
The Community Services Committee today approved its portions of Draft Budget 2026, which presents a balanced $1.6‑billion total operating budget and $235 million in capital investments. This budget focuses on building a more affordable Ottawa, prioritizing support for residents who need it most, while investing in services and spaces that bring communities together and keep residents healthy.
The budget includes significant investments to put people first and respond to urgent community needs:
$4 million increase for social and community housing
$400,000 toward...
November 25, 2025 - 15:45 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
While conversations around death and inheritance are never easy, some personal finance experts say this conversation can be necessary to avoid pain down the road.
November 25, 2025 - 15:42 | Uday Rana | Global News - Canada
In just a couple of months, Wright has covered 160 km and collected more than $2,000 in donations for local programs.
November 25, 2025 - 15:35 | Reeti Rohilla | Global News - Canada
OTTAWA — Canadian beekeepers are asking the government to ban all overseas bee imports, arguing the sting it would cause local industry would be less painful than risking importing a parasite that is devastating colonies in Europe and Asia.
If there’s one pest keeping the Canadian beekeeping industry abuzz these days, it’s tropilaelaps mites.
The one-millimeter-long parasite, which is currently found in Asia and small pockets of Europe, will wreak devastation on a honey bee colony. According to Curtis Miedema of the Alberta Beekeepers Commission, an infected beehive will collapse...
November 25, 2025 - 15:31 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
As protestors were escorted from the chamber, Ford appeared to shout at one of them to 'find a job' from his seat within the legislature.
November 25, 2025 - 15:28 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
OTTAWA — Pressed on a Crown corporation’s decision to award a contract to a U.S.-based joint venture for the management of the country’s nuclear laboratories, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson suggested his government’s promise of “elbows up” can mean “lots of things.”
The National Post first revealed in June
that critics were sounding the alarm on the recent decision by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) to award a contract to sole bidder...
November 25, 2025 - 15:22 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post



