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In the latest episode of the City’s official podcast series, we OttaTalk about rainwater and how to manage it on your property so it doesn’t get into your basement.
We can’t stop the rain from coming, but we can certainly tell it where to go.
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In this episode, we chat with Connor Renouf, Outreach and Communications...
June 10, 2025 - 14:53 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
Prime Minister Mark Carney raised a Pride flag on Parliament Hill Tuesday to kick off a month-long celebration of sexual and gender diversity while saying there's a brewing "backlash" to these sorts of celebrations and federal money is needed to help make 2SLGBTQ+ parades safe this year.
June 10, 2025 - 14:41 | | CBC News - Canada
OTTAWA — The federal government’s plan to eliminate the GST on first-time homebuyers’ purchases of most new homes may actually lead to higher prices, a new report says.
The report, by Desjardins Economics’ Kari Norman, found that the federal policy to eliminate or reduce the GST on newly built homes priced up to $1.5 million for first-time homebuyers may cut upfront costs. But without a corresponding increase in the supply of homes to quell the housing crisis, the bank economists say, the federal policy may just boost demand and the home prices that the government intends to help...
June 10, 2025 - 14:33 | Simon Tuck | National Post
As a major wildfire threatens a First Nation in northwestern Ontario, one evacuee is recounting her "surreal" experience escaping the blaze on a military aircraft.
June 10, 2025 - 14:28 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
As a major wildfire threatens a First Nation in northwestern Ontario, one evacuee is recounting her "surreal" experience escaping the blaze on a military aircraft.
June 10, 2025 - 14:28 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
Police in the Greater Toronto Area say they have seized 479 kilograms of cocaine and arrested nine people in a transnational drug bust. Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah says it marks the largest drug bust in the service's history. He says the investigation started in June 2024 when investigators uncovered a criminal network using commercial trucks to smuggle drugs across the U.S. border into Canada.
June 10, 2025 - 13:57 | | The Globe and Mail