Omkar Atwal News Today

The City of Ottawas new curbside garbage policy will allow residents to count a 140-litre garbage bin as a single item, no matter how much garbage is inside, but finding a bin of that size is not easy.

While a nationwide shortage of salt used in water softeners has caused headaches for many well owners, the owner of a hardware store in the south end of Ottawa has become somewhat of a hero for finding an alternate supplier.