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Publication Date: April 23, 2026 - 08:10
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Ford's controversial omnibus budget bill passes final vote at Queen's Park
April 23, 2026
The Ford government’s omnibus budget bill, along with changes to freedom of information laws, passed its final vote at Queen’s Park on Thursday. Bill 97 skipped committee sessions and instead was discussed in a heated question period Thursday and debates in a rare late-night sitting Wednesday.
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Warning: This story contains graphic content The head of the special education department at an Ontario high school has been sentenced to three years in prison for sexually exploiting a student 31 years his junior. Tony Paniccia pleaded guilty this past January to three counts of sexual exploitation for arranging clandestine meetings in his car with the teen in early 2024. After he hugged, touched and kissed her during the first two late-night encounters, the teen sent him a Telegram message saying she didn’t want to meet with him again outside of school “because she felt disgusted...
May 6, 2026 - 07:30 | Chris Lambie | National Post
First responders in Gatineau confirm two people were found dead in a burning building in the downtown area early Wednesday. Firefighters were called to the the 16-storey building at the north end of Laurier Street at about 2 a.m. According to reports, the fire was in a fourth-floor unit. A total of about three dozen […]
May 6, 2026 - 07:04 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen
A recent global ranking of the top higher education and research systems sees Canada come in at an impressive fifth place worldwide — but it’s still behind the United States. The 2026 report by MeasuresHE , a research company specializing in analysis and data, scored countries across seven pillars: research, sustainability, openness, international integration, global standing, demographics and investment, and academic integrity. Canada was awarded an overall score of 87.8, placing it behind the U.K., the Netherlands, the U.S. and Sweden. The country scored highly for academic...
May 6, 2026 - 07:00 | Ellie Hutchings | National Post
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