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There were some divided votes on departmental and board budgets, but the final sign-off on the whole package was unanimous on Wednesday.

A plaque memorializing a watershed moment of citizen resistance to the Freedom Convoy last year has been taken down.

Sledding has been prohibited at the hill since it was removed as a city-approved site five years ago. A child died in an accident last year.

The City of Ottawa says it's covered the Notre Dame D'Afrique statue in what appears to be tarp until it's able to start restoring the statue's face and hands, which were painted white.

A motion from Coun. Riley Brockington called on city staff to safely re-open the north-facing side of the hill for sledding this winter while keeping other sides closed. It failed by a vote of 11 yeas to 12 nays.

The city of Ottawa has concluded the hill at Mooneys Bay Park is not safe for sledding, and will install "robust temporary seasonal fencing" to discourage people from tobogganing this winter.

"Robust temporary seasonal fencing" will be installed in Mooney's Bay Park as the city concludes a comprehensive review of a hill where an 11-year-old girl died tobogganing last winter. 

The city councillor who represents the Mooney’s Bay area is speaking out after city staff decided to install fencing this winter to prevent people from sledding at Mooney’s Bay Park.

A statue of the Black Virgin Mary in Vanier, Ontario, Canada, has been the subject of vandalism, city officials say, plan to have it restored.

The face and hands on a statue of a Black Virgin Mary in Vanier have been painted white in what the city says is an unauthorized act of vandalism.