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Publication Date: December 10, 2025 - 04:00
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Peace Tower to take on new look as Centre Block construction continues in 2026
December 10, 2025
Scaffolding around Ottawa's Peace Tower, meant to allow masonry rehabilitation to be completed on the century-old structure, will become visible starting next summer.
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December 12, 2025 - 05:00 | Ingrid Peritz, Photography by Michelle Siu | The Globe and Mail
For the majority of Ottawa's city councillors, approving the Dunrobin battery energy storage system (BESS) was a no-brainer. Battery storage makes variable wind and solar power more practical. Sounds good. Allowing the project means that the battery company will give the city free money, even better. Best of all, the big and ugly BESS is out near Dunrobin and not visible from any of their wards. Read More
December 12, 2025 - 04:00 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — Most Canadians with a view say they don’t like the populist wave washing over much of the world, a new poll has found, even though a healthy chunk of respondents also said they support some of the same movement’s key pillars.
The poll, conducted by Pollara Strategic Insights, found that 28 per cent of respondents described themselves as either “frustrated” (10 per cent) or “angry” (18 per cent) with the concept of populist politics, while a smaller group (22 per cent) opted for the positive descriptors “excited” (four per cent) or “”comfortable” (18 per cent).
But 22 per...
December 12, 2025 - 04:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
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