🚑 Breaking & Incidents
- Alcohol believed to be a factor when an SUV plunged into the Rideau River, police say. Ottawa police said alcohol is suspected after an SUV left the roadway and entered the Rideau River; investigators are continuing the probe.
- One person dead after a collision on Highway 34 near Vankleek Hill. Police confirmed a fatal crash on Highway 34 resulted in one death; emergency crews responded to the scene.
- West Ottawa residents call for improvements at a fatal-crash intersection. Neighbours are demanding changes after a recent fatal collision at the intersection named in local reports.
🎨 Community & Culture
- TIFF premiere tickets hitting $106–$128 are leaving some fans feeling priced out. TIFF lists regular non-member screening prices starting at $30 and premium screenings at $46, but Ticketmaster listings show premiere seats for films like Always Lalisa and others at $106 and some front-row screenshots at $128.
- Ottawa held its first Sudanese Festival as civil war rages back home. Organizers staged the inaugural Sudanese Festival in Ottawa while the conflict in Sudan continued, according to local coverage.
- Fourteen Canadian books longlisted for the $100,000 Giller Prize, including two B.C. authors. The Giller longlist named 14 titles contending for the $100,000 prize, with two authors from British Columbia represented.
- Brady Tkachuk says he requested a trade from the Senators and became a Florida Panther. Tkachuk told reporters he wanted out after Ottawa’s playoff sweep; he was later photographed meeting Florida GM Bill Zito in Fort Lauderdale and is now a member of the Panthers after signaling he would not re-sign in Ottawa.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- Ontario government implemented a pause on processing FOI requests after transparency changes, documents show. Global News obtained Microsoft Teams messages revealing a total pause starting May 14 after the Ford government’s April 24 budget amendments exempted the premier, cabinet and staff from FOI disclosures; the Information and Privacy Commissioner warned the changes would diminish public access.
- Ottawa's dollar-for-dollar tariffs on U.S. goods have taken effect. The federal tariff measures labelled as a dollar-for-dollar response to U.S. duties are now in force out of Ottawa.
- More than 90% of public servant early-retirement applications will be approved. The federal plan to approve over 90% of early-retirement requests for public servants was announced in recent reporting.
📰 Also Today
- Crown rejects manslaughter plea at start of Fsha Tekhle murder trial.
- Quebec says it will use every tool to cope with trade war, Fréchette says.
- Quebec moves to protect supply chains and expand business relief amid trade war.
- What Ottawa voters want from city hall summarized from local interviews.
- Ontario back-to-school policy changes explained for parents and students.
- Returning students weigh changes to OSAP funding after provincial cuts.
- Parents push back on classroom screen time in a growing 'techlash'.
- Montreal mural of Hugo Houle replaced by image of Michael Woods.
- North of North returns for a second season.
- Canada chases wheelchair basketball world gold with games in Ottawa.
- Ottawa parishioners bring a church service into the woods.
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