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Seven years after construction started, a 34-acre plot of once-contaminated industrial land in the middle of the Ottawa River is being celebrated as the most sustainable community in Canada. The master-planned development between downtown Ottawa and Gatineau, Que. uses post-industrial waste to heat homes and businesses in winter and the river itself …
Read More »Famous portrait of Winston Churchill missing from Ottawa hotel in suspected art heist
One of the most famous portraits of Winston Churchill is missing from the Château Laurier’s Reading Lounge after apparently being replaced with a copy, but exactly how long ago it disappeared is a mystery. A staff member at the storied downtown Ottawa hotel, just steps from Parliament Hill, discovered on Friday night that …
Read More »Toronto’s Pearson airport now 2nd worst in world for delays. Ottawa says travel woes on the mend
Fatima Sherefa, 17, had a rough night at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Aug. 6. Her flight from Toronto home to Winnipeg had been delayed several times and then, just after midnight, it was cancelled. Sherefa says Air Canada staff didn’t offer hotel accommodation for the night, and instead passed out yoga …
Read More »Ottawa to offer passport pickup service in 4 additional cities, says more locations coming
The federal government plans to open four new passport pickup locations nationally as it struggles to manage lengthy wait times and backlogs that have plagued the application process for months now. The new application and pickup service will be available in Trois-Rivières, Que.; Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.; Charlottetown, P.E.I.; and Red …
Read More »Negotiator behind deal with Freedom Convoy says Ottawa was too quick to use emergency powers
The man who negotiated on the City of Ottawa’s behalf with Tamara Lich and other organizers of the Freedom Convoy says an agreement for truckers to leave the city’s residential streets wasn’t given enough time to play out before the federal government used its emergency powers to quell the weeks-long occupation. …
Read More »Intelligence report flagged possible ‘violent revenge’ after Ottawa protest shutdown
Newly disclosed documents show federal intelligence officials warned decision-makers that the police dispersal of Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa last winter could prompt an “opportunistic attack” against a politician or symbol of government. The Feb. 24 “threat highlight,” marked Secret/Canadian Eyes Only, also advised that extremist “influencers” would leverage the outcome …
Read More »A year after the fall of Kabul, Canadian veterans urge Ottawa not to abandon Afghans trying to flee
It’s been one year since Kabul fell to the Taliban after American and allied troops — including Canadians — left the country. Video footage showed Afghans streaming onto the tarmac at the Kabul airport, desperate to escape, as a U.S. air force plane took off. Some fell to their death trying to hold …
Read More »Ottawa tells Saskatchewan Cree Nation it’s ‘deeply sorry’ for assimilative ‘colony scheme’
The federal government has made a national apology to a Saskatchewan First Nation community for a scheme that breached treaty and fiduciary agreements by creating a farm colony that took over the nation’s land and contributed to the assimilation of Indigenous people. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller delivered the apology on behalf of the federal …
Read More »Ottawa to temporarily ban handgun imports until permanent freeze comes into effect
The federal government plans to fast-track a ban on the import of handguns into the country without the approval of Parliament using a regulatory measure that comes into effect in two weeks, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino announced Friday. The change will last until a permanent freeze is passed in …
Read More »After UN chief calls out ‘scandalous’ profits, Ottawa offers no plan to hike taxes on oil and gas industry
Canada’s Ministry of Finance says it’s aiming to make everyone pay “their fair share of tax” but is not committing to an elevated tax on energy companies who are reporting sizeable windfalls while consumers feel pinched at the gas pumps. The ministry’s statement comes on the heels of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres …
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