Unpublished Newswire
February 19, 2026 - 04:30 | Kristy Kirkup | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA
— New polling released by a coalition that includes children’s health-care groups suggests an overwhelming majority of Canadians say they would support instituting a minimum age to use social media as well as the establishment of regulator to provide oversight of tech platforms.
It comes as advocates urge Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to act, while it weighs options on how to tackle the issue of online safety.
“As a...
February 19, 2026 - 04:00 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
It was a hate crime case that left a Muslim teen too afraid to take OC Transpo and drew condemnation from the prime minister and the mayor. Read More
February 19, 2026 - 04:00 | Gary Dimmock | Ottawa Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you listen to U.S. President Donald Trump discuss American jobs, see headlines about a fabled “soft landing” in the U.S., or hear Prime Minister Mark Carney talk about creating jobs and reducing unemployment, you might think North America’s labour markets are healthy.
The White House points to job creation and a shrinking federal workforce as proof of its re-industrialization policies and economic agenda working. It celebrates hundreds of thousands of new private-sector jobs and the millions of positions it claims to have saved or created since Trump returned to...
February 19, 2026 - 04:00 | Tracy Moran | National Post
A ban on right-hand turns on red lights could create additional "safety impacts," increased traffic congestion and challenges with enforcement and compliance, according to a City of Ottawa staff report. Read More
February 19, 2026 - 04:00 | Aedan Helmer | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — The five contenders to lead the NDP will meet on Thursday evening in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland for the second and final official debate of the party leadership campaign.
The English-language debate will be a critical opportunity for candidates to sway NDP members before voting starts next month. It could also be something of a palate cleanser after
the all-anglophone field...
February 19, 2026 - 04:00 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
