Source Feed: Ottawa Citizen
Author: Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen
Publication Date: July 14, 2025 - 08:00
Pizzino: As we grow the Canadian military, veterans who need support still struggle
July 14, 2025
Pride in service is a defining part of what it means to be Canadian. Our freedoms, our way of life, and our reputation around the globe have all been shaped and protected by the men and women who have served in uniform. Our nation's capital is home to more than 24,000 regular and reserve Canadian Armed Forces members and civilian employees, with military and veteran families making up nearly one in five households in the Ottawa-Gatineau region: a far higher concentration than anywhere else in Canada. Read More
Unpublished Newswire
Those who travel by car between the U.S. and Canada at crossings like the Peace Bridge have grown accustomed to long wait times over the years, but drivers headed in either direction today rarely face delays.
Those empty lanes signal a stark change: Cross-border travel has fallen to historic lows, surpassing even the slowdowns seen after 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis.
“We are currently seeing more extreme drops in travel by car than we did during those (earlier) crises,” says Laura Presley, an analyst at Statistics Canada, noting an “abrupt shift” at the start of this year....
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Kingston Fire and Rescue crews were dispatched to the penitentiary early Saturday morning to deal with the blaze but were forced to break in as there were issues with the locks.
July 14, 2025 - 12:55 | Kevin Nielsen | Global News - Canada
Kingston Fire and Rescue crews were dispatched to the penitentiary early Saturday morning to deal with the blaze but were forced to break in as there were issues with the locks.
July 14, 2025 - 12:55 | Kevin Nielsen | Global News - Ottawa
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