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Publication Date: December 17, 2025 - 23:06
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December 17, 2025
Should schools regulate play on snowbanks? Quebec’s school insurers have released guidelines on how snowbanks should be built in schoolyards, and some worry the strict rules could limit winter play. Is this a little too extreme? The director of the Human Early Learning Partnership, Mariana Brussoni, believes that might be the case. She speaks with Kristy about her thoughts on the matter. Also, we bring you another edition of the Ottawa Now Gift Guide, this time with CFRA show producer Corey Price.
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Toronto-based aerospace company Kepler Communications Inc. launched 10 satellites on Sunday, cementing its position as the operator of the largest fleet of Canadian-built spacecraft to date.The cluster of 300-kilogram satellites – each one about the size of a large desk – were among 47 payloads carried into orbit on a Space X rocket that lifted off at 5:44 Pacific time from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, about 250 kilometres northwest of Los Angeles.
January 11, 2026 - 16:39 | Ivan Semeniuk | The Globe and Mail
British Columbia’s River Forecast Centre has expanded its flood watch advisories to cover swaths of Vancouver Island as an atmospheric river moves through the region.Central, eastern and southern Vancouver Island were upgraded to the status as of 11 a.m. Sunday, joining northern and western Vancouver Island as well as B.C.’s south coast, Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver regions already under that classification.The centre says prolonged periods of heavy rain are expected alongside warmer temperatures and added runoff due to “rain-on-snow melt,” noting that peak river levels are expected...
January 11, 2026 - 15:53 | | The Globe and Mail
Ali Shakar remembers how stressful it was for his parents to put food on the table growing up. Read More
January 11, 2026 - 15:19 | Paula Tran | Ottawa Citizen
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