ByWard Market Shake-up, Sutcliffe Transit Fight & 600,000 Without Primary Care — Ottawa Tuesday

🚑 Breaking & Incidents

1. Two people died in a highway collision near Bancroft. The headline reports two fatalities in the crash near Bancroft; emergency responders attended the scene.
2. Remains of a third missing person were found on a Lanark County property. The report confirms a third set of remains discovered at the same Lanark County location linked to the ongoing missing-person matter.

🏛️ Government & Politics

1. Ontario municipal CAOs say the Ford government punishes dissent, per a StrategyCorp survey of 32 CAOs. The survey quotes CAOs describing a “divide and conquer” approach and flags municipal anxiety over proposed AI data centres and resource strains.
2. Premier Doug Ford met with Loblaw CEO Per Bank at his Etobicoke home on April 17. The meeting took place one day after Ford rejected opposition efforts to regulate grocery pricing, according to the premier’s calendar obtained via freedom-of-information records.
3. Fewer people are running for trustee in several provincially supervised school boards, including Ottawa’s. Education Minister Paul Calandra has placed eight boards under provincial control; the supervision is indefinite and has influenced candidate decisions, councillor-turned-candidate Donna Dickson said.
4. Mayoral campaigns are clashing over Mark Sutcliffe’s transit plan. Local campaigns in Ottawa are debating the scope and cost of Sutcliffe’s transit proposals ahead of the municipal election.

🏥 Health

1. Ontario aims to connect 600,000 more people to primary care. The provincial plan sets a target of reaching an additional 600,000 residents to improve access to doctors or primary-care teams.
2. Clients of a Carleton Place salon may have been exposed to an infection, health unit warns. The local health unit issued an exposure warning tied to the salon’s clients.

💼 Economy & Business

1. ByWard Market District Authority leader departed after seven months. The authority’s head left the role after a seven-month tenure, according to the report on downtown Ottawa’s market leadership change.
2. Ontario will spend $10 million on new skills-development training programs. The province announced a $10-million investment aimed at skills and training initiatives.

🏈 Sports

1. Winless Ottawa Redblacks remain upbeat at the season’s halfway point. The team is still without a win through the mid‑season checkpoint, per the local coverage of their campaign.
2. Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Barbora Krejcikova advanced to the Round of 16 at the Cincinnati Open. The pair moved into the tournament’s last 16 in Cincinnati, the report confirms.

📰 Also Today

• Crown appealing a rare mistrial in Frank Stronach’s sexual-assault conviction, appeal filed after judge set aside guilty verdict.
• Canada and U.S. negotiators expected to meet before midnight tariff deadline, talks aimed at averting tariffs.
• Canada will review screening processes after NATO intern spying allegations, federal review announced.
• Canada deported former Iranian deputy interior minister Syed Salman Samani, CBSA confirmed removal after court dismissed appeal.
• PQ says no referendum on independence if Trump is elected, Parti Québécois statement ahead of October election.
• Kingston reminds residents e-scooters remain illegal, municipal enforcement notice issued.
• U.S. business owners warn 50% tariffs could force them from Canadian suppliers, report on tariff impact.
• Premier Ford urges embracing data centres to keep information in Canadian hands, provincial stance on data-centre development.