Neighbourhood resource teams are coming to the ByWard Market in May and to Centretown and Bayshore in the fall. Assigned officers will stay in those communities for two years.

The initial deadline for demolition was Thursday, but the owner has submitted a proposal to the city stating his intent to keep Magee house standing through the winter.

A group of residents in Ottawa's Centretown neighbourhood is up in arms over a proposal to tear down two heritage homes on Kent Street and replace them with a 31-unit apartment building.