has experienced in more than 150 years of weather data collection, according to retired climatologist David Phillips.
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SON AND FATHER THUMB WAY ACROSS ATLANTIC PROVINCES
Ottawa’s Andrew Lumsden, now 92, and son Gavin repeated family history 50 years later, this time traversing Atlantic provinces.
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