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Publication Date: March 3, 2026 - 18:30
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Ottawa Now - 'If there are no farmers, what are they going to be eating?': Horticulture student vents frustrations over approved cuts at Algonquin College
March 3, 2026
Despite new funding from the Ontario government, and Premier Ford lifting a gut-punching tuition freeze, Algonquin College’s Board of Governors has decided to execute another series of program suspensions. Just one year after the last round of cuts, another 30 programs will be on the chopping block this time, with the college citing ‘financial mitigation measures’ as the reason why. Aarushi Aarushi is a 2nd Semester student at Algonquin’s Horticulture Program, which is one of the programs biting the dust. She vents her frustrations on today’s Ottawa Now.
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WINNIPEG — Frontrunner Avi Lewis vowed to unify the NDP in his last media scrum before the party’s new leader is announced on Sunday, but he stood by attacks on two prominent moderate figures within the party.
Lewis doubled down on earlier comments he made criticizing Thomas Mulcair, former federal NDP leader and Quebec lieutenant, telling reporters that Mulcair set the party back years by pivoting to the right ahead of the 2015 federal election.
“I think Tom Mulcair made a decision in the 2015 election that cost us a lot, and there’s still a lot of hard feelings within the NDP...
March 28, 2026 - 16:58 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
The value of a previous playoff experience is debatable, especially in junior hockey. When the Ottawa 67’s opened their first-round Ontario Hockey League best-of-seven series against the Kingston Frontenacs on Friday night, their lineup boasted players with a total of 121 games of post-season experience, compared to an indiscernible 101 on the visitors’ roster. While […]
March 28, 2026 - 16:39 | Don Brennan | Ottawa Citizen
An imminent 2% federal tax hike on alcohol is coming under fire from critics who say it will only worsen Canadians’ affordability challenges and cost jobs.
The
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
estimates the 2% hike, taking effect April 1, 2026, will add about $41 million in extra tax revenue...
March 28, 2026 - 16:31 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
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