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Weekly Digest Ottawa Mar 16 - Mar 22, 2026

Bản tin tuần (16–22 Tháng 3, 2026) — Ottawa

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  1. Senators thắng Leafs 5-2 (báo ra ngày 21/3/2026): Ottawa dẫn đầu từ đầu trận, Joseph Woll phải thay đổi sau chấn thương lúc khởi động và John Tavares ghi bàn thứ 519 trong sự nghiệp.

  2. New York Islanders có kế hoạch chuyển đội AHL sang Hamilton và chơi tại TD Coliseum (đang chờ phê duyệt của AHL), mang trẻ tài năng gần hơn với người hâm mộ Ontario.

  3. Ủy viên minh bạch Ontario cảnh báo việc chính phủ Ford muốn loại trừ retroactive các hồ sơ của thủ hiến và bộ trưởng sẽ khiến tỉnh "bí mật hơn và kém an toàn hơn" — lo ngại về thiếu giám sát và an ninh dữ liệu.

  4. Ontario sẽ chưa kịp thực hiện yêu cầu liên bang (1/4/2026) để công quỹ hóa mọi dịch vụ y tế do y tá kê đơn, có nguy cơ một số bệnh nhân vẫn phải trả tiền túi; hình phạt bắt đầu tính từ 2027.

  5. Mùa đông kéo dài ở Ontario: meteorologist Anthony Farnell nói còn vài đợt rét và một hệ thống có thể đem tới tới ~50 cm tuyết, nên hãy chuẩn bị cho giao thông khó khăn.

  6. Từ tháng 9, Ontario mở rộng phép "mang rượu vào" cho một số lễ hội và sự kiện ngoài trời — các thành phố phải có nghị định riêng và xin giấy phép qua AGCO.

  7. Chính phủ sẽ trình luật cấm bán lại vé với giá cao hơn giá gốc (áp dụng cho hầu hết sự kiện thể thao, âm nhạc); hình phạt chưa được quyết.

  8. Ontario cắt quỹ cho 7 điểm tiêu thụ ma túy có giám sát, khởi động giai đoạn thu dọn 90 ngày — hai ở Toronto, hai ở Ottawa, và các nơi khác; các điểm do nhà tài trợ lo sẽ gồng mình.

  9. Ontario bắt đầu tìm nhà thầu cho hệ thống hồ sơ bệnh án điện tử tích hợp (bệnh nhân tự nguyện tham gia); chính phủ cũng dự kiến thêm 325 triệu đô cho chăm sóc chính trong ngân sách sắp tới.

  10. Luật mới biến dùng ma túy nơi công cộng thành vi phạm tỉnh (ticket không hình sự), cho lực lượng có thêm lựa chọn xử lý — chính quyền còn cân nhắc mở quyền này cho cảnh vệ đặc biệt.

  11. Vụ tai nạn tàu GO: một trẻ khoảng 12–13 tuổi bị tàu tông ở Mississauga (khu Alexandra Ave & Fourth St) vào ngày thứ Tư — điều tra đang tiến hành, tuyến tàu tạm đóng và có xe buýt đưa đón.

  12. Project South: điều tra tham nhũng lớn dẫn tới bắt giữ bảy sĩ quan cảnh sát Toronto; Bộ trưởng Tư pháp Michael Kerzner nói chính phủ coi trọng vụ việc khi chờ kết quả điều tra.

  13. Daniel Tomassetti (liên quan vụ ám sát Angelo Musitano và Mila Barberi năm 2017) bị bắt ở Mexico và đang chống dẫn độ về Canada (bắt giữ lần đầu tháng 8/2025).

  14. Một nhân viên biên giới Ontario bị bắt tháng 1 vì nghi giúp đưa xe tải chở hàng triệu đô opium, sản phẩm cần sa và thuốc lá nhập cảnh bất hợp lệ.

  15. CBSA ở sân bay Pearson: chó phát hiện 22,5 kg thịt sống (vịt, chim bồ câu, gà, thỏ) trong hành lý từ Ai Cập (kiểm dịch và cấm nhập).

  16. OPP cảnh báo: kẻ lừa đảo mạo danh cảnh sát và dùng số điện thoại giả (spoof) để bắt nạn nhân gửi tiền vào ATM Bitcoin — cảnh sát KHÔNG bao giờ yêu cầu chuyển tiền.

  17. Tòa án Quebec cấm tạm thời hai người đàn ông hiến tinh trùng vì họ bị cáo buộc là cha của hàng trăm trẻ em (số liệu được nêu: 162 và 451 trường hợp được báo cáo).

  18. Jennifer Pan nhận tội ngộ sát mẹ (vụ năm 2010); tòa chấp nhận lời nhận tội, cô nhận án chung thân nhưng được xét điều kiện phóng thích có điều kiện theo luật.

  19. Premier Ford chỉ trích mạnh Parole Board vì cho phép phạm nhân sát hại trẻ vị thành niên (Darren Scott Ray) được ra ngoài không giám sát tạm thời, gây tranh cãi về an toàn cộng đồng.

  20. OPP nói không có bằng chứng ba sĩ quan Toronto nói dối hoặc câu kết trong vụ Umar Zameer; luật sư bào chữa yêu cầu xem xét công khai cách vụ điều tra được xử lý.

  21. Dữ liệu CMHC: khởi công nhà ở Ontario tăng 17% so với cùng kỳ năm trước trong tháng 2 — 4.665 căn bắt đầu xây, dấu hiệu tích cực trước mùa xây dựng.

  22. Thăm dò Ipsos: Đảng PC dẫn đầu với 42% ủng hộ, Tự do 35%, NDP 18%; 69% cho rằng Doug Ford sẽ không rời nhiệm trước cuộc bầu cử tiếp theo.

  23. Thị trưởng Amherstburg tức giận vì Diageo đóng nhà máy Crown Royal (160 việc làm) sau khi chính phủ Ford rút đe dọa cấm rượu, công ty hứa 23 triệu đô chi tiêu ở Ontario nhưng nhà máy vẫn đóng.

  24. Bóng rổ: Raptors gây bất ngờ khi thắng Detroit 119-108 (kết quả khiến nhiều người đặt cược Proline bị lệch); thông tin cược và vài vé thắng lớn được báo cáo.

  25. Lưu ý nhanh: nếu bạn thấy thông tin liên quan vụ gian lận, tội phạm hay an toàn nơi công cộng, hãy báo ngay cho OPP/đơn vị địa phương — có nhiều cuộc điều tra và phần thưởng đang được công bố.

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