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Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Wendy Stephanson, City Manager, will respond to media questions during a brief recess at Wednesday's Council meeting.
The following subject-matter experts will be available to answer questions:
Marcia Wallace, General Manager, Planning, Development, and Building Services
Clara Freire, General Manager, Community and Social Services
Ryan Perrault, General Manager, Emergency and Protective Services
Residents will be able to watch the media availability on the Ottawa City Council YouTube channel.
When: Wednesday, April 8...
April 7, 2026 - 16:41 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
It’s been over a month since we published our roundtable on the Iran war, and the situation has collapsed dramatically. What began as a campaign of decapitation strikes aimed at Iran’s leadership is unravelling into a messy, grinding, volatile, multi-front conflict with no clear end in sight. With President Donald Trump now warning that “a whole civilization will die” if Iran doesn’t make a deal, we decided to reconvene our panel of specialists and foreign policy analysts to reassess where things stand. What kind of war is this becoming? And what, at this point, does an endgame even look...
April 7, 2026 - 16:38 | Various Contributors | Walrus
The Finance and Corporate Services Committee approved a Downtown Revitalization Framework and Action Plan that recognizes a strong downtown economy is foundational to increasing investment, attracting and retaining talent, fostering entrepreneurship and promoting overall economic growth.
Since 2022, coordinated federal, municipal, and civic efforts have boosted downtown vitality, but post post pandemic work trends, office downsizing, housing pressures, and social issues remain challenging. The Framework aims to address these issues and support ongoing efforts through the Ottawa...
April 7, 2026 - 16:30 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
Toronto will begin testing a water shuttle along its waterfront this summer, ferrying passengers from the island airport in the west to newly developed areas in the Port Lands.
April 7, 2026 - 16:29 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Canada
OTTAWA — Alberta is not happy about a newly announced federal nature strategy, saying it will impose burdensome and unconstitutional land-use restrictions on the province.
Alberta Environment Minister Grant Hunter said on Tuesday that he was concerned by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s sweeping pledge to protect at least 1.6 million square kilometres of land over the next four years, bringing Canada in line with a
United Nations-backed...
April 7, 2026 - 16:22 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
Preliminary data from Elections Canada says 18,200 people in the Quebec riding cast ballots in advance elections, which amounts to almost 20 per cent of people on the voters' list.
April 7, 2026 - 16:17 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
