Unpublished Newswire
On December 19, 2025, 3I/ATLAS—a comet from another solar system—quietly made its closest pass to Earth at a distance of 270 million kilometres, nearly twice as far away as the sun. It was my son’s birthday. I thought about the interstellar visitor as my daughter, wife, and I took turns dragging his wandering monster truck balloon back to the table and again, later that day, as he exhaled a wish through the golden candle on his birthday brownie.
For months, speculation had swirled about this strange comet, with its peculiar features and behaviour, including the fact that its tail pointed...
April 14, 2026 - 06:30 | Andrew Seale | Walrus
Liberal candidate Danielle Martin has won the by-election in University–Rosedale, securing a razor-thin majority government for Prime Minister Mark Carney. Martin took the stage to celebrate her victory.
April 14, 2026 - 06:29 | | The Globe and Mail
The public transit clique on Ottawa city council showed their true colours when presented with a proposal to improve transit in rural areas. A sensible plan to enhance rural service was defeated on a tie vote because some councillors would rather have no service at all than see public transit contaminated by the evils of the private sector. Read More
April 14, 2026 - 06:00 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
The Ford government's decision to keep trustees in place long-term will not mean the end of supervision at eight Ontario school boards, the education minister says.
April 14, 2026 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
It’s a Season 2 bonus episode! There are layers within layers to the outlandish stories of Rob Ford, but one of the most bizarre is that of the “crack video” showing the late Toronto mayor smoking cocaine in a seedy suburban basement. The gangbanger who filmed it tried selling it in hopes of getting out of Toronto’s thug life, but set off a circus that engulfed a city. It put police, gangsters and the mayor’s minions in hot pursuit of a tape everyone wanted, but everyone connected to would eventually suffer for...
April 14, 2026 - 06:00 | National Post | National Post
A Manitoba judge discounted the sentenced for a Métis mechanic who drove a man to a beating by fellow street gang members that left the victim with a fractured skull, a brain bleed and cranial swelling that required he be airlifted to Winnipeg for an extensive hospital stay.
Mackenzie Arthur Mollard’s Métis status, as well as the fact that he took Aaron Pronteau to hospital after the April 25, 2024 beating in Thompson, played into the sentencing decision in Manitoba provincial court.
“While I am satisfied that the offender’s Gladue factors, his decision to convey his victim to the...
April 14, 2026 - 06:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
