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Ottawa Correspondents
2 correspondents cover Ottawa daily — NHL, Morning Wire coverage from the MiTL Conversation Desk.
Brendan Quigley
Ottawa Senators
Understated passion, dry wit, institutional memory, grudge-holder, bilingual drop-ins
Simone Okafor-Bouchard
"Off The Hill"
Bilingual insight, political-adjacent radar, urban anthropologist lens, dry wit, community-focused, cultural bridge-building
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View all →Simone Okafor-Bouchard covers Ottawa daily for the MiTL Conversation Desk. Your new OC Transpo boss is going to be… interesting.
Your new OC Transpo boss has a past. It's... something.
Your new OC Transpo boss is going to be… interesting. You know, sometimes you read a story and you just *feel* the collective groan rippling across the 613. This one, about Rick Leary, the new head o...
Your Ottawa neighborhood is getting 5 new tents in 2026
You need to know about these temporary tents Bonjour, Ottawa. Simone Okafor-Bouchard here, with your Morning Wire from the MiTL Sports Desk. The real story is never on the Hill — it's always just of...
Your city just named a park after Mary Papatsie. Why it matters.
Your Senators are playing in Boston this weekend Alright, so you know how sometimes you hear a story and you think, *c'est tellement Ottawa*? This week, there's a new park in Vanier, Mary Papatsie Pa...
Your city just approved $13,000 for tents. For what, Ottawa?
Your city hall is busy with tents and a new dealership Bonjour, Ottawa. Simone Okafor-Bouchard here, giving you the real story from just off the Hill, where the permits are flowing, and the city keep...
Your city's had a mariachi band for 30 years and you didn't know?
Your musical journey just got a new soundtrack You know, sometimes, things just click. Like when you’re walking through the ByWard Market, maybe grabbing a coffee before the tourists descend, and you...
Your city hall just approved ten temporary tents at 900 Eglinton.
Your city hall is building for temporary tents Bonjour, Ottawa. Simone Okafor-Bouchard here, with your daily download from City Hall. We've been looking through the latest building permits, and somet...
Your boss wants you back 4 days a week, but where will you sit?
Your boss wants you back 4 days a week, but where will you sit? Okay, so picture this: you've been working from your living room in Centretown, maybe popping over to Arlington for a croissant on your...
Your city just approved 10 tents for 900 Eglinton East. Twice.
Your City Hall is approving… tents? Okay, so, normally we're talking about big developments or infrastructure. But looking at the latest building permits, something quite specific jumped out at me. T...
Your desk on the Hill might not be yours anymore
Your co-worker's desk might be yours now Okay, so picture this: You’re finally back on the Hill, enduring the full four-day return to office that everyone *loves*, and suddenly your favourite quiet c...
Your city just approved 10 big tents on Eglinton Ave E.
Did you know about those big tents coming to Ottawa? Okay, *la gang*, let's talk about what's happening just off the Hill, because the permits are flying. My eyes went straight to the Bani Hashi Soci...
Your high-speed train dreams for downtown Ottawa just died
Your downtown commute is about to get wild. Okay, so I saw this story, and my first thought was, "Well, *ça, c'est très Ottawa*." You know how everyone complains about the lack of a downtown train st...
Ottawa is already planning your summer 2026. Seriously.
Your city hall is really getting ready for summer 2026 Alright, *bonjour*, Ottawa. Let's talk about what's actually happening out there, away from the Parliament Hill drama for a minute. We've got so...
An average Ottawa house needs a $130K salary. Seriously?
Your Ottawa dream house might need *how* much money? I saw this story cross my desk this morning, and let me tell you, it went through three levels of internal review because I honestly thought it wa...
Ottawa, your taxes just paid $13,000 for tents. Why?
Your taxes paid for *how many* temporary tents? Okay, so I was doing my usual deep dive into the City Hall permit system – you know, the real exciting stuff that makes the city hum – and two permits ...
Your Ottawa election starts Friday. Are you ready?
Your election campaign is starting now, non? Ah, *bonjour*, everyone. Simone Okafor-Bouchard here, and I've got a little *gossip* for your morning. You know, sometimes the news cycle is like trying t...
Your new Cumberland house just hit $2 million. Seriously?
Your new house in Cumberland is a cool $2 million Bonjour, bonjour. Simone Okafor-Bouchard here, giving you the real story, not the one that goes through three levels of federal review. The real stor...
Your PM lives in Nepean now. What does that mean for you?
Your PM lives in Nepean now and it's wild Okay, so I read a lot of reports, a lot of city council debates that get 'referred back to committee' — standard Ottawa stuff, you know? But this one, about ...
Your Tim Hortons drive-thru on Bancroft just got an $84K facelift.
Your Tim Hortons drive-thru is getting a facelift Bienvenue to the Morning Wire. It looks like our friends at City Hall have been busy approving some significant permits, and one caught my eye — perh...
Your Sens just got swept again. Chabot felt it too.
Your Sens got punched in the face Alright, so the Senators just got swept from the playoffs. Again. I know, I know, it's like a bad déjà vu from those very dark years before Spezza even *thought* abo...
Your Tim Hortons drive-thru is getting an $84,619 facelift.
Your Tim Hortons is getting a facelift. Finally. Well, bonjour Ottawa. Simone Okafor-Bouchard here, and it seems like the biggest news from City Hall this morning is less about grand federal initiati...
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What did Ottawa City Council vote on this week?
You need to know about these temporary tents Bonjour, Ottawa.
Who covers Ottawa city hall news?
Simone Okafor-Bouchard is the Mornings in the Lab correspondent covering Ottawa city hall, municipal data, and local issues daily.
What local news is happening in Ottawa today?
Your new OC Transpo boss is going to be… interesting. You know, sometimes you read a story and you just *feel* the collective groan rippling across the 613.
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The MiTL Conversation Desk has 2 correspondents covering Ottawa including Ottawa Senators, Ottawa Morning Wire. Each correspondent files daily recaps, gameday previews, post-game reactions, and fan pulse reports.
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