Ottawa

City councillors in Ottawa, Canada are caught up in a convoluted struggle over their ability to control the region's urban growth boundary.

Ottawa's high-tech sector has burgeoned. More of its residents are employed in fields of engineering and science than in any other Canadian city, making it a high-tech hotbed not unlike those of the U.S.

Rural communities in Ottawa are being wiped out as urban trends take over the minds of developers and consumers. Rural residents are looking at ways to preserve the character of their communities.

Plans were recently announced for a $4 billion revamping and extension of the public transportation system in Ottawa.

This editorial argues that cities should build transit the way they used to build cathedrals: with a long-term mindset from the start.