The head of Ottawa's transportation commission, Alain Mercier, will meet soon with different commuter groups to address congestion problems on the national capital city's public buses. Rising fuel cost has lead more Ottawa residents to shift to public transport to go to work or school. To maximize space, some commuter groups have pushed for regulations on baby strollers, which take up space on public buses. One proposal is to require proper folding and stashing of the strollers inside the bus.

A dress code banning urban wear at the Brunswick House, a popular nightspot for University of Toronto students, is generating controversy. The decades-old establishment has signs which explicitly prohibit baggy pants, do-rags, bandanas, track-suits, jerseys, tank tops and reverse baseball caps. Most of these items are apparel associated with the black community, raising the specter that the ban may spark controversy.

A janitor at the Ottawa-Carlton District School board won the top prize in the July 16 Lotto 6/49. Kevin Frost, 39, picked up his $7. 379 million check Thursday. Being persistent finally paid off for Frost, who has been betting on the lottery since he was 18. Frost said he plans use his winnings to pay his mortgage, buy a house and travel to Scotland to play golf.

Police in Toronto have seized up to 2,000 stolen bicycles from a theft ring they busted last week but the huge find has prompted authorities to look for a temporary impound area. The police garage is not big enough to store and display some 1,000 recovered bikes so the search for a bigger space where owners can go and claim their bicycles is on, according to Superintendent Ruth White as cited by CBC. ca Tuesday.

Education Minister Kathleen Wynne had sent an investigator to review the books of the Toronto Catholic School Board over its inability to manage its expenses. The probe comes in the aftermath of a report that the board's trustees spent excessively, particularly on benefit packages that cost taxpayers on the average $107,218 per trustee. Heading the investigation team will be Pierre Filitrault, a former senior business official of the same board. Wynne gave Filitrault one week to go over the books and management practices of the school board.