Ottawa's Greenbelt is one of our most important natural assets | Letters to the Editor | Page 10 | Unpublished
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Publication Date: August 20, 2026 - 04:33

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Ottawa's Greenbelt is one of our most important natural assets | Letters to the Editor

August 20, 2026
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


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City of Ottawa staff are projecting a budget surplus by the end of the year, though the forecast is partially based on optimistic OC Transpo ridership numbers and analysts are still monitoring the financial implications of the July 1 flooding and new U.S. tariffs. Read More
September 3, 2026 - 10:46 | Aedan Helmer | Ottawa Citizen
Thousands of Inuit women in Greenland are now eligible for monetary compensation over a decades-long Danish birth-control program that forcibly implanted intrauterine devices (IUDs). The compensation has some Inuit women in Canada who faced the same treatment hopeful for an apology from their own federal government.
September 3, 2026 - 10:28 | Liam Baker | CBC News - Ottawa