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Author: Aaron Hutchins
Publication Date: June 6, 2026 - 04:00
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Ottawa needs so much money for its infrastructure backlog | Opinion
June 6, 2026
In 2003, I published a book on public infrastructure in Canada, called Down the Road Never Travelled. It warned against infrastructure deficits and how much more money we’d have to spend rebuilding roads, sewers and bridges if we didn’t devote enough resources to their upkeep. I’m finding myself at the public park with beer in my hand and a bad case of déjà vu. Read More
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July 5, 2026 - 12:32 | Kyle Duggan and Dylan Robertson | The Globe and Mail
A Quebec judge has sentenced an Inuk man to 33 months in prison for nearly beating his uncle to death last summer with a metal bar while he was under a court order to stay away from the man. Timothy Assapa, 34, who “describes violence as ‘thrilling,'” pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon and aggravated assault for attacks on his uncle, Sajuilie Assapa, on Jan. 4, 2025, and June 28, 2025. The first one involved striking his uncle on the head with a pair of scissors after they argued about alcohol, causing a cut above the hairline. In the June attack, Assapa beat his uncle to...
July 5, 2026 - 09:21 | Brandon Rudick | National Post
Gail Asper tells me quietly but firmly: “My trust has been absolutely broken.” She is energized and resolute, but notably not angry. The 66-year-old daughter of the late Israel (Izzy) Asper — the media titan and Jewish philanthropist who envisioned and heavily funded the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg — has watched with deepening dismay as the institution she helped build appears to sideline the very community that made it possible. One week ago, “Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present” opened at this national, federally funded human rights museum. It shares...
July 5, 2026 - 08:42 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | National Post
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