Raucous audit committee meeting debates risks of Lansdowne 2.0
November 4, 2025
An audit committee meeting erupted in commotion Tuesday as Ottawa city councillors weighed the risks of proceeding with the Lansdowne 2.0 redevelopment project.
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In northern Quebec, an Indigenous-owned telecom company is bringing cell service to an area the length of Germany, as part of a broader push to connect Canada’s many dead zones on rural roads and highways.Eeyou Mobility, a Cree-led telecom formed to serve an area mainly populated by Indigenous communities, is building a network of fibre-linked cell towers with the goal of covering a region that previously had none, according to its founders.
November 25, 2025 - 04:30 | Irene Galea | The Globe and Mail
Yuri, the burly man the two Canadians thought was a former KGB agent, became very upset at them right after they landed in Los Angeles from Vancouver. Where was the money, he asked? Why hadn’t they brought money for the cocaine?One of the Canadians, the tall one Yuri knew as the athlete, retorted that he certainly wasn’t going to fly across borders with a suitcase full of cash.
November 25, 2025 - 04:10 | Ha Tu Thanh | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — The federal justice minister says an upcoming bill will propose changes to restore mandatory minimum sentences for the possession and access of child pornography recently struck down by Canada’s top court.
In an interview, Justice Minister Sean Fraser said he supported mandatory minimum penalties for “heinous” crimes, namely those against children.
But he said many such laws were drafted broadly and unintentionally capture situations where they may be too harsh, leaving them vulnerable to constitutional challenges.
“There is a gap that exists today that I believe...
November 25, 2025 - 04:00 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
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