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Author: Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen
Publication Date: June 25, 2025 - 10:41
Plante: Night-time childcare essential to shift workers — and a great ByWard Market goal
June 25, 2025
One of the first jobs I had when I moved to Ottawa in the mid-2000s was working at a bar downtown. One by one, the other girls I worked with who got pregnant would quit their jobs post-maternity leave — after serving up to the very end of their pregnancy because the tips are always much better with a protruding belly. Their options for childcare, however, were limited. If their partner was also in the service industry, the options were even fewer. Read More
Unpublished Newswire
Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon testified Wednesday that he had consensual relations with three of the nine women suing him for sexual assault and misconduct. On his third day of testimony during his civil trial for sexual assault, Rozon began to respond to the allegations against him. The nine women are seeking nearly $14-million in damages over alleged sexual abuse.
June 25, 2025 - 19:56 | Pierre Saint-Arnaud | The Globe and Mail
In the months before Ottawa sweated through this week’s extreme heat event, Glen Kenny was creating his own heat waves at the University of Ottawa research unit he heads. Read More
June 25, 2025 - 19:56 | Elizabeth Payne | Ottawa Citizen
Fewer Canadians died from opioid overdoses last year, new national data show, but a regional breakdown paints a complicated picture of the drug toxicity crisis that eased in some provinces but worsened in others.The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) released on Wednesday figures on substance-related deaths and harms in 2024. Nearly 7,150 opioid deaths were reported last year, a 13-per-cent decline compared with 2023. There was also a 22-per-cent reduction in stimulant deaths.
June 25, 2025 - 19:17 | Alanna Smith | The Globe and Mail
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