Source Feed: Global News - Ottawa
Author: Ken MacGillivray
Publication Date: October 7, 2025 - 17:33
‘Freedom Convoy’ leaders Lich, Barber each given 18-month conditional sentences
October 7, 2025

Two of the leaders of the 'Freedom Convoy' that blocked the streets of downtown Ottawa for several weeks in early 2022, have each been given 18-month conditional sentences.
B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad, who promised his caucus free votes and freedom of speech, took the unusual step this week of muzzling his MLAs during a contested vote that would have exposed the divides within his caucus. The New Democratic Party government called the vote in the legislature on the social values that have been tearing apart the official opposition for months.
October 7, 2025 - 19:28 | Justine Hunter | The Globe and Mail
The supervisor appointed to take over the workings of Ottawa's largest school board has decided to cancel plans to introduce controversial elementary boundary changes that trustees approved last spring. Read More
October 7, 2025 - 19:14 | Joanne Laucius | Ottawa Citizen
A decade ago, when the Ontario government announced that it would finance a major redevelopment at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital, the renovations were expected to be completed by 2019.Instead, the project remains over budget and behind schedule, years after allegations first surfaced about irregularities in its procurement process.
October 7, 2025 - 19:12 | Ha Tu Thanh | The Globe and Mail
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