The organization that oversees school bus service for tens of thousands of students in Ottawa has appointed an interim manager, as the Ontario NDP call on the Ontario government to expedite the approval of medical reports for potential bus drivers to fill the driver shortage in Ottawa.
Ottawa area New Democrat MPP Chandra Pasma says she is disappointed the governing Progressive Conservatives are not supportive of a bill that would require generators for apartment buildings to keep elevators running during a power outage.
An Ottawa city councillor is hoping to throw the city’s support behind a New Democrat MPP’s private member’s bill, calling for highrises to have emergency power for elevators, lights and water.