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Publication Date: August 10, 2026 - 04:00
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Prison watchdog role left vacant for months, even after outgoing investigator warned of 'serious legal void'
August 10, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government left the position of Canada's prison watchdog vacant for several months, despite written warnings from the outgoing correctional investigator that leaving the position vacant would seriously compromise the office's powers to do its job protecting inmates.
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POINTLESS FIRE PROPOSAL Read More
August 20, 2026 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
In a remarkable election-year turn of events, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is spending money the city doesn’t yet have in its coffers to pay for a 30 per cent fare cut in the monthly adult transit pass. Read More
August 20, 2026 - 05:00 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
Randall Denley's op-ed (Ottawa Citizen, Aug. 15, 2026) analyzes the recent Government of Ontario's population projections for Ottawa, where our city is expected to expand from the current 1.19 million population to 1.83 million in 2051, an increase of over 600,000 people. He asks where future development should occur, and suggests that the National Capital Greenbelt should be considered to meet the projected housing needs. Read More
August 20, 2026 - 04:33 | Doug Menary | Ottawa Citizen
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