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Cambio en ByWard Market, disputa por el plan de Sutcliffe y 600,000 sin atención primaria — Ottawa, martes

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🚑 Últimas e incidentes

  1. Dos personas murieron en una colisión en la carretera cerca de Bancroft. El titular informa dos fallecidos en el choque cerca de Bancroft; los equipos de emergencias acudieron al lugar.
  2. Hallaron restos de una tercera persona desaparecida en una propiedad de Lanark County. El informe confirma el hallazgo de un tercer conjunto de restos en la misma propiedad de Lanark County vinculado al caso de personas desaparecidas en curso.

🏛️ Gobierno y política

  1. Directores generales municipales de Ontario dicen que el gobierno Ford castiga la disidencia, según encuesta de StrategyCorp a 32 DG. La encuesta cita a directores generales describiendo un enfoque de “divide y vencerás” y advierte la inquietud municipal por los propuestos centros de datos de IA y las tensiones en recursos.
  2. El primer ministro Doug Ford se reunió con el CEO de Loblaw, Per Bank, en su casa de Etobicoke el 17 de abril. El encuentro ocurrió un día después de que Ford rechazara los intentos de la oposición para regular los precios de los comestibles, según el calendario del primer ministro obtenido mediante solicitudes de acceso a la información.
  3. Menos personas se postulan como consejeros escolares en varios distritos bajo supervisión provincial, incluido Ottawa. El ministro de Educación, Paul Calandra, puso a ocho juntas bajo control provincial; la supervisión es indefinida y ha influido en la decisión de candidatos, dijo la concejala convertida en candidata Donna Dickson.
  4. Las campañas a la alcaldía se enfrentan por el plan de transporte de Mark Sutcliffe. Las campañas locales en Ottawa debaten el alcance y el costo de las propuestas de transporte de Sutcliffe antes de las elecciones municipales.

🏥 Salud

  1. Ontario apunta a conectar a 600,000 personas más con atención primaria. El plan provincial establece la meta de alcanzar a 600,000 residentes adicionales para mejorar el acceso a médicos o equipos de atención primaria.
  2. La unidad de salud advierte que clientes de un salón en Carleton Place pudieron haber estado expuestos a una infección. La unidad local de salud emitió una alerta por posible exposición vinculada a clientes del salón.

💼 Economía y negocios

  1. El líder de la ByWard Market District Authority se fue tras siete meses. El jefe de la autoridad dejó el cargo después de un mandato de siete meses, según el informe sobre el cambio en el liderazgo del mercado del centro de Ottawa.
  2. Ontario gastará 10 millones de dólares canadienses en nuevos programas de desarrollo de habilidades. La provincia anunció una inversión de 10 millones de dólares canadienses dirigida a iniciativas de capacitación y habilidades.

🏈 Deportes

  1. Los Ottawa Redblacks, sin victorias, se mantienen optimistas en el ecuador de la temporada. El equipo sigue sin ganar en el punto medio de la temporada, según la cobertura local de su campaña.
  2. Gabriela Dabrowski y su compañera Barbora Krejcikova avanzaron a los octavos de final en el Abierto de Cincinnati. La pareja pasó a los 16 mejores del torneo en Cincinnati, confirma el informe.

📰 También hoy

  • La fiscalía apela un raro juicio nulo en la condena por agresión sexual de Frank Stronach, apelación presentada después de que el juez anulara el veredicto de culpabilidad.
  • Se espera que negociadores de Canadá y EE. UU. se reúnan antes de la medianoche, plazo para aranceles, conversaciones con el objetivo de evitar gravámenes.
  • Canadá revisará procesos de seguridad tras acusaciones de espionaje de un interno de la OTAN, anunció una revisión federal.
  • Canadá deportó al ex vice ministro del Interior de Irán Syed Salman Samani, CBSA confirmó la expulsión tras que la corte desestimara su apelación.
  • El Parti Québécois dice que no habrá referéndum sobre la independencia si Trump es elegido, declaración del partido antes de las elecciones de octubre.
  • Kingston recuerda a los residentes que los patinetes eléctricos siguen siendo ilegales, emitida una notificación de aplicación municipal.
  • Dueños de negocios en EE. UU. advierten que aranceles del 50% podrían obligarlos a abandonar a proveedores canadienses, informe sobre el impacto arancelario.
  • El primer ministro Ford insta a aceptar los centros de datos para mantener la información en manos canadienses, postura provincial sobre el desarrollo de centros de datos.

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