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Publication Date: May 22, 2026 - 10:37

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Do Ottawa voters have something against leftist mayors? | Opinion

May 22, 2026
As the 2026 mayoral campaign gathers pace, Jeff Leiper is not only fighting incumbent Mark Sutcliffe for the top job, he is running against history. Ottawa has not elected a leftist candidate as mayor in nearly 50 years. The last one was Marion Dewar in 1978. Read More


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Data tracked by the NDP shows the premier skipped roughly one in three sessions of question period during the spring sitting, avoiding a key parliamentary accountability mechanism.
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Data tracked by the NDP shows the premier skipped roughly one in three sessions of question period during the spring sitting, avoiding a key parliamentary accountability mechanism.
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An 86-year-old B.C. man who shot and killed his long-time neighbour over a petty noise issue before turning the gun on the man’s wife will likely spend the rest of his days in prison after being sentenced to life in prison last week. In deciding on 86-year-old Robert Amede Freeman’s parole eligibility, the judge considered his “infirm and elderly” state and sided with the defence and set it at the minimum of 10 years. “He is not well now, and he was not well at the time he committed the offences,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Andrea Ormiston wrote, noting diabetes, heart disease, a...
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