Unpublished Newswire
Urban planning circles are buzzing these days about the idea of “15-minute neighbourhoods.” But what are they, and why is the City of Ottawa encouraging them? A 15-minute neighbourhood is one where residents can walk or cycle in 15 minutes or less to basic amenities, such as shops, schools, medical offices and recreational facilities. To […]
August 29, 2025 - 09:29 | Paul Welch | Ottawa Citizen
Packages valued at or under US$800 sent to the U.S. from outside of its postal network will now face “all applicable duties” starting Friday.
August 29, 2025 - 09:16 | Uday Rana | Global News - Canada
Laurentian Bank of Canada LB-T says it had a net income of $37.5-million in the third quarter, up from a profit of $34.1-million in the same quarter last year.The Montreal-based bank says earnings worked out to 73 cents per share for the quarter ending July 31, an increase from 67 cent per share last year.
August 29, 2025 - 08:14 | | The Globe and Mail
Thomas Verny is a clinical psychiatrist, academic, award-winning author, public speaker, poet and podcaster. He is the author of eight books, including the global bestseller The Secret Life of the Unborn Child and 2021’s The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness and Our Bodies.Today, as a society, we are under a great deal of stress. Men and women, LGBTQ people, racialized people, Indigenous people and new immigrants are experiencing these rapidly changing times differently. An in-depth discussion of these differences would take a book, not a column...
August 29, 2025 - 08:00 | Thomas Verny | The Globe and Mail
BRP Inc. DOO-T says its latest quarter delivered results that were better than expected in the current macroeconomic context after the company took a wait-and-see approach to consumer behaviour during the ongoing trade war.The Ski-Doo and Sea-Doo maker says its second-quarter profit amounted to $161 million, or 79 cents per diluted share, for the quarter ended July 31.
August 29, 2025 - 07:54 | | The Globe and Mail
The federal government says it’s “looking into” what appears to be the accidental removal of a privacy provision in its Online Streaming Act.Earlier this week, University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist outlined in a blog post that a privacy provision in the legislation was removed only two months after the bill became law, through an amendment contained in another bill.
August 29, 2025 - 07:41 | Anja Karadeglija | The Globe and Mail
