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The Hunger Report released by Feed Ontario on Monday says more than one million people needed to access a food bank or hunger-relief organization in the last year and they made more than 8.7 million visits. The report marks the ninth year in a row food bank use has increased and it says food insecurity is impacting housing, health care and communities.
December 1, 2025 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
A U.S. podiatrist says he is leaving the province because his patients have to wait years to see a surgeon for procedures on their feet, even though he's trained to do the procedures in his clinic.
December 1, 2025 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Canada
An out-of-the-way corner of the Fairmont Château Laurier that used to house a pop-up Christmas bar is now where you’ll find a new pub with a timeless style — and a selection of homegrown, private-label spirits by Dunrobin Distilleries. Read More
December 1, 2025 - 04:00 | Lynn Saxberg | Ottawa Citizen
A sentencing hearing for a former city lawyer who pleaded guilty to vandalizing the National Holocaust Monument is expected on Monday morning, more than five months after he was arrested and charged. Read More
December 1, 2025 - 04:00 | Paula Tran | Ottawa Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s a high-flying tale of carrots, sticks and political flip-flops.
American leaders have been urging Canada to boost its military spending and NATO contributions since the alliance’s founding, back in 1949. Some, like former U.S. president Barack Obama, have been polite about it, encouraging Ottawa that “the world needs more Canada,” while others, especially U.S. President Donald Trump, have been more blunt, referring to Canadians as “freeloaders” who are “delinquent” on military contributions.
In other words, there has long been a bipartisan U.S. view on...
December 1, 2025 - 04:00 | Tracy Moran | National Post
OTTAWA — The Liberals have agreed to remove religious exemptions from Canada’s hate-speech laws to secure Bloc Québécois support to help pass its bill targeting hate and terror symbols, National Post has learned through a source close to the talks.
Currently, the law exempts hateful or antisemitic speech if it based in good faith on the interpretation of a religious text, but that immunity is set to be removed. Additionally, the Liberals are expected to back off plans to eliminate the need for a provincial attorney general’s sign-off to pursue a hate-propaganda prosecution.
The...
December 1, 2025 - 04:00 | Christopher Nardi , Stephanie Taylor | National Post
