Manor Park sidewalk plan will outlast current residents, councillors argue | Page 894 | Unpublished
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Author: Joanne Laucius
Publication Date: April 10, 2026 - 04:00

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Manor Park sidewalk plan will outlast current residents, councillors argue

April 10, 2026
A controversial plan to add sidewalks to some quiet streets in Manor Park sparked a debate at Ottawa city council about making infrastructure decisions that will far outlast current residents. Read More


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F or years, Canadians have operated on two competing assumptions: that Americans like them and that Americans barely think of them at all. New polling from Leger suggests both instincts are correct, even amid continued trade tensions between Ottawa and Washington. In a survey of 1,004 American voters conducted April 17–20, Canada remains one of the few nations Americans still view with overwhelming warmth. Asked how they would describe Canada in the context of the economic and trade relationship, a majority characterize the country in broadly positive terms. But the data is shaded with...
April 27, 2026 - 05:45 | Philippe J. Fournier | Walrus
IMAGINE THE AMERICAN federal government goes rogue amid an unprecedented drought, disregards all laws and agreements on paper—and sticks a very large drinking straw into Lake Ontario from its southern shore in New York State. How would it all play out? If the threat is backed by military force, Canada will likely find our water laws suddenly moot—relics from a time before Trump 2.0 sidestepped a global rules-based order and pursued self-interest with impunity. Guerilla-styled sabotage of water pipelines by the Canadian military or regular citizens would become the only option for...
April 27, 2026 - 05:35 | Christopher Pollon | Walrus
The Walrus congratulates journalist Jordan Michael Smith on being awarded the Michener–Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism for his forthcoming project, “The Hague Mothers.” The Walrus will publish the results of Smith’s investigation later this year. Smith’s reporting will examine a troubling loophole in the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction that can lead to children being returned to potentially abusive parents, even when documented risks exist. The investigation will focus on the case of Thuy Nguyen, a Canadian woman whose children were...
April 27, 2026 - 05:30 | The Walrus Staff | Walrus