It’s been a tough four years at city hall. Now almost half the current council is not running again. More on how we got to this point, from six council members who’ve had enough.

Uncivil Discourse Part 1

Major Jim Watson on his role at the head of what's become a divided city council.

Uncivil Discourse Part 2

The job of city councillor is more difficult than ever. So is it more difficult to attract new candidates? Why some outgoing councillors say it’s time for a pay raise to attract people to run.

Uncivil Discourse Part 3

In this radio piece for CBC's Ottawa Morning, four sisters describe the 911 call the morning their mother died and the inquest that followed. Twenty years later, they're discouraged the recommended dispatch system is only now about to be implemented.

Ottawa Morning radio doc with Alice Martin's daughters

Principal asks a student to remove the Palestinian flag as their profile picture

The 911 call Joshua Boyle made to Ottawa police in December 2017, alleging the former hostage's wife was threatening to end her life, was played in a packed courtroom Tuesday on the second day of his trial.

Joshua Boyle trial 911 call

Ontario's education minister talks about the issues that have led today's one-day OSSTF strike.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce on Ottawa Morning

Teachers and support staff across the province are heading to the picket lines for a one day strike today. Here in Ottawa, three of the city's four boards are closing schools: the English public, French public and French Catholic boards. The one-day strike comes after the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation announced it failed to reach a labour agreement with the province. Harvey Bischof is president of the OSSTF, and was a guest on CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning with host Robyn Bresnahan.

Harvey Bischoff, president of OSSTF on CBC's Ottawa Morning

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board sent out an automated phone message to parents at about 12:30 a.m. about the strike. Later this morning it apologized for the disruption, saying it got some backlash. "We understand the concerns that some families have raised about using both phone and voice message at 12:30 am to communicate that schools would be closed today. We apologize for the disruption." And then: "We were aware how important this message was for many families, and wanted to maintain our commitment to notify the community as quickly as possible after OSSTF made its decision known. This was an unusual circumstance and we will take feedback into consideration for the future."

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board sends out robocall around 12:30 a.m

On her last day as studio director, Deborah MacAskill sings listeners' hyper-local takes on the 12 Days of Christmas - with an assist from Doug Hempstead, who wrote a 12 Days of Ottawa Commutes.

12 Days Of Ottawa

Ontario hit pause on wind farm construction south of Ottawa, citing a threat to bats. But one bat biologist says stopping the project actually sets back bat conservation.

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