It was a surprisingly busy week in Ottawa city politics.

The Panel covers:

* Orleans-East Cumberland Councillor Matt Luloff’s trail on charges of driving under the influence (1:10)

* a new candidate, Barbara Daniela Gandolfo, has come forward to contest the Orleans-East Cumberland Council seat. Meet Barbara at the Better Ottawa Town Hall on Wednesday, 28 January — see poster below (6:05)

* a new candidate, Alex Lawson, is running for Mayor with some high profile conservatives behind him (11:00)

* Public consultations in Ottawa on high speed rail (17:54)

* More LRT woes ( 26:34)

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