News of the day: Leiper says LRT upload windfall would be 'swallowed up' by existing budget gaps; Broken fare readers costs city up to $960,000 in lost revenue; Councillor candidates weigh in on how Ottawa can upgrade, finance stormwater infrastructure

It’s Tuesday, Sept 1. Here are today’s top stories from the Ottawa Citizen newsroom LEIPER SAYS LRT UPLOAD WINDFALL WOULD BE ‘SWALLOWED UP’ BY EXISTING BUDGET GAPS The 2026 OC Transpo projections come with an anticipated windfall of about $47 million from the expected provincial upload of the city’s LRT system to Metrolinx Read the […]