Snowbanks cause garbage pick-up headaches for Ottawans

To the chagrin of local residents left holding the (garbage) bag, an unusually snowy January has complicated curbside waste pick up in some parts of Ottawa.
Sandy Hill resident and former Ottawa Citizen journalist Randy Boswell noticed Tuesday that a number of properties along his stretch of Goulburn Avenue had yellow notices attached to garbage placed outside for collection.
On the notices, city crews had indicated that waste was to be placed curbside, not on snowbanks, private property, the ro