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Publication Date: May 15, 2025 - 17:48
Notice of special committee meeting continuing May 16
May 15, 2025
Today’s special joint meeting of the Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee and the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee will temporarily adjourn and resume on Friday, May 16 at 10 am.
This meeting will continue to be held both in person in Andrew S. Haydon Hall at 110 Laurier Avenue West, and through electronic participation. Residents can watch on YouTube. For more information, please consult the meeting’s agenda at ottawa.ca/agendas.
It’s not just fewer Canadians travelling to the United States, but also fewer Americans travelling to Canada. According to StatsCan, the number of car trips that Americans took to visit Canada declined by 10.7 percent in April and 8.4 percent in May. Those data drops are compared to what we saw in April and May of last year. And when we look at air travel through the same lens, the trend continues. Naturally, as a testy trade war unfolds, Canadian tourism associations are worried that the perception of an anti-American environment is keeping our Southern neighbours away from the...
June 10, 2025 - 15:57 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
OTTAWA — Chief Justice Richard Wagner, who promised a new era of transparency for the Supreme Court, could not say which private interest donated a lifelike bronze bust of himself that sits prominently in the building’s grand entrance hall.
During his annual press conference Tuesday, Wagner also questioned how the gift could raise concerns of conflict of interest.
“I don’t know who paid for that, so how can there be a conflict of interest?” Wagner responded to National Post’s questions.
Last July,
National Post...
June 10, 2025 - 15:50 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
An American-based Canadian men’s fashion writer who shared his story of being an undocumented immigrant in the U.S. put himself in the crosshairs of conservative critics questioning his legal status to remain in the country, including perhaps U.S. Vice-President JD Vance.
In response to the heated L.A. protests over Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in the city, Derek Guy, who works out of San Francisco, made a candid post on X detailing his experiences.
I debated whether to share my story on here, but I guess I will.I think there's an idea out there that millions of violent...
June 10, 2025 - 15:49 | Kenn Oliver | National Post
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