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Over 200 Ontario municipalities experimented with online voting during the 2022 election cycle. Sarnia has been on board since 2018, and they will be among October’s growing crowd of cities. Woodstock, meantime, will be one of the newcomers to online voting in 2026. Is our city ready for online voting, and does this practice actually fuel an uptick in election participation? We pick the brain of Nicole Goodman, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Brock University, on today’s Ottawa Now.
January 14, 2026 - 18:25 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
During the 2022 municipal election cycle, over 200 municipalities across Ontario took a leap of faith and took online voting for a test drive. Among this crop of online voting cities is Sarnia, and they have already announced that online voting will be present for the 2026 cycle. In fact, they’ve been embracing this practice since 2018. Kristy Cameron chats with Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley on today’s Ottawa Now.
January 14, 2026 - 18:20 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The City of Ottawa is going to purchase a private garbage landfill in the East End, a decision that was sealed on Wednesday with a 20 to 5 vote. Mayor Mark Sutcliffe understands that residents in the surrounding areas, specifically in Carlsbad Springs, will be affected by this. He emphasizes that City Council should be sensitive to their concerns, especially over the coming weeks and months. However, he reiterated that the lot will become a landfill no matter what. Osgoode councillor Isabelle Skalski is one of the five councillors who voted ‘Nay’. She joins Kristy Cameron on...
January 14, 2026 - 18:15 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa


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