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United States president Donald Trump is not primarily waging war on Iran. In waging war on Iran, Trump is waging war on human reason.
I do not say that war with Iran is inherently unreasonable. Nor do I mean that Trump has offered poor justifications, or justifications that most people would recognize as inadequate, in defence of his war in Iran. I mean that he has mounted no defence at all.
Reasonable people could imagine potential justifications for war with Iran. Indeed, reasonable people can do little but imagine them: in place of justifications, which require logic and evidence,...
March 12, 2026 - 14:32 | Shannon Gormley | Walrus
The group in Nova Scotia behind a bid to build a seaside refuge for captive whales has started clearing land near a bay on the province’s eastern shore.
March 12, 2026 - 14:02 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
A crisis response team that has intervened in thousands of mental health and drug calls in central Ottawa is about to expand.
March 12, 2026 - 13:53 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Canadians are concerned about rising government deficits, with a majority believing that middle-class taxpayers will eventually have to foot the bill for all the public overspending, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll.
Seventy-one per cent of respondents said they were concerned that both Ottawa and several provincial governments are badly outspending their means at a time when U.S. trade tensions and other threats have weakened Canada’s wider fiscal position. By comparison, 19 per cent of respondents said they were not concerned and 10 per cent said they didn’t know.
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March 12, 2026 - 13:48 | Jesse Snyder | National Post
The lawyer for one of two men charged in the 2021 drive-by shooting of Meriem Boundaoui told jurors his client was merely a passenger and panicked when shots were fired.
March 12, 2026 - 13:37 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
The Significant Weather Event has been lifted. The Roads and Parking Services team is continuing their work to maintain the City’s sidewalks, roads and the winter cycling network, and to restore them to normal conditions.
Please exercise caution when using City sidewalks, roads and the winter cycling network as conditions may be slippery.
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March 12, 2026 - 13:27 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
