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Publication Date: February 5, 2026 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. February 5th, 2026
February 5, 2026
Last week, the MP for Edmonton-Strathcona issued a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, calling on the federal government to shut down every single ICE office on Canadian soil. At least, until the ‘human rights crisis’ in the United States has been resolved. Heather McPherson joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 3. Then, we unwrap the CFRA textboard and tackle today’s Question of the Day. Shifting gears to local news, some of Ottawa’s city councillors are calling for a ‘sunset clause’ and a full review of the municipality’s Vacant Unit Tax on residential properties. We dig deeper with Orleans West-Innes councillor Laura Dudas, who sits on Ottawa’s Finance and Corporate Services Committee.
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A Toronto lawyer linked to a mortgage fraud later cited as motive in a deadly 2024 triple shooting has failed to convince the Law Society of Ontario to lift his suspension.
Shahryar Mazaheri represented real estate broker Samira Yousefi, who in 2022 helped Alisa Pogorelovsky and her husband, Alan Kats, borrow $1,375,000. The couple thought they were going to invest in syndicated mortgages, but Mazaheri and another lawyer, Fred Yack, were “alleged to have acted with at least constructive knowledge of the fraud,” according to a recent decision from the Law Society Tribunal, which...
March 6, 2026 - 07:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
In history’s long arc, Canada is but a glimmer of a nation. And whereas there was a time when the accident of our favourable geography led us to believe that our existence would be eternal, regardless of how much or how little we invested in the trappings of self-reliance, that is decidedly no longer the case.
Talking points
Canada faces hybrid war from the US: tariffs, propaganda, intimidation
Canadians still cling to the idea that the old alliance will return
Survival depends on breaking decades of dependence on Washington
Being surrounded by three oceans and sharing the continent...
March 6, 2026 - 06:30 | Patrick Lennox | Walrus
Good morning. The time people rise and go to bed is highly personal, but also highly divisive – more on that below, along with the latest updates from the Middle East. But first:
March 6, 2026 - 06:25 | Zosia Bielski | The Globe and Mail
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