
It's Thursday, May 7. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today. Read More
May 7, 2026 - 16:26 | Robert Cross | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — When Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took the stage at a conservative networking event in Ottawa on Thursday, he posed a question many in his own party are asking. “Where (do) we go from here? Where do things stand right now?” The Conservative leader made his query in a hotel conference room minutes from Parliament Hill, where his party’s MPs find themselves squarely nestled into the Opposition benches after Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a majority government through a mix of byelection wins and five MPs who defected to the Liberals, four of whom came from Poilievre...
May 7, 2026 - 16:01 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
May 7, 2026 - 16:00 | Frank B. Edwards | The Globe and Mail
May 7, 2026 - 15:55 | Matthew Scace | The Globe and Mail
Gatineau police identified two people in an apparent murder-suicide at a highrise apartment building Wednesday as Tien Quan Vu, 34, who is suspected of killing his partner, Shannon Jean Hickey, 30. Read More
May 7, 2026 - 15:46 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen
The two sides reached an impasse on March 24, and members have been on strike since April 13.
May 7, 2026 - 15:43 | Rebecca Lau | Global News - Canada



