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Author: Nicole Feriancek
Publication Date: October 20, 2025 - 12:54
Egan, you're wrong about speed cameras | Letters to the Editor
October 20, 2025
I read with dismay Kelly Egan‘s opinion piece in the Saturday Citizen. While I have a long held respect for Kelly’s citizenship, I am afraid he is totally off base in advocating for speeders. While he doubts that cameras work and personally will ignore the consequences of speeding, he has not adequately reviewed the effectiveness of speed cameras. I am quite aware of their success. Several streets in Orleans, and elsewhere in Ottawa, now have almost universal respect for the speed limit limits, due solely to speed cameras. And the quietus extends far on both sides of the camera installation. Scofflaws who fall back on the old excuse “everyone speeds“ are the problem, not the solution. Ford must back off his unreasonable demand, and Kelly must rethink his acknowledged speeding habit. Read More
Unpublished Newswire
Council today approved a Primary Care Provider Recruitment and Retention Strategy to attract more family doctors and other primary care providers to Ottawa.
The strategy outlines 10 actions the City will take, including creating a new primary care recruitment and retention ambassador position. The ambassador will work with health care professionals, health care organizations and the Province to build a plan to attract and keep medical professionals in Ottawa. The City will join the Eastern Ontario Physician Recruitment Alliance to access their recruitment resources and will work to...
October 22, 2025 - 16:45 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
Ottawa city councillors gave their unanimous endorsement to a motion affirming support for the speed camera program and urging the Ontario government to tweak the system rather than banning the cameras across the province. Read More
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