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Publication Date: May 5, 2026 - 08:23
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Neil Saravanamuttoo pledges cheap transit, transparency at mayoral launch
May 5, 2026
Neil Saravanamuttoo is framing his Ottawa mayoral bid as a fight against insiders and special interests while promising to drastically cut transit fares and open up the books at city hall.
Officials managing the federal government's return-to-office plans are concerned about the ability of Ottawa's troubled transit system to actually get public servants to their workplaces, an internal memo shows.
May 21, 2026 - 10:57 | | CBC News - Ottawa
North American stock markets opened lower Thursday as oil prices rose and treasury yields resumed their climb amid the ongoing stalemate between Iran and the U.S.
May 21, 2026 - 10:04 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
As the calendar flips to June, a trio of countries will be hosting World Cup games, and Canada is one of them. However, according to the latest forecast from the country's Parliamentary Budget Officer, the estimated cost per game is $82 million. Add it all up, and you get a massive $1 billion tab to pay off. That bill, by the way, is in line with public spending for previous World Cup events. So who pays for what? Well, $473 million is coming from the feds, while the other levels of government have been assigned to pay the rest of the tab. In Toronto, they planned to spend $380 million...
May 21, 2026 - 10:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa



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