It’s Thursday, August 13. Here are today’s top stories from the Ottawa Citizen newsroom
NEW COTTAGE NEIGHBOURS ARRIVED. THEN THEY CLOSED THE ONLY ROAD.
Hundreds of pages of court filings, all over a dirt road barely wide enough for a single car, unravel what constitutes “private property.”
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ANOTHER STORM, ANOTHER FLOOD: SOME OTTAWA RESIDENTS REPORT SECOND BASEMENT FLOODING THIS SUMMER
They’re asking questions about whether City of Ottawa infrastructure can keep up with the wettest summer on record.
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SENATORS GM STEVE STAIOS: ‘I’M CERTAINLY NOT DONE’ MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
Sens season seat members got an honest examination of the hockey club’s off-season on Wednesday, along with updates on LeBreton Flats, renovations at Canadian Tire Centre and the fan experience for 2026-27.
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CLEANUP CONTINUES AS SECOND AUGUST STORM SMASHES OTTAWA
The Aug. 12 storm ravaged parts of the city that were still recovering from the Canada Day floods.
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PSAC SUSPENDS MEMBERSHIP OF FORMER PUBLIC SERVICE UNION PRESIDENT FOR FIVE YEARS
Alisha Kang, the former president of the Union of National Employee, has had her PSAC membership suspended for five years.
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