Ben Andrews
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- Oct 1, 2026
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'CONFIDENTIAL UPDATE': Emails show city staff urging secrecy on fireworks plan ahead of surprise launch (opens the original)
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A week before the unannounced launch of unexploded Canada Day fireworks, members of the City of Ottawa’s special events team received a “CONFIDENTIAL UPDATE” on plans for the live shells then lying dormant on Lemieux Island. Documents obtained by the Ottawa Citizen under the Access to Information Act show city staff discussing a plan for the unused fireworks in emails dating back to July 3, less than two days after the Canada Day show was cancelled due to severe thunderstorms and about a week be
Bid for public servant vote adds new dynamic to Ottawa mayor race: politicos (opens the original)
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If you ask the main challengers running to unseat the current mayor, the federal government’s return-to-office mandate is a constant frustration at the doors. Jeff Leiper says the issue is “baked” into the election. Neil Saravanamuttoo says it’s “front and centre” for many voters. If, however, you asked incumbent Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, you’d likely get a much different impression. At the doors Sutcliffe is knocking on, he told the Ottawa Citizen earlier this week, people are talking about afforda
What Ottawa's mayoral frontrunners are promising federal public servants (opens the original)
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Alongside the usual issues that tend to dominate local elections, frontrunners vying for the top job at city hall say this campaign also bears the unmistakable stamp of the feds. As the federal government reshapes its workforce — by cutting jobs and ordering public servants back to the office in droves — several leading candidates for mayor of Ottawa are polishing their pitches to the affected workers. Numbering nearly 150,000 in the National Capital Region, federal public servants represent a s
'Lack of urgency' plagues plan to house veterans on federal lands: advocates (opens the original)
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Non-profit organizations are frustrated with a “lack of urgency” from the federal government on action to support homeless Canadian Armed Forces veterans, including a plan to use surplus military properties as housing. One of the main challenges the non-profits face is “unnecessary bureaucracy,” according to Debbie Lowther, chair and CEO of Veterans Emergency Transition Services (VETS) Canada, a Halifax-based non-profit that supports veterans. “In the interest of time — we do have veterans who a
'Lack of urgency' plagues plan to house veterans on federal lands: advocates (opens the original)
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Non-profit organizations are frustrated with a “lack of urgency” from the federal government on action to support homeless Canadian Armed Forces veterans, including a plan to use surplus military properties as housing. One of the main challenges the non-profits face is “unnecessary bureaucracy,” according to Debbie Lowther, chair and CEO of Veterans Emergency Transition Services (VETS) Canada, a Halifax-based non-profit that supports veterans. “In the interest of time — we do have veterans who a
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