Unpublished Newswire
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is delivering prepared remarks to the province in her first live address since May 2025.
Smith is expected to focus on the issue of immigration, as a record level of newcomers entering Alberta has heaped new strain on the province’s health care and education systems.
Her remarks come amid rising separatist sentiments in the province, with a referendum on Alberta’s position in the federation likely to come later this year. At the same time, Smith’s address comes as the province’s pipeline deal with the federal government — widely viewed as a last-ditch...
February 19, 2026 - 19:56 | National Post | National Post
An adult male died in hospital Thursday evening after being stabbed in downtown Ottawa in late afternoon. Read More
February 19, 2026 - 19:54 | Gord Holder, Postmedia | Ottawa Citizen
February 19, 2026 - 18:45 | Eric Andrew-Gee | The Globe and Mail
The new municipal service corporations would help move costs from development charges into public companies that could issue debt to build water and wastewater infrastructure.
February 19, 2026 - 18:43 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
Over the coming months, the Carney government’s revised RTO mandates will be put into action. As of May 4th, federal executives will be required to work on-site 5 days per week. On July 6th, all remaining federal employees in the public service will be asked to follow a 4-day on-site mandate. However, one city councillor is extremely concerned that Ottawa’s transportation network can’t handle that type of influx. Catherine Kitts, the voice of Orléans South-Navan, joins Kristy Cameron on today’s Ottawa Now.
February 19, 2026 - 18:25 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The City of Ottawa is planning to pedestrianize streets in the ByWard Market, revitalize the historic ByWard Building, and eventually convert a Downtown parking garage into a ‘mixed-use destination’. Mayor Mark Sutcliffe unveiled the ByWard Market Action Plan during Thursday’s Downtown Ottawa Forum, outlining the city’s vision to refresh and uplift tourist-driving areas. It will take multiple years to complete and it will cost millions of dollars to do so. The ByWard Market, which was given Heritage designation in 1991, celebrates its 200th birthday next year....
February 19, 2026 - 18:20 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
