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Author: Aaron Hutchins
Publication Date: November 3, 2025 - 06:00
Now is the time to get rid of deadwood from public service | Opinion
November 3, 2025
My first job out of university was with the then-new Canadian Food Inspection Agency in the late 1990s, which was an amalgamation of staff from three other departments. The consolidation of the country’s food, animal safety and plant health into one place had produced some artifacts, including the quiet man in the corner on the second floor of CFIA HQ who didn’t seem to belong to anyone’s team. Nobody had a clue what he did. Read More
Unpublished Newswire
To commemorate Veterans’ Week, the Poppy Flag will be flown at City Hall and the following City facilities from Wednesday, November 5 to Tuesday, November 11:
Nepean Client Service Centre
Orléans Client Service Centre
Mary Pitt Centre
Metcalfe Client Service Centre
West Carleton Client Service Centre
North Gower Client Service Centre
In addition, all flags at City facilities will be lowered to half-mast from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, November 11 to commemorate Remembrance Day and honour all Canadians, past and present, who have served their country in time of war.
The National...
November 4, 2025 - 11:57 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
Ottawa is on the verge of approving an arena that could make it impossible for the Ottawa Charge to stay in the city we proudly call home. A 5,850-seat facility may serve the mayor’s short-term ambitions, but it limits Ottawa’s long-term promise. Ottawa has a chance to lead Canada in women’s professional sport. Instead, this proposal risks closing the door on that promise. Read More
November 4, 2025 - 11:53 | Nicole Feriancek | Ottawa Citizen
A violent knife-wielding woman was tasered and “inadvertently” run over twice by a Toronto police SUV during her arrest next to a Tim Hortons drive-thru on Saturday.
The dramatic incident, which was captured in a pair of videos circulating widely across social media platforms, occurred mid-afternoon near Jane Park Plaza shopping centre in the city’s west end, where officers responded to reports of a woman with two large knives.
The woman was “actively damaging” vehicles, according to a Toronto Police Service statement sent to National Post, and had slashed the tires of a police...
November 4, 2025 - 11:49 | Kenn Oliver | National Post
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