Source Feed: Ottawa Citizen
Author: Gord Holder, Postmedia
Publication Date: August 1, 2025 - 20:52
Motorcyclist dies in hospital from injuries in Highway 174 crash
August 1, 2025
The motorcyclist whose vehicle crashed on Highway 174 on Tuesday has died, the Ottawa Police Service said Friday night. A media release containing that update also repeated a request from police for for any person who witnessed the crash or may have dashcam video of it to contact the Ottawa Police Service Fatal Collision Investigation […]
Unpublished Newswire
Good morning. This summer has brought into focus an important question: How should Canada update its wildfire response in the face of longer, hotter fire seasons? More on that below, plus big bank earnings and a high-profile engagement. But first:Today’s headlinesOttawa to back new port expansions as it signs critical minerals agreement with GermanyIsraeli tanks push into the edge of Gaza City ahead of a planned meeting chaired by U.S. President Donald Trump on the regionA Parliamentary study warns that Ottawa’s strong borders bill could infringe Charter and privacy rights Being a...
August 27, 2025 - 06:58 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
A New York billionaire who is an avid supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump says he is helping fund the legal battle by a British Columbia ostrich farm against an order to cull their flock of about 400 birds after an avian flu outbreak.John Catsimatidis says he and a friend have contributed about US$35,000 to the legal fight by Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood in B.C.’s Interior, to stop the cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
August 27, 2025 - 06:55 | Ashley Joannou | The Globe and Mail
For decades, stores like Leon’s, K Mart, and Zellers offered layaway: a no-interest, pay-in-pieces system where you picked out an item, the store held it, and you chipped away at the cost over weeks or months. Families used it to stretch toward something special—a couch, a TV, Christmas gifts. Eventually, in the 1980s, credit cards took over, and stores grew tired of holding merchandise. But until then, purchases were a pact, a structured ritual of financial restraint. The store trusted that you’d follow through; you trusted that the item would be waiting.
The contours of that...
August 27, 2025 - 06:30 | Vass Bednar | Walrus
Comments
Be the first to comment