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.
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June 26, 2025 - 20:42 | Don Brennan | Ottawa Citizen
An Ontario art dealer has pleaded guilty to his role in what investigators have called Canada’s largest art fraud case, admitting he handled works falsely attributed to the late Anishinaabe painter Norval Morrisseau.Jim White appeared before an Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Newmarket, Ont., on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to uttering forged documents and possessing property obtained by crime for the purpose of trafficking.
June 26, 2025 - 20:02 | Patrick White | The Globe and Mail
Denare Beach is located close to the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border and has approximately 700 year-round residents. More than 200 homes were destroyed by the Wolf fire.
June 26, 2025 - 19:51 | | CBC News - Canada
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