Monthly Archives: September 2015
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‘Wynne Wednesday’ protests to kick off at Ottawa-area schools
Parents of children who attend Ottawa’s public schools should expect “information picketing” Wednesday as the union representing local elementary school teachers holds its ... -
Workers at risk due to low federal health, safety inspector staffing, report says
A new report out of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says cuts and understaffing of federal health and safety inspectors is putting ... -
Ottawa weather is windy, cloudy, chilly and summer is ‘out of reach’
Brrrrr! When you step outside this morning you’ll feel some cold, and the bad news is it won’t get much warmer through the ... -
City of Ottawa staff outline plan to deal with budget pressures in 2016-18
City of Ottawa staff have set out how they hope to deal with budget pressures in the coming three years by increasing user ... -
Taverns and Troublemakers exhibition showcases Ottawa’s temperance movement
Five decades ago, if you wanted a drink in the former city of Nepean you were out of luck. Nepean only officially ended ... -
Support for women lacking in rural areas
The lives of three women killed in the Wilno area last week will be honoured by raising awareness of violence against women, says ... -
NDP plan to fix ‘toxic’ public service
Calling the federal public service “broken” and “abused” by previous administrations, local NDP candidates unveiled their plan to fix the “toxic” work environ.ment ... -
Clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples says she met with pope
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky country clerk who went to jail for defying a federal court’s orders to issue same-sex marriage licenses says ... -
Only woman on Georgia’s death is executed by lethal injection after several denied appeals
ATLANTA — After several denied appeals, the U.S. state of Georgia executed its only female death row inmate Wednesday morning despite pleas by ... -
Accused driver’s aunt involved in deadly love triangle Lover’s wife murdered in 1983
The aunt of accused drunk driver Marco Muzzo was once part of a love triangle in which her lover was accused of murdering ...