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Kate Porter
@KatePorterCBC
CBC reporter covering #OttCity for @CBCOttawa, 91.5 FM. Soft spot for NW Ontario and other treed, rocky places. kate.porter@cbc.ca
Apr 28, 2022 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
Today, OSEG unveiled its ‘Lansdowne 2.0' with a new arena, stands, 1,200 more housing units in towers. The 100-page staff report is now also out for next Friday’s FEDCo meeting. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot… #OttCity app05.ottawa.ca/SIREPub/viewpd…
Apr 27, 2022 • 17 tweets • 10 min read
#OttCity council begins. A last-minute addition is a verbal update from acting chief Steve Bell about a motorcycle rally this weekend. ##OttNews The meeting is streaming live here:

As for people deciding to come down and join the public gallery for the first time in 2+ years, very few have come down. #OttCity
Feb 17, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
The mayor and incoming police board chair Eli El-Chantiry thanked Matt Torigian for not coming to Ottawa after all to be the interim police chief, and for his "extremely gracious handling of this difficult situation."

cbc.ca/news/canada/ot… #ottcity #ottnews We did not hear back directly from Mr. Torigian today, but did try to learn more about him, given his hiring caused such debate last night. He had been chief of the Waterloo Region until 2014.
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Feb 17, 2022 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
After that tumultuous evening, it's another day, folks.
That meeting of the police board to pick a new chair is slated for 1 p.m.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ot… #ottcity #ottnews Leaving aside the board's executive director, four of the seven members in this photo are no longer on the board in the light of a new day. #ottcity
Feb 16, 2022 • 48 tweets • 20 min read
A special #ottcity council meeting begins. It stands to be high-drama, with Diane Deans possibly being taken off the police services board. #ottnews

Immediately, Coun. Menard asks for a "more neutral" chair for the meeting than Mayor Jim Watson.

He asks deputy mayor Dudas to chair instead, but loses.

(My vote count and the deputy clerk's tally don't quite work out but here's what I heard). #ottcity #ottnews
Sep 20, 2021 • 38 tweets • 20 min read
#OttCity transit commission begins. There have been two LRT derailments since it last met in June. This morning Transportation Safety Board officials are again on the Confederation Line, investigating. #ottnews

cbc.ca/news/canada/ot… Chair Allan Hubley opens #OttCity transit commission thanking John Manconi. It's the transportation GM's last meeting before retirement.
Hubley speaks of how Manconi met LRT's launch issues "head on", his creative problem solving, how he improv relationships with unions.
Jul 15, 2020 • 51 tweets • 27 min read
It's the giant last #ottcity meeting before summer break. Chiarelli investigation, in-camera on RTG contract, ward boundaries, Cumberland byelection. Plus many motions - bars in Market, child care and schools in COVID, etc.

Follow @jchianello and me - all day.

#ottnews Coun Chiarelli declares a conflict of interest b/c integrity commissioner's report is on the agenda. Marleau found he contravened the code of conduct, should get 90 days without pay, 3 times consecutively, for 3 complainants. (@jchianello's story: cbc.ca/news/canada/ot… #ottnews