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How an Ottawa shelter is preparing to feed 2,500 people and nourish its community this Thanksgiving ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

How an Ottawa shelter is preparing to feed 2,500 people and nourish its community this Thanksgiving

This is the third year in a row the Ottawa Mission served one million meals to people and families in need.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 4d

Ottawa councillor hopes to 'debunk the myths' on speed cameras as Ontario's premier doubles down on ban ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...

Ottawa councillor hopes to 'debunk the myths' on speed cameras as Ontario's premier doubles down on ban

Tim Tierney has introduced a motion calling on Ottawa city councillors to "affirm the proven safety benefits" of the program.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 5d

Federal government says new tax program will help alleviate CRA struggles ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

Federal government says new tax program will help alleviate CRA struggles

The federal government says the new system will create "efficiencies" and alleviate pressures on Canada's struggling tax agency.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 5d

Blue Line drivers accept company offer, ending Ottawa taxi strike ottawacitizen.com/news/blue-li...

Blue Line drivers accept company offer, ending Ottawa taxi strike

The vote ends a strike that has been underway since Sept. 19.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 5d

Facing record debt levels, Ontario hospitals told to balance budgets and find efficiencies ottawacitizen.com/news/ontario...

Facing record debt levels, Ontario hospitals told to balance budgets and find efficiencies

Debt-laden hospitals have been told to come up with proposals to balance budgets over the next three years, the Ottawa Citizen has learned.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 5d

Could the ByWard Market have too many social services? ottawacitizen.com/news/byward-...

Could the ByWard Market have too many social services?

Coun. Stephanie Plante is seeking a new approach to homelessness and drug addiction to 'spread the love' away from the downtown core.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 5d

Ottawa Senators spark backlash by benching Jordan Spence for Game 1 ottawacitizen.com/ottawa-senat...

Ottawa Senators spark backlash by benching Jordan Spence for Game 1

Defenceman acquired from the Los Angeles Kings during the off-season was seated in the press box against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Read More.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 5d

Deachman: Speed cameras aren't the enemy Doug Ford makes them out to be ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Deachman: Speed cameras aren't the enemy Doug Ford makes them out to be

Bruce Deachman visits the 10 busiest speed cameras in Ottawa to see if they're all just cash grabs.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 6d

Parking tickets, skunks and landlords who won't turn up heat: What bylaw officers see ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...

Parking tickets, skunks and landlords who won't turn up heat: What bylaw officers see

Parking tickets, skunks and landlords who won't turn up the heat are among the things these workers see on a daily basis

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 6d

Recovery unlikely for Ottawa cyclist struck by vehicle in July ottawacitizen.com/news/recover...

Recovery unlikely for Ottawa cyclist struck by vehicle in July

Ghost Padron had a serious brain injury after being struck by a vehicle while riding a bike in Stittsville in July.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 7d

Deachman: Barber, Lich sentencing ends another sorry chapter of the convoy ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Deachman: Barber, Lich sentencing ends another sorry chapter of the convoy

Opinion: Ottawa can breathe a little easier now that it's over, never mind the details of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber's house arrest.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 7d

Steve Staios puts faith in Ottawa Senators to improve after last season's breakthrough ottawacitizen.com/ottawa-senat...

Steve Staios puts faith in Ottawa Senators to improve after last season's breakthrough

Ottawa Senators GM Steve Staios is confident in the changes he has made to the NHL team this summer to build off playoff berth.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 7d

Fall harvest revealing dry summer's toll on Ottawa-area farmers ottawacitizen.com/news/dry-sum...

Fall harvest revealing dry summer's toll on Ottawa-area farmers

Some growers are harvesting less than half of their expected yields this fall.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 7d

Judge rules that federal government can't release 'secret recipe' of Ottawa consulting firm ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

Judge rules that federal government can't release 'secret recipe' of Ottawa consulting firm

The Federal Court judge ruled Public Services and Procurement Canada could not disclose the name of contracted consultants.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 7d

Canadian military will continue with U.S.-led counter-drug ops but won’t support attacks on alleged smuggling boats ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

Canadian military will continue with U.S.-led counter-drug ops but won’t support attacks on alleged smuggling boats

DND says Operation CARIBBE is 'separate' from Trump administration's strikes on alleged cartel boats in the Caribbean.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 7d

Why is the new east Ottawa Tewin development so contentious? ottawacitizen.com/news/new-eas...

Why is the new east Ottawa Tewin development so contentious?

One councillor wants to halt the development in the city's rural east, but it's about than just the cost of the project.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 7d

Convoy protest leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber given conditional sentences ottawacitizen.com/news/tamara-...

Convoy protest leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber given conditional sentences

The two were sentenced Tuesday for their roles in organizing the 2022 convoy protest in downtown Ottawa.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 7d

OCDSB supervisor cancels controversial elementary school boundary changes ottawacitizen.com/news/ocdsb-s...

OCDSB supervisor cancels controversial elementary school boundary changes

The board will also reduce the number of program streams where it is practical to do so and where students aren't forced to change schools.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 8d

Canadian sailor who blew whistle on 'Officer X' to be booted from military ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

Canadian sailor who blew whistle on 'Officer X' to be booted from military

Navy Lt. Patrick White warned Parliament about a serial sexual offender in a leadership position.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 8d

Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber to be sentenced Tuesday ottawacitizen.com/news/tamara-...

Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber to be sentenced Tuesday

The two are expected in the Ottawa courthouse on Elgin Street after sentencing hearings in July.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 8d

As federal funding for hotels for asylum seekers ends, Ottawa seeks solutions ottawacitizen.com/news/funding...

As federal funding for hotels for asylum seekers ends, Ottawa seeks solutions

The city is looking to buy or lease a motel, hotel, retirement residence or apartment building suitable for refugee claimant families.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 9d

The NCC wants a new reputation, and a different Ottawa ottawacitizen.com/news/ncc-rep...

The NCC wants a new reputation, and a different Ottawa

Long seen as secretive and sluggish, the National Capital Commission is trying to change the narrative one swimming dock at a time

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 9d

Did you miss out on tickets to Ottawa Citizen Best Restaurants? Good news, we've released a limited number of tickets. Hurry, they won't last long.

Ottawa Citizen Best Restaurants

Celebrating the city's vibrant culinary scene, featuring acclaimed hotspots and lesser-known gems.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 12d

First responders found Justin James Weir with numerous wounds at about 7 a.m. Thursday on St-Laurent Boulevard.

Update: Homicide squad investigating stabbing death of man, 55, in east end

First responders found Justin James Weir with numerous wounds at about 7 a.m. Thursday on St-Laurent Boulevard.

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 12d

Why the Ottawa Charge is anxious to begin the 2025-26 PWHL season ottawacitizen.com/sports/hocke...

Why the Ottawa Charge is anxious to begin the 2025-26 PWHL season

The Charge will open its 2025-26 campaign with three games at TD Place, starting Nov. 22 against the New York Sirens.

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