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Publication Date: May 6, 2025 - 18:03
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.
Ottawa’s foreign ministry said it erred when it issued a public statement Friday advising all Canadians in the Middle East to leave if possible as a conflict between Israel and Iran escalates.The Department of Global Affairs in a Saturday statement instead told Canadians to consult its official travel advisories for countries and other areas in the region, which currently warn Canadians to “avoid all travel” to Israel, the West Bank, Gaza Strip, as well as Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
June 14, 2025 - 19:54 | Steven Chase | The Globe and Mail
On the final day before G7 leaders gather in Kananaskis, Alta., a wide range of activists and community groups converged in downtown Calgary to hold a "people's forum" aimed at challenging the priorities of the summit.
June 14, 2025 - 19:51 | | CBC News - Canada
Wildfire conditions are proving favourable for areas in the province and communities have lifted evacuation orders, allowing people to finally return after weeks away from home.
June 14, 2025 - 18:55 | Gates Guarin | Global News - Canada
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