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The 100-day truce between the City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission appears to have ended with a compromise agreement on the controversial portion of the western extension of light rail.

The details are expected to be revealed Friday morning at a joint press conference downtown.

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But sources close to the file told the Citizen late Thursday that some type of compromise had been reached and that the two sides have been working co-operatively for the past three months.

Officials from both the city and NCC have been tight-lipped about developments on the file since Mayor Jim Watson and former Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird met at the end of November and agreed to stop bickering about the matter publicly.

Baird has since resigned from his position and Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre has been named the new minister responsible for the NCC.

Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper said he expected to be briefed on the latest developments before the 10:30 a.m. news conference. The section of proposed rail is located in his ward.