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Author: Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen
Publication Date: August 12, 2025 - 04:00
Adair: How the city can help make housing more affordable for students
August 12, 2025
The average University of Ottawa student pays more than $900 a month in rent. That’s not for a unit. That's for a bedroom in what are often overcrowded, single-family homes that have been chopped up and filled with desperate students. Read More
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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre will return to the House of Commons this fall after securing a seat in rural Alberta over the summer. Poilievre handily won the August 18 Battle River—Crowfoot by-election with a little over 80 percent of the vote, in line with past Conservative performances in the riding.
The by-election, however, was only the first—and easiest—step on Poilievre’s long road to political recovery. Pre-election polls last winter showed that while he remained a polarizing figure in Canadian politics, he nevertheless enjoyed overwhelming backing from...
August 29, 2025 - 12:00 | Philippe J. Fournier | Walrus
OTTAWA — Former Trans Mountain CEO Dawn Farrell will be spearheading the federal government’s one-stop shop to help proponents of major infrastructure projects get shovels in the ground.
Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed the major federal projects office would be operational by Labour Day. On Friday, Carney’s office announced Farrell, who has four decades of experience in the energy sector, will be taking the job as CEO of the major projects office.
“I am thrilled that Dawn Farrell, one of Canada’s most experienced executives, is stepping up to help lead this vital priority,” said...
August 29, 2025 - 11:41 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
Jimmy John’s, an American sandwich chain with a reputation for speed and signature pickles, is preparing to open its first Ottawa location. Read More
August 29, 2025 - 11:12 | Sofia Misenheimer | Ottawa Citizen
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