Oct. 8, 2026: This will be a shock to mayoral candidate Jeff Leiper when it comes to 15-minute neighbourhoods rural-style:

Prime Minister Mark Carney recently revealed Canada has contingency plans for a possible military attack by the United States, calling it an “extreme tail

The Ottawa Police Service’s Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit has arrested and charged a teacher with the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB) for historical

Mayoral candidate Alex Lawson in an opinion piece in the Ottawa Citizen

By Clive Doucet

Oct. 8, 2026: This will be a shock to mayoral candidate Jeff Leiper when it comes to 15-minute neighbourhoods rural-style:

This is not a news story, you say? Not if you are at the Ottawa Citizen.

We need a little more practical policing, Bulldog commentator Mike Patton says.

Ottawa City Hall was designed to be an open space, not one littered with barriers, former MPP and councillor Alex Cullen says.

Oct. 7, 2026: Mayoral candidate Jeff Leiper has promised to give rural residents "a strong voice" at Ottawa City Hall. We think Leiper has probably been to

Oct. 5, 2026: The primary tenant of the Lansdowne redevelopment, the Ottawa Redblacks, is now 0-21 over the last two seasons. Acres of empty seats were

This is Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's housing policy:

Mike Patton is the former communications director for Mayor Larry O'Brien and the president of the Ottawa West-Nepean PC Association.

It's worth noting that driving applies to more than just the operators of vehicles with more than two wheels. As a pedestrian who frequently uses Ottawa’s

The Ottawa Police Service conducted Project Fall Out from September 21 to 27, focusing on public safety and community concerns in Chinatown and Centretown.

The Bulldog has long been an opponent of security barriers in public places at Ottawa City Hall.

Here's a question that hasn't been discussed much recently but the rather innovative campaign of conservative Alex Lawson knows a good issue when it sees it

The Sunday Bulldog post on traffic deaths struck a chord with this cycling advocate:

Oct. 5, 2026: The primary tenant of the Lansdowne redevelopment, the Ottawa Redblacks, is now 0-21 over the last two seasons. Acres of empty seats were

Oct. 1, 2026: Mayoral candidate Alex Lawson gets it on the issue of the future of the ByWard Market: "It’s not kicking 17 businesses out of the ByWard Market

A recent Rogers debate series for city councillors has provided viewers an opportunity to see all local councillors in action rather than through online

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) and its road safety partners are urging all road users to make safe choices after a recent increase in serious and fatal

University of Ottawa professor Evan Potter has trouble getting over his obsession with how bad the campaign is of mayoral candidate Jeff Leiper.

The cycle of hate

If the government can't make slow-speed rail work, Bulldog commentator Mike Patton wonders if high-speed rail will just be a boondoggle.

Oct. 3, 2026: Doubtful that candidate Jeff Leiper would make a good mayor but he might get work as the city's night mayor. Leiper seems determined to put

The revelations this morning in The Bulldog concerning light-rail safety demand an emergency meeting of the city's transit committee.

“Hmm,” says this former financial executive and board director. This train control software application by Hitachi, is it unique to just the section of track

The Ottawa Police Service is investigating a fatal hit-and-run collision that occurred in the area of West Hunt Club Road and Merivale Road.

At Transit Committee on September 10, three elements were identified as critical to achieving this milestone: train availability, traction power substation

Mayoral candidate Alex Lawson

Oct. 2, 2026: These are serious times at the City of Ottawa. They call for serious people. Jeff Leiper is not a serious person. The mayoral candidate wants to

“(Mayor Mark Sutcliffe) had four years to invest in critical infrastructure but instead he let it rot in the ground while he spent our money on things we

One man is in custody after two stabbings were reported in the Rideau Street area early this morning.

This incident remains an active police operation with Rideau St closed between the above-mentioned intersections.  There will be a significant police presence

Oct. 1, 2026: Mayoral candidate Alex Lawson gets it on the issue of the future of the ByWard Market: "It’s not kicking 17 businesses out of the ByWard Market

By Andrea Charron

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) is seeking witnesses following a stabbing incident that occurred in the area of Edenderry way.

There is an important difference between the polling environments in the Toronto and Ottawa mayoral elections. Toronto has more polls.

There is an important difference between the polling environments in the Toronto and Ottawa mayoral elections. Toronto has more polls.

Canada’s labour market has spent much of 2026 treading water. After eight months of alternating gains and losses, the country has added just 26,000 net jobs

Mayoral candidate Jeff Leiper

Your daily update on the city mayoral campaign from Bulldog editor Ken Gray as it progresses to the Oct. 26 voting day:

Might we remind the city that it has taken much longer than the 19th-century Canadian Pacific transcontinental railroad took to be built. And LRT didn't have

The six published polls do tell us a few things. Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has led in every one of them, which is not especially surprising for an incumbent mayor.

Can a country change continents? Canada seems set to try.

Ottawa police are seeking witnesses following a serious collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian that occurred on Saturday, September 26, 2026.

Sept. 27, 2026: If you liked the last four years of service on the $6.4-billion O-Train, you should vote for Mayor Mark Sutcliffe in the Oct. 26 municipal

Public transit remains top dead centre in the minds of the public. And none of the candidates, save possibly Lawson, have said what they would do to fix it.