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Author: Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen
Publication Date: May 8, 2025 - 04:00
Today's letters: 'Longest ballot committee' at it again in Alberta
May 8, 2025

In the end, it made no difference to the results in Carleton riding that there were 91 names on the ballot. Bruce Fanjoy still would have won, Pierre Poilievre still would have lost. All it did was create confusion for those trying to vote, and extra time and effort for those whose task was to count the votes and report results. If the point was to protest "first past the post," it is beyond me how the point was made. Read More
A member of an ostrich farming family held back tears as she called on the provincial government to help stop the cull of their 400 birds.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull in late 2024 after an avian flu outbreak, but family spokesperson Katie Pasitney says the animals living on her parents’ farm in Edgewood, B.C., are “healthy” and “happy” now and pose no risk.
May 8, 2025 - 16:44 | Wolfgang Depner | The Globe and Mail
Some OC Transpo riders say they have been left confused because of malfunctioning navigation screens on Ottawa’s Line 2 trains. Read More
May 8, 2025 - 16:43 | Robert Hiltz | Ottawa Citizen
A highly decorated Canadian officer and Afghan war veteran was fined $3,000 and given a severe reprimand for a derogatory comment he made about a British brigadier general. Read More
May 8, 2025 - 16:31 | David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
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