Unpublished Newswire
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
Last February, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and the head of Live Nation announced a new venue, History Ottawa, in the old Chapters on Rideau. CBC’s Sandra Abma looks at how it might bring bigger names to the city when it opens.
May 8, 2025 - 16:35 | | CBC News - Ottawa
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
OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is putting a new twist on an old debate over equalization, saying that the federal program should be re-tooled to prioritize the smaller provincial economies like those in Atlantic Canada.
At least one Atlantic province, Newfoundland and Labrador, agrees that it’s getting shortchanged under the program’s current rules.
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qualization is intended to ensure … fairness for all citizens. Currently, this fairness is not achieved for Newfoundland and Labrador,” Greg Gill, a...
May 8, 2025 - 16:17 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
An expert in emergency medicine testified at the B.C. coroner's inquest into the death of Sidney McIntyre-Starko that software used to guide B.C. 911 operators does not meet 'agreed-upon standard of care.'
May 8, 2025 - 16:04 | | CBC News - Canada
