Welcome to this week’s edition of City In Review. CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent is steering the ship. And here is what we are following!

The Week In Review

• Pre-trial phase for the LRT East Extension delayed until November.
• Ottawa Police exploring policy for database misusage.
• First wave of votes cast in this month’s municipal election, as advanced voting continues this weekend.
• Property tax messaging takes over the Ottawa Board of Trade's mayoral debate.
• Ottawa Community Housing prioritizes 100 new units for homeless families.
• The first of 52 new articulated diesel buses gets delivered to OC Transpo.
• New video obtained by CTV Ottawa captures the Trump Avenue sign heist.

Pre-trial running for the LRT East Extension delayed to November

CFRA’s Kristy Cameron and City In Review host Andrew Pinsent dissect Friday's transit setback, as the LRT East Extension is further delayed due to technical issues. The pre-trial running phase was supposed to commence sometime this month, but that timeline has now been shifted to November. They examine how it could impact the timeline for the grand unveiling.

Meantime, in an update to the Ottawa Police Services Board earlier this week, Ottawa's Police Chief says the latest deployment for the Downtown Safety Plan has wrapped up as of Thursday. More fulsome results are expected in November, but the news also follows a tragic double-stabbing in the Downtown Core.

Election Explainer: How do cities pay for things? How should voters view big spending promises?

With the municipal election campaign well underway, candidates have been making promises related to the best way to utilize taxpayers money. How do we make sense of it all? Is it realistic? Enid Slack is the Director of the Institute of Municipal Finance and Governance at the University of Toronto. She explains how municipal finances work and what levers the city possesses.

Candidate Corner

City In Review host Andrew Pinsent has been checking in with mayoral candidates leading up to the October 26th election. This week, local economist Neil Saravanmuttoo stopped by the 580 CFRA studios to discuss his campaign and why he's running for office.