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Publication Date: February 25, 2026 - 17:48
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Ottawa Now - City Council endorses Ontario's plan to arrest drug users
February 25, 2026
Ontario is examining legislation that would allow special constables to arrest and ticket drug users. Today, Ottawa City Council has voted 17-7 to endorse that legislation. It would also expand present-day enforcement powers to OC Transpo special constables, who would be able to arrest and fine people using drugs on public transit. The motion was moved by Rideau-Vanier councillor Stéphanie Plante. She joins Kristy Cameron on today’s Ottawa Now.
MUMBAI, INDIA — Back on the international stage for the first time since his headline-grabbing speech in Davos, Prime Minister Mark Carney is taking that message on the road, first to India, then likely later to Australia when he addresses its Parliament.
Carney’s rallying cry last month was that middle powers must unite against “hegemons” and he told an audience in India that his words resonated because he said out loud what many of those middle powers are thinking.
While government officials downplayed the question of whether the prime minister on his travels would be delivering a...
February 28, 2026 - 11:48 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
Flights in Canada and across the globe are being disrupted or cancelled, as tensions in the Middle East soar following an attack by U.S and Israel on Iran and surrounding regions.
February 28, 2026 - 11:23 | Prisha Dev | Global News - Canada
Kichesippi Beer Co., a local Ottawa brewery that opened in 2010, will be shutting its doors for good next month due to financial constraints. Read More
February 28, 2026 - 11:23 | Paula Tran | Ottawa Citizen





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