Unpublished Newswire

Before the Ottawa Police Service confirmed that graffiti found at the National Holocaust Monument on Monday morning would be investigated as a hate crime, the vandalism had already drawn condemnation as an antisemitic attack. Lawrence Greenspon, co-chair of the monument’s governing committee, said the words “FEED ME” painted on the wall and red paint splashed elsewhere left little room for interpretation. “This is not graffiti,” he told National Post. “This is a hate message and it comes from the hatred that is generated because of the consensus of many that Israel is to blame for...

From mid-June to mid-October, short sections of MacLaren, Frank, and Florence Streets, where they intersect with Bank Street, will be temporarily converted into shared public spaces as part of the Street Seats pilot program. Street Seats is part of the Centretown Street Safety and Revitalization Action Plan, which aims to improve the pedestrian experience, support local traffic calming, encourage community connection and gathering, and support small businesses along the Bank Street corridor...