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The Stage 2 O-Train Expansion project is extending the O-Train System farther south, east, and west. The environmental benefits of the project extend beyond reducing the number of cars on the road. As part of the O-Train West Extension, the Pinecrest Stormwater Management Pond was built to help reduce the impacts of stormwater runoff and help improve water quality.
Climate change is causing more extreme...
August 5, 2025 - 12:59 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
Nova Scotia is closing all provincial parks as of 4 p.m. on Tuesday amid extreme wildfire risk, with $25K fines and restrictions in place until October 15.
August 5, 2025 - 12:42 | Prisha Dev | Global News - Canada
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne are scheduled to meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on their two-day visit.
August 5, 2025 - 12:27 | Uday Rana | Global News - Canada
The Nova Scotia government is severing its funding ties with the province’s firefighters school, calling the results of a audit of its safety and governance “appalling.”
August 5, 2025 - 12:18 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
In the summer of 1910, 20-year-old Myra Ellison sent a letter home to her mother from the shores of Campbell Lake on Vancouver Island, where she was surrounded by a wilderness of old-growth forests and steep, snow-capped mountains.“My boots are simply fine for walking,” she assured her mother.
August 5, 2025 - 12:11 | Justine Hunter | The Globe and Mail
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August 5, 2025 - 12:10 | Sierra Bein | The Globe and Mail