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Sutcliffe would cut the monthly pass to $95, Saravanamuttoo wants $1 fares, Leiper backs modest fare hikes and refunds, and Lawson wants no new transit money yet.

Ottawa voters choose a mayor, councillors and school trustees on Monday, Oct. 26. Polls are open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at your assigned voting place. Here is what to bring.

Canada Post has started weekend parcel delivery in Ottawa and Montreal, with Toronto next in late November, as it reports early signs of a financial recovery.

About 2,500 Ottawa voters did not return mail-in ballot kits by the Oct. 16 deadline, the city clerk says. They can still vote in person or by proxy on Oct. 26.

Ottawa builders sold 521 new homes in September, up 81.5% from a year earlier, the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association said, led by townhouses and single-detached homes.

Ottawa Public Health listed eight restaurants and stores where two confirmed measles cases may have exposed people between Oct. 1 and Oct. 3.

Toronto-based Cohere said it will open an Ottawa office near Lansdowne Park, putting nearly 30 staff close to federal clients as its government and defence work grows.

Two Ottawa-area farms say about 40 per cent of their pumpkins were lost after the wettest July on record, and one is buying in stock to fill the gap.

Ottawa’s special advance vote runs Oct. 1 to 4, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., at 10 sites where any voter can cast a ballot. What ID to bring and other dates.

A $9.99M Rothwell Heights home tops Ottawa’s priciest listings this October, more than twice the next, a Rideau River estate in North Gower.