{"id":148856,"date":"2026-07-29T23:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/148856\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T23:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:18:24","slug":"news-of-the-day-is-ottawa-missing-the-bus-on-intercity-travel-more-than-10000-public-servants-apply-for-early-retirement-incentives-son-and-father-thumb-way-across-atlantic-provinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/148856\/","title":{"rendered":"News of the day: Is Ottawa missing the bus on intercity travel?; More than 10,000 public servants apply for early retirement incentives; Son and father thumb way across Atlantic provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Wednesday, July 29. Here are today’s top stories from the Ottawa Citizen newsroom.<\/p>\n

DEACHMAN: IS OTTAWA MISSING THE BUS ON INTERCITY TRAVEL?<\/p>\n

Three years after the city made a new intercity bus terminal part of its Transportation Master Plan, what has happened?<\/p>\n

Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Federal<\/p>\n

Federal public servants.<\/p>\n

MORE THAN 10,000 PUBLIC SERVANTS APPLY FOR EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVES<\/p>\n

According to the latest government data, about 10,006 public servants submitted applications and 6,855 have been approved so far.<\/p>\n

Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Heather<\/p>\n

Heather Williams, left, Rosemarie Ferguson, middle, and Lucy Murray all have roles at Silver Spring Studio, a former dairy farm converted into an art and cooking studio for adults with developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n

NEPEAN’S CELEBRATED DISABILITY ART STUDIO STRUGGLING TO SECURE ITS FUTURE<\/p>\n

Silver Spring Studio, an art and cooking studio for adults with developmental disabilities, says the provincial government doesn’t support the sector.<\/p>\n

Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

People took cover from the rain and thunderstorms during the Canada Day ceremonies, July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

JULY WILL BE OTTAWA’S RAINIEST MONTH EVER RECORD<\/p>\n

Largely thanks to two “walloping storms” bookending this month, this July will officially mark the rainiest month Ottawa has experienced in more than 150 years of weather data collection, according to retired climatologist David Phillips.<\/p>\n

Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A 1976 Citizen photo of Andrew Lumsden, left, and his son, Gavin, then age 11, after their hitch-hiking adventure from Ottawa to Vancouver and back.<\/p>\n

SON AND FATHER THUMB WAY ACROSS ATLANTIC PROVINCES<\/p>\n

Ottawa’s Andrew Lumsden, now 92, and son Gavin repeated family history 50 years later, this time traversing Atlantic provinces.<\/p>\n

Read the story<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thanks for reading the daily update. Have a great evening. We’ll be back tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s Wednesday, July 29. Here are today’s top stories from the Ottawa Citizen newsroom. DEACHMAN: IS OTTAWA MISSING…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[48162,47969,1911,61,879,48163,48164],"class_list":["post-148856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-bruce-deachman","tag-intercity-bus","tag-matthew-anderson","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-citizen","tag-transportation-master-plan","tag-uottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}