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Décès d'un piéton, Brockington acclamé et Ullmark en feu — Nouvelles d'Ottawa vendredi

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🏛️ Gouvernement et politique

  1. Riley Brockington acclamé comme conseiller du district River. Les avis municipaux inscrivent Riley Brockington comme seul candidat déclaré et donc acclamé pour le district River en vue de l'élection municipale d'Ottawa, ce qui signifie qu'aucun vote de quartier n'aura lieu pour ce siège le 16 octobre 2026.
  2. Neil Saravanamuttoo lance sa campagne à la mairie en tant que haut fonctionnaire de longue date. Le portrait souligne le parcours dans la fonction publique de Saravanamuttoo et le présente comme un rare bureaucrate de carrière candidat à la mairie d'Ottawa pour la course municipale du 16 octobre 2026.
  3. Le protecteur du citoyen conclut que ServiceOntario ne respecte pas le service en français. Le rapport du protecteur du citoyen provincial documente les lacunes de ServiceOntario pour répondre aux besoins en français, suscitant des appels à des mesures correctives dans les centres de services provinciaux de l'Ontario.
  4. Les centres de données liés à l'IA deviennent un enjeu électoral municipal avec des engagements de candidats. Le groupe citoyen Stop the Datacentre a diffusé un engagement signé par des candidats, dont la candidate à la mairie de Mississauga Carolyn Parrish, demandant aux conseillers de s'opposer aux centres de données qui violent des règles strictes de supervision et des moratoires locaux.

🎨 Communauté et culture

  1. Les candidats de Knoxdale-Merivale ont débattu de la sécurité communautaire. Les candidats de Knoxdale-Merivale se sont affrontés lors d'un débat sur la sécurité communautaire, offrant aux résidents la possibilité d'entendre directement les positions de chaque aspirant avant le vote municipal d'Ottawa du 16 octobre 2026.
  2. Le personnel scolaire évoque « anxiété et appréhension » avant le sauvetage d'un adolescent émacié. Des récits internes indiquent que le personnel a fait face à de graves inquiétudes avant le retrait du jeune, décrivant une anxiété prolongée et de l'appréhension dans la période précédant l'opération de sauvetage.
  3. Les Senators profitent du excellent départ de Linus Ullmark pour une fiche de 6-2-0. Ottawa a progressé à 6-2-0 après une victoire 2-1 en fusillade contre les New York Islanders; le gardien Linus Ullmark affiche un dossier de 6-0 avec un pourcentage d'arrêts de 0,949 cette saison.

🚨 Criminalité et sécurité publique

  1. Le piéton heurté à Sandy Hill jeudi est décédé. La police d'Ottawa confirme que le piéton heurté à Sandy Hill jeudi est décédé des suites de ses blessures; les enquêteurs poursuivent leurs travaux sur la scène et la chronologie de l'incident.
  2. Zakaria Amara obtient la libération conditionnelle pleine après une évaluation de déradicalisation. La Commission des libérations conditionnelles du Canada a conclu qu'Amara, 41 ans, ne montre plus de signes de croyances extrémistes et l'a élevé de la libération conditionnelle de jour à la libération conditionnelle pleine, sous conditions incluant du counseling et des limites sur ses contacts.

📰 Aussi aujourd'hui

  • Les Raptors perdent le dernier match préparatoire 129-125, Trayce Jackson-Davis a marqué 23 points.
  • La cour d'appel refuse d'élargir le devoir de consulter dans une affaire fédérale clé sur la DNUDPA (Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones).
  • Un deuxième jeune déclaré coupable de deux des trois chefs d'accusation dans un présumé complot terroriste anti‑juif.
  • La Canadienne Dabrowski et la Brésilienne Stefani accèdent aux demi-finales en double à l'Open de Wuhan.
  • Un conducteur d'autobus scolaire accusé d'avoir pris le volant en état d'ébriété à Tweed.
  • Joly affirme que la résolution du conflit chez Stelco est « une question de jours », environ 90 travailleurs ont reçu des avis.
  • Explication : pourquoi le vote municipal d'Ottawa compte avant l'élection du 16 octobre 2026.
  • Un ancien étudiant du Collège militaire royal allègue une webcam cachée; aucune accusation déposée.
  • Les Raptors recrutent le Canadien Jalen Celestine, 2,01 m, d'Ajax (Ont.).
  • Kirill Marchenko signe un tour du chapeau lors de la défaite des Maple Leafs 5-4 en prolongation, son 300e match dans la LNH.
  • Tous les chefs d'accusation abandonnés dans un complot de fabrication d'explosifs lié à Western.
  • Le conseiller Devine qualifie de « geste audacieux » le fait que des collègues font campagne pour son rival.
  • Le retour au pays de Guelph a attiré jusqu'à 15 000 personnes, les coûts de sécurité s'élèvent à environ 91 000 $.
  • Les paiements de l'ASPC vers les établissements privés suspendus, touchant l'École nationale de ballet du Canada et des collèges de théologie.

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Former student says someone hid a webcam in her Royal Military College dorm. No one was ever charged

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