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5 things: Council on Wednesday delivers verdicts on Harder's integrity and $1B e-bus project
A spicy integrity case involving one of council’s veteran leaders has stolen the spotlight from a billion-dollar decision that would transform OC Transpo bus operations forever. On a normal council agenda, the conversion of hundreds of diesel buses to electric buses would be the headline item, but the meeting on Wednesday will likely be remembered […]
Cornwall Mayor Bernadette Clement named to Senate
Cornwall Mayor Bernadette Clement was one of three people named by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the Senate on Tuesday afternoon. Clement has resigned as mayor in order to accept the appointment, which was made official by the administrator of the Government of Canada, Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner. Coun. Todd Bennett, […]
COVID-19: Ontario logs 296 cases, while Ottawa reports eight
The total number of vaccine doses administered in Ontario exceeds 12.8 million, while more than 3.1 million people have been fully vaccinated.
SDG council elects Armstrong as interim warden
SDG council has elected Coun. Allan Armstrong to be its interim warden until the regular election for warden can be held later this fall. The election, conducted by a secret phone ballot, was necessary as former warden Frank Prevost is no longer a member of SDG council, after South Glengarry council granted him a six-month […]
Another drowning death raises old, hard questions about Prince of Wales Bridge
The lawyer for an Ottawa family whose teenage son drowned after jumping from the Prince of Wales Bridge last summer says he can’t understand how the city could allow the same kind of tragedy to happen again – less than one year later. A 26-year-old man from London, Ont. died Sunday afternoon after jumping from […]
Denley: Ottawa Council can't indulge in magical thinking about garbage disposal
The city-owned landfill will reach capacity sometime between 2036 and 2038. There's urgency to act because any serious solution will take time to roll out. Naturally, staff recommend more years of study.
Monaghan: Eye care in Ontario is under threat, unless the province steps up
Optometry is drastically underfunded in this province, and it’s finally reaching a breaking point.
Nair: Air India tragedy grows dimmer in Canadian memory with each passing year
The families aboard Flight 182 on June 23, 1985 sought the comfort of a summer with their families. A moment of silence on June 23 to remember them ought to be an annual tradition in Parliament.
Weather: Chilly, cloudy Tuesday with single-digit low overnight
After a sticky start to the week, Tuesday is expected to be grey and unseasonably chilly with a forecast high of just 16 C and an overnight low of 7 C. A northwest wind at 20 km/h becomes light Tuesday morning and skies clear after midnight, Environment and Climate Change Canada predicted. Then it’s mixed […]
Ottawa woman accused of abducting baby girl has been found unfit for trial
The Ottawa woman accused of abducting a baby girl on the night of June 3 has been found unfit for trial and is being treated at a psychiatric hospital under court order. The hope is that treatment will get her the help she needs, and eventually be found fit for trial. Authorities working the child […]