Unpublished Newswire
Three Ottawa residents have lawyered up after Rideau-Rockliffe ward Coun. Rawlson King deferred plans to build sidewalks in the Manor Park neighbourhood as part of an integrated renewal project earlier this month. Read More
September 25, 2025 - 04:00 | Paula Tran | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — More than 880,000 Canadians’ phone numbers and 85,000 email addresses used to access federal government web services were stolen by hackers, who then spammed victims with fraudulent messages, National Post has learned.
Late on Sept. 9, the government’s Chief Information Officer revealed in a statement that there had been a “data security incident” impacting Canadians’ data held by the multi-factor authentication provider for CRA, Service Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency’s public-facing portals.
Only email addresses and phone numbers had been stolen by unknown...
September 25, 2025 - 04:00 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
Item: In 1913, U.S. president Woodrow Wilson argued that he saw no need to send in the troops in order to take over another country — because imposing tough trade policies would be sufficient to achieve de-facto annexation. Read More
September 25, 2025 - 04:00 | Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
A little neighbourhood park in Vanier may soon bear the name of Mary Papatsie, an Inuk woman whose remains were discovered buried behind a nearby apartment building. But Papatsie’s sister continues to wrestle with the question of whether the initiative is really worthwhile. Read More
September 25, 2025 - 04:00 | Nicholas Kohler | Ottawa Citizen
When I walked into a downtown Ottawa ServiceOntario location this summer, I braced for the Montreal routine: an hours-long wait to be called, a clerk looking mildly inconvenienced by my presence, maybe a system crash for sport. Read More
September 25, 2025 - 04:00 | Sofia Misenheimer | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — Police across Canada say they are unsure whether they will participate in the federal firearms buyback, with many reporting a lack of detail from government officials.
It comes as time is ticking down to when the federal Liberal government plans to expand the compensation process being piloted in Nova Scotia nationwide later this fall, aimed at gun owners who possess one of the more than 2,500 firearm makes and models the government has banned since 2020.
Officials estimate that it covers around 179,600 guns.
Mark Campbell, president of the Ontario Association of Chiefs...
September 25, 2025 - 04:00 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
