Kate Porter
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Journalist at @CBCOttawa and #OttCity watcher. Soft spot for NW Ontario and other treed, rocky places.
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Joined June 2012
O-Train lines 2 and 4 to open five days a week on Jan. 6. To open in phases, and will bump up six-day service and seven-day service after that: https://t.co/VqaZXWW8wX
#OttCity #OttNews
cbc.ca
Ottawa's expanded north-south public transit rail line is returning for the first time since the spring of 2020, but it won't offer service seven days a week until February at the earliest.
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Colleagues Elyse Skura and Arthur White-Crummey will have coverage today on web, radio, video. If you'd like to check out archival footage of the project's history, I went through old tapes dating back 25 years. Video (and 2006-era map) here: https://t.co/YrQuOhY7nj
#ottcity
cbc.ca
As opening day approaches for the O-Train's southern extension, we take a look at Ottawa's long journey toward north-south light rail.
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#OttCity's technical briefing on north-south O-Train starting now (at 10:30 a.m.) Opening date expected: https://t.co/DeplFCWH9l
#OttNews
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First details of draft budget from @arthurwhiteCBC at #OttCity hall: - transit fares to go up 5% - transit levy going up 8% = an extra 1% on the tax bill - "placeholder" hope of $36M from federal & Ont ario goverments - no service cuts (Final vote in Dec) https://t.co/tJODBbNGSv
cbc.ca
Ottawa city staff have drawn up a budget that would hike taxes and transit fares to patch over a gaping transit deficit.
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This post got such traction back in March, I feel I should close the loop! #OttCity announced last week at the joint transit/LRT meeting that the pedestrian/cycling bridge over the Rideau River at Carleton would open (for real) on Saturday, June 15: https://t.co/i9y90n1xvt.
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'I was shocked': Ontario to cancel widely used wastewater surveillance program https://t.co/XY4RDzPCmq via @ottawacitizen
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@JSchool_CU faculty representing at 2024 @caj conference in Toronto. @Nanaaba @KatePorter613 @ProfAllan @clcrowther #CAJ
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It's Laurence Wall's last day at the CBC. For decades he's read and produced the afternoon radio #ottnews, and he's a dear, dear colleague. You must listen to this beautiful on-air sendoff by @alannealottawa, full of archival recordings and gratitude: https://t.co/XCcZ7ajpNt
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It was my great honour to recognize CBC's Laurence Wall - a #CollegeWard resident - for his long service as a journalist, and the voice of the 1pm beep, on the occasion of his retirement. I presented @_MarkSutcliffe's proclamation making May 31 2024 "Laurence Wall Day" in Ottawa.
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You can follow our Journalism AI industry roundtable live on our YouTube channel: https://t.co/El4rIosokw
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NEW: ā¦@CBCNewsā© investigation reveals how a few big companies are behind a large proportion of applications at Ontarioās Landlord & Tenant Board to raise rent above provinceās annual rent control guideline. Solid reporting here by ā¦@Alowishoesā©
cbc.ca
Newly released data analyzed by CBC News shows that fewer than two dozen corporate landlords filed most of the applications to raise rents above provincial guidelines for most of 2022 ā which one...
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CBC exclusive: Data investigation months in the making found more than 450 suspensions in Ontario over the past decade at a cost of $134 million. From ā¦@valerie_ouelletā© and I.
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Police suspensions across Ontario have cost taxpayers approximately $134 million over the past 11 years, according to an exclusive database compiled by CBC News that surveyed reports about hundreds...
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(I did read this local news story, looking for extra info before I tweeted, but three weeks had passed and I thought I was just a lucky early user! https://t.co/wTn9IUI6nk)
ctvnews.ca
A much-anticipated footbridge connecting Carleton University to Vincent Massey Park has been sitting unused for nearly two years, and the delay has everything to do with light rail construction.
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Why is it I tweeted my excitement at crossing the bridge (many others crossed it today too), and totally had a feeling I would see this? #ottcity
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Why is it I tweeted my excitement at crossing the bridge (many others crossed it today too), and totally had a feeling I would see this? #ottcity
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Well thatās exciting. Not sure when they moved the fencing, but I just took my first walk over the #OttCity Stage 2 Rideau River pedestrian bridge from Carletonās @JSchool_CU to Vincent Massey Park. I do love rivers.
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The film office wants expressions of interest for soundstages. Iām yanked back to thisšat #ottcity council almost exactly four years ago. The last big debate before the pandemic shut everything down. FEDCo OKād a $40M loan related to TriBro (never happened). Feels so long ago.
Big day at #OttCity Hall. A first finance & economic development meeting begins, to be followed by an in-camera council meeting about legal options for LRT, and then a second, special FEDCO meeting on the Stage 2 contract to SNC-Lavalin. (BG: https://t.co/Ns5itzlQba)
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EXCLUSIVE: @CBCQueensPark and I dug into 1.5 million study permits approved by Ottawa since 2018. We found #internationalstudent increases are disproportionately linked to a handful of schools the bulk of them public institutions predominantly in Ontario
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Documents obtained by CBC News reveal which colleges and universities account for the greatest share of Canadaās steep growth in international students, and which have the most to lose from a new cap...
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Thursday @CBCOntarioToday the cost of #climatechange. How your community dealt w/tornado/flooding/heat waves/hail/forest fires/evacuations. Is it ready for what's next? w/@Ryan_B_Ness @ClimateInstit plus Jeffrey Novak @InfoFAO see FAO report:š https://t.co/Zowbcenx8y
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