
Heavy rainfall on July 1 inundated several newly constructed stations along Ottawa’s western LRT, leaving transit officials and contractors assessing the extent of the damage.
July 17, 2026 - 17:57 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Canada and Mexico will work together to try to get the U.S. to cut auto tariffs on imports from the two countries, Mexico’s foreign affairs secretary said Friday at a meeting with his counterpart in Ottawa. Roberto Velasco Álvarez said the auto industry will be a key part of Mexico’s “general co-ordination” with Canada in preparing for negotiations with Washington over the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, which the U.S. declined to renew by a July 1 deadline, setting off annual reviews with accompanying negotiations. “This is part of the conversation we’ve had with the United...
July 17, 2026 - 17:13 | Simon Tuck | National Post
Deninu Kųę́ First Nation Chief Louis Balsillie escorted Denise Boucher and Alice Abel’s small wooden caskets by plane on Thursday morning to Łutselk'e. The remains were then driven to a graveyard next to the Snowdrift River, where a burial ceremony was held for each of them.
July 17, 2026 - 16:54 | | CBC News - Canada
An Ontario judge has declared a mistrial in one of the charges Canadian businessman Frank Stronach was convicted on last month in a high-profile historic assault case.
July 17, 2026 - 16:51 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
OTTAWA — The federal environment minister has indicated it’s possible that private, working Alberta ranches could be counted as part of meeting the government’s land-conservation targets, suggesting potential to break the impasse between Ottawa and the province over the federal strategy. Alberta and Ottawa have been divided over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announced plan in late March to protect at least 1.6-million square kilometres of new lands over the next four years. The target is part of a United Nations-led push to designate 30 per cent of Earth’s land and marine area as...
July 17, 2026 - 16:48 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
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July 17, 2026 - 16:45 | Lois Kirkup | Ottawa Citizen



