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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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Ontario will not have a policy in place to publicly fund all medically necessary services from nurse practitioners by April 1, as ordered by the federal government, leaving some patients paying out of pocket for primary care. It comes years after the health minister called on Canada for more support.
March 20, 2026 - 07:29 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The 2026 World Happiness Report has been released, and Canada fell to 25th place in the global rankings from 18th last year. That puts it far below such perennially joyful places as Finland and Denmark, but still miles above Malawi, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, which rank dead last in the 147-nation survey.
But the report, published by the University of Oxford’s
Wellbeing Research Centre...
March 20, 2026 - 07:00 | Chris Knight | National Post
Collinda Joseph spoke with Elyse Skura on Ottawa Morning about winning the gold medal and how she’s adjusting to being back home after the games.
March 20, 2026 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
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