Unpublished Newswire
The Built Heritage Committee today approved a pilot program to renovate facades on heritage properties in Centretown. The City would fund up to 75 per cent of eligible costs to a maximum of $75,000 for projects along Bank Street and in Somerset Village, as part of the City’s commitment to invest in the downtown core.
Eligible projects would fall into two categories: Beautification and Heritage Conservation. Beautification is aimed at improving the aesthetics of storefronts to contribute to the historic character and visual continuity of commercial buildings in the two districts....
June 10, 2025 - 11:30 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
A couple in London, U.K., stole back their car after they experienced a lack of police support in recovering the stolen vehicle,
the wife said in a post on LinkedIn
.
“I have to confess … it was kind of fun stealing back our own car… ,”
Mia Forbes Pirie
, 48, wrote.
An international mediator, facilitator and coach, Forbes...
June 10, 2025 - 11:29 | Anisha Dhiman | National Post
After one day of deliberations, a jury has found Alessandro Giammichele guilty of murdering Marko Bakir. The 12 jurors delivered the verdict to a Hamilton Superior courtroom on Tuesday morning.
June 10, 2025 - 11:24 | | CBC News - Canada
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June 10, 2025 - 11:20 | Sofia Misenheimer | Ottawa Citizen
The country sits on the edge of its seat, obsessed with the question: Wither Pierre Poilievre?
Except, of course, it isn’t. I ruined most of 2024 by writing a book about him, and my own interest is, to be kind, in stasis. One week, the book was second on the list of bestselling Canadian non-fiction titles. Several weeks later, it wasn’t a bestseller at all.
Makes sense to me. I wouldn’t have bought it either, though there’s a lot in Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre that warns of institutional and media decline that threatens Canada’s shaky democracy. Much of the book is really...
June 10, 2025 - 11:12 | Mark Bourrie | Walrus
Our city has painstakingly built a vibrant creative culture, whether it is our wonderful summer music festivals, our striking Ottawa Art Gallery, our diverse theatre scene, our city orchestra. We’ve all benefited … but while the arts workers may have enormously satisfying creative years enriching their communities, as they age they discover a hard truth: the “golden years” are far from golden. Read More
June 10, 2025 - 10:54 | Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
