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Downtown businesses are welcoming a government order sending most federal public servants back to office four days per week, the Ottawa Board of Trade says. Read More
February 7, 2026 - 04:00 | Ben Andrews | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — During a ceremony this week to unveil his official portrait, former prime minister Stephen Harper made a point of mentioning the tie he’s wearing in the painting.
The colours, the former prime minister pointed out during the ceremony in downtown Ottawa, represent the three key elements of Canada’s Conservatives: dark blue for the “Tories of old,” green for the “western, populist tradition” and Preston Manning’s Reform Party, and sky blue for the conservative tradition of Quebec nationalists and francophones across the country.
In reality, however, according to political...
February 7, 2026 - 04:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
Never once in my 32 years as a public servant was I ever asked what political party I supported. It was the norm to be non-partisan. American colleagues with whom I worked on international initiatives would be terminated when a new political party came into office, as their tribe could not be trusted. We had to start at the beginning with a new team. It was as efficient as changing the third runner in the relay in the middle of the race. Read More
February 7, 2026 - 04:00 | Nicole Feriancek | Ottawa Citizen
Not to boast, but I’m old enough to remember going grocery shopping without having to walk past security guards. Read More
February 7, 2026 - 04:00 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
Her father, Ryan Marshall, says Lexi was once confident and outgoing, but that began to change when she entered middle school. She was 12 years old when she took her own life.
February 6, 2026 - 22:59 | Victoria Femia | Global News - Canada
February 6, 2026 - 21:38 | James Griffiths, Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail
