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One in four struggle to afford food: How Ottawa’s Parkdale Food Centre is managing demand
The Parkdale Food Centre is barely able to keep up with the demand as amid rising food prices.
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Djeneba Dosso and Owen Spillios-Hunter ,
March 19, 2025
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One person, two votes? What would the Ontario election look like with a different voting system?
The vote also exposed some of the oddities in our electoral system, as the Progressive Conservative majority came despite the party winning only 43 per cent of the popular vote. In an election where only 45 per cent of eligible voters showed up to the polls, the party won a strong majority with only 19 per cent of eligible voters....
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Grace Huntley and Emma Stuart-Kiss ,
March 18, 2025
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Canadian voters prioritizing economic stability, incumbency amid Trump tariff threats
A perceived ability to protect Canada’s economic interests against U.S. President Donald Trump is one of the primary ballot questions uniting Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative success and Mark Carney’s popular rise with the federal Liberal party, according to one pollster.
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Natasha Baldin and Audrey Gunn ,
March 18, 2025
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OC Transpo readies publicity plan to alert Ottawans of major changes to bus routes
With the O-Train lines 2 and 4 now running seven days a week, OC Transpo will begin its latest publicity campaign, telling transit riders about the many changes coming to Ottawa’s bus network. City councillors heard the details of this plan during the Mar. 17 Transit Committee meeting.
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Ryan Clark ,
March 18, 2025
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Perth laments Algonquin’s uprooting of heritage building program ‘that’s going to save the planet’
Algonquin College will shutter its satellite campus in the historic town of Perth at the end of August 2026 because of severe financial challenges facing many Canadian colleges and universities following the federal imposition of new international student cap. The Perth campus has been home for more than a half-century to the Algonquin College Heritage Institute, which offers a flagship...
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Justin Ball ,
March 13, 2025
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Can I Skate? Ottawa couple develops app tracking Rideau Canal ice conditions
Skating on the Rideau Canal Skateway was always a family affair for the Owens. Every February, Stephen and Leslie Owens would drive more than four hours from Caledon, Ont. to visit their son Tyler in Ottawa. The couple, their sister and their two sons would spend Family Day on the Canal. “That’s been a tradition since I arrived (in Ottawa),”...
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Maia Tustonic ,
March 2, 2025
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Somerset West health centre transitioning to HART hub
The Somerset West Health Community Centre will transition from a drug consumption site into a Homelessness Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub. This is part of the Ontario government's new rule to close all drug consumption sites within 200-metre proximity of schools and child-care centres.
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Alexa MacKie ,
March 1, 2025
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Controversial Rockcliffe Park residence once again ready for construction
Residents of Rockcliffe Park have lost a fight to halt the redevelopment of a property in the upscale Ottawa neighbourhood. A Divisional Court appeal panel has rejected the Rockcliffe Park Residents Association’s bid to prevent the construction of a large home at 480 Cloverdale Rd. According to the RPRA, the home is oversized and too contemporary for the heritage district. ...
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Justin Ball ,
March 1, 2025
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Ottawa Police Service to lose Algonquin College training site
Ottawa Police Service will soon lose its training facility at Algonquin College - here's why.
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Sophie Blake ,
March 1, 2025
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Heron Park to finally see new field house after 20-plus years of waiting
A small green and red-brick building, for two decades a familiar sight to Heron Park residents, is now gone. However, it will not be missed for long. In six months, a new and much improved facility will replace it. Bordered by Sawmill Creek and Heron Road, the south-central Ottawa park has a playground, a baseball diamond, wading pool and skating...
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Carmela Carangan ,
March 1, 2025
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