
Kate Porter
Reporter
Kate Porter does explanatory and analysis pieces about local issues for CBC Ottawa. She covered Ottawa City Hall daily for eight years, doing deep dives into development decisions, covering the LRT public inquiry and analyzing multiple elections and budgets. In her more than 20 years at CBC, she has also read the radio news and covered the arts beat.
Latest from Kate Porter

What you need to know ahead of the OCDSB's final vote on its elementary review
Trustees on the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) will take a final vote Tuesday evening on a controversial overhaul of elementary programs that has been years in the making.
Canada -Ottawa |

Ottawa city councillor wants debate, reversal of Tewin development
An Ottawa city councillor wants to reverse a council decision made four years ago and prevent the 445-hectare Tewin development in the city's rural southeast from being built.
Canada -Ottawa |

Algonquin College board approves budget with $34.8M deficit
The eastern Ontario college will dip deep into its reserves to balance its budget.
Canada -Ottawa |

Demand for child care in Ottawa soars 300 per cent, new report finds
As the cost of child care in Ontario has fallen to a maximum of $22 a day for children under the age of six, demand in Ottawa has soared, according to the city.
Canada -Ottawa |

'High-stakes' list sets out Ottawa's road and transit projects for 20 years
Transportation planners at the City of Ottawa have finally released which transit and road projects it will focus on over the next two decades, with several councillors feeling it's their one chance to get their community's needs in the queue.
Canada -Ottawa |

Parents on guard as OCDSB shifts supports for special needs
As the OCDSB considers shifting some specialized classes to the mainstream and cutting educational assistants, parents worry children with complex needs will be even worse off.
Canada -Ottawa |
OCDSB looking to cut 150 full-time jobs
Ottawa's largest school board plans to cut staffing by 150 full-time positions by the next school year as it faces both a drop in kindergarten enrolment and a projected $20-million budget shortfall.
Canada -Ottawa |

Analysis
Why Ottawa's biggest school board is blowing up boundaries
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is in the midst of its biggest overhaul since two boards amalgamated back in 1998.
Canada -Ottawa |

ONTARIO VOTES 2025
Colleges on the brink forced to make drastic cuts
From diplomas in business to broadcasting, and tourism to technology, public colleges across Ontario have made headlines over the past several weeks as they move quickly to slash dozens of programs before budget time.
Canada -Ottawa |

Cost, design of new Civic hospital campus still being hammered out
The final cost and design of the brand new hospital and trauma centre are still to be determined, one year after Ellis Don and PCL submitted the only bid.
Canada -Ottawa |