Unpublished Newswire
OTTAWA — Transportation ministers from across the country will meet quietly this week with an agenda that is expected to include a possible update of the contentious safety rules that govern flights to remote communities.
National Post has learned that the unannounced meeting, to be held Feb. 20 in Vancouver, is expected to address a range of transportation issues, including a proposed “regulatory sandbox” that would mark a fresh attempt to balance competing interests over Canada’s air safety rules. Those rules have been a source of friction and a political football that have been...
February 16, 2026 - 06:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
Rick Westhead nearly missed one of the most important phone calls of his career.
The investigative journalist was in Europe shooting a documentary for sports broadcaster TSN. As repeated calls came in from an unknown number, he was too busy to answer.
Eventually, he picked up.
The voice on the other end told him he needed to pull a court file in London, Ont. It contained allegations from a woman claiming she was sexually abused. “This will change hockey. It may change our country,” said the whistleblower.
That call led Westhead to a case that all Canadians would come to know...
February 16, 2026 - 06:00 | Investigative Journalism Bureau | National Post
February 16, 2026 - 05:00 | Sara Mojtehedzadeh | The Globe and Mail
I also want to acknowledge the shock, disbelief, sense of betrayal and struggle to understand “Why me?” that so many will be experiencing. The forces driving the need for change have nothing to do with your passion, dedication, ability or whether there was value in what you contributed. You have served Canada and Canadians proudly, faithfully and well. Understanding how such dissonant things all can be true at the same time will be a seemingly impossible task. Read More
February 16, 2026 - 04:00 | Alex Robinson | Ottawa Citizen
February 15, 2026 - 21:39 | Jesse Winter | The Globe and Mail
The Ottawa police have asked for help from the public as they search for 43-year-old John Power. Read More
February 15, 2026 - 20:51 | Doug Menary | Ottawa Citizen
