Eli El-Chantiry

• Ottawa floods: Lower water levels needed before recovery work can begin

  "A lot of the homes are still in a position where we tell people: 'Don't remove any of your sandbags, don't stop pumping, it's not time,'" one city official said.

  Canada

  May 22, 2019
  
• City to close parts of Bayview Road in Constance Bay as flood waters rise

  City staff announced that they will be closing a portion of Bayview Road on Tuesday night as flood waters have reached dangerous levels in Constance Bay.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2019
  
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• ‘The new norm’: Ottawa mayor says change is needed amid record-breaking floods

  The mayor says there is still much more that needs to be done, especially now that these events are happening more frequently.

  Weather

  Apr 29, 2019
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• Ottawa police board approves hiring 10 officers to combat gun, gang violence

  Five of the 10 newly hired officers will be going to the Investigative Unit and the other five will be going to DART, the Direct Action Response Team.

  Crime

  Jun 25, 2018
• Ottawa police seek to add 10 new officers to address increasing gun violence

  "Hiring these 10 officers will reinforce our efforts to deal with the increase in shootings and gun violence we are seeing," said Mayor Watson.

  Crime

  Jun 12, 2018