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New infill housing is making Ottawa more flood-prone | Letters to the Editor

Ottawa Citizen · August 18, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" are the lyrics of one of Joni Mitchell's classic songs and they could help explain one of the reasons there is so much flooding in our city.

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