
A new anti-hate bill would make it a crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to obstruct someone from accessing a place of worship or other sites where Jews, Muslims and other identifiable groups gather, Justice Minister Sean Fraser announced on Friday. The Combatting Hate bill would also criminalize the promotion of hatred against religious or ethnic groups, as well as the LGBTQ community, by publicly displaying terror or hate symbols, including the swastika and symbol of the Nazi SS.
September 19, 2025 - 15:55 | Marie Woolf | The Globe and Mail
The Parks Maintenance team is implementing an innovative method to moderate the presence of geese in the City’s green spaces.
This is not your average wild goose chase!
Read on to find out how the Parks Maintenance team has found a new way...
September 19, 2025 - 15:30 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
Tension was high between the group and municipal staff this week after the city served encampment residents with trespass notices asking them to leave the park by Tuesday.
September 19, 2025 - 15:23 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
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September 19, 2025 - 15:13 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa homebuilders are applauding the city's "ambitious" plan to cut red tape, accelerate lagging housing approvals and lower development fees to boost construction of "responsible" housing projects. Read More
September 19, 2025 - 15:00 | Aedan Helmer | Ottawa Citizen
One of the rude awakenings of aging is the deterioration of reading vision. And with that, the daily hunt for reading glasses, which are an obvious sign a person is getting older.
Well, that may be changing with the use of
special eye drops
two or three times a day.
In mid-September, a...
September 19, 2025 - 14:44 | Stewart Lewis | National Post