Unpublished Newswire
International alcohol-maker Diageo announced its plan to shut down its Ontario Crown Royal facility last year and negotiated a closure agreement with members of the local union.
January 8, 2026 - 06:00 | Colin D’Mello | Global News - Ottawa
A team at Red Deer Polytechnic in central Alberta has developed a fully immersive virtual reality program that allows wheelchair curlers to test out the arena and practise their shots, even when they're not at the rink.
January 8, 2026 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Canada
A Calgary company that uses stranded oil and gas assets to power its own bitcoin mines says Alberta’s enthusiasm for new investment in data centres can play a role in solving some of the province’s worries around old wells. New West Data Corp. buys up wells that are producing oil and gas, but the natural gas side of the operation is uneconomic, generally because of a lack of infrastructure to transport it off-site. The company then installs small, natural-gas-fired electricity generators at the sites to power mines.
January 8, 2026 - 06:00 | Emma Graney | The Globe and Mail
Some homeowners and Realtors are accusing a private equity firm that owns mobile home parks in Ontario of using questionable and illegal tactics to raise lot rents beyond what many can afford. As a result, they say, homes that have traditionally been seen as affordable are becoming nearly impossible to sell.
January 8, 2026 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The federal government’s limp response to measuring public service productivity — that they're simply not going to do it — is deflating for those who imagined that Prime Minister Mark Carney would act like a noted economist. Read More
January 8, 2026 - 05:00 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
I wonder if all the public servants residing in the Carleton riding, the ones who abandoned Mr. Pierre Poilievre and voted Liberal, are feeling a sense of betrayal or voter's remorse? Read More
January 8, 2026 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
