Unpublished Newswire
Wow, are we Ottawans lucky or what? Ours will be one of the first two cities to reap the apparently enormous benefits of the federal government’s new high-speed rail project. For once, we’re ahead of Toronto. Read More
January 28, 2026 - 11:29 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
The BC Centre for Disease Control has issued a provincewide drug alert as poisonings rise, warning that medetomidine is increasingly present in the unregulated drug supply.
January 28, 2026 - 11:05 | Prisha Dev | Global News - Canada
In 1902, at the official opening of the infectious diseases hospital at Strathcona Park, Lady Minto became the inaugural recipient of Ottawa’s key to the city — or, as Mayor Fred Cook modestly described the gold key at the time, “a slight souvenir of this interesting occasion.” Read More
January 28, 2026 - 11:00 | Bruce Deachman | Ottawa Citizen
In Denmark, they have hygge. In Sweden, it’s lagom. In Japan, wabi-sabi. It seems every country has their own phrase for cosy and in Ireland, that word is teolaí, a term that translates as “warmth”. But does the world really need another cosiness trend? And will Ottawa residents even like it? The answer is yes — on […]
January 28, 2026 - 10:57 | Paul Welch | Ottawa Citizen
In December 2025, Carney’s office said the federal government will formally start trade discussions with the U.S. on the renewal of CUSMA in January.
January 28, 2026 - 10:21 | Uday Rana | Global News - Canada
A 23-year-old Ottawa man who fled a traffic stop on Highway 174 “at dangerous speeds” in December faces two criminal charges. Police said in a release a neighbourhood resource officer was on duty when a white BMW was spotted committing several Highway Traffic Act infractions. “When police attempted a traffic stop, the driver failed to stop […]
January 28, 2026 - 10:17 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen
