Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Tues. May 6th, 2025
May 6, 2025
On Monday, the town of Smiths Falls did a vibe check on backyard chickens. As part of a one-year pilot project, residents were allowed to house backyard chickens on their properties, mainly for the purpose of producing fresh eggs. The latest motion successfully passed after Mayor Shawn Pankow delivered the final thumbs-up. Under what is called the Backyard Hen Pilot Program, residents can keep up to 6 backyard hens at either a residential property or a property used primarily for residence. All hen coops must be draft-proof, dry, and insulated from the public. But as we saw from the razor-thin vote at City Hall, not everyone is on board with this idea. In fact, some say it’s flawed. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Liz Wheeler, the co-founder of Secondhand Stories Chicken Sanctuary. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news headlines as they happen, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
Unpublished Newswire
Adam Henrique had a pair of goals and Stuart Skinner made 24 saves as the Edmonton Oilers blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Monday to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their second-round, best-of-seven NHL playoff series.
May 13, 2025 - 01:37 | | CBC News - Canada
A First Nation in B.C.'s Interior is blocking access to the R.W. Bruhn Bridge construction site in Sicamous, B.C., over the alleged exclusion of its workers and businesses from the government-funded infrastructure project.
May 12, 2025 - 22:26 | | CBC News - Canada
In a first amid what real estate experts say is a Vancouver-area condo market meltdown, a long-established development company has terminated its presales efforts for a major project and returned purchasers’ deposits.Karen West, vice-president for marketing and sales with Boffo Developments Ltd., said the company launched the first of what is meant to be a four-tower, 1,200-unit development last July in the hopes that the market was starting to improve as interest rates were slowly coming down.
May 12, 2025 - 22:04 | Frances Bula | The Globe and Mail
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