🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- Friends of an Ottawa woman killed in a suspected femicide say they are “so very crushed.” The incident involved an Ottawa woman described in coverage as killed in what police treat as a suspected femicide; friends have publicly expressed their grief. (Source: report headline.)
- Suspect charged with first-degree murder in a 2023 Ottawa man’s death. Authorities charged an individual with first-degree murder in the 2023 death of a man in Ottawa, according to the report’s headline; criminal proceedings were announced by police. (Source: report headline.)
🏛️ Government & Politics
- City of Ottawa will draw up a data-centre policy, but supporters say it’s not a ban. Ottawa city staff have been directed to create an official policy on data centres while proponents argue the move should not be read as a prohibition on new facilities. (Source: report headline.)
- Councillor says it’s finally time to rename Ottawa’s Trump Avenue. An Ottawa councillor has called for renaming the municipal street currently known as Trump Avenue and signalled council attention to the issue. (Source: report headline.)
- Ottawa and Gatineau mayors pledge economic co-operation amid U.S. tariffs. The mayors of Ottawa and Gatineau publicly committed to working together on economic issues as U.S.-Canada trade tensions rise, per the report’s headline. (Source: report headline.)
- Leading Ottawa mayoral candidates outline plans for Pride, per coverage. Coverage summarised what Ottawa’s top mayoral contenders are proposing for Pride events and policy, according to the report’s headline. (Source: report headline.)
- City of Ottawa seeking a meteorologist to investigate Nepean’s unusual weather. The city has posted for a meteorologist role to help determine why Nepean keeps getting hit by “crazy weather,” according to the report’s headline. (Source: report headline.)
📰 Also Today
- Durham police charge Rajendranauth Doodnauth Maraj, 50, with sexual assault in Oshawa.
- Liaison Strategies poll shows Ontario PCs at 39%, Liberals 35% after trade spat.
- Canada’s retaliatory tariffs could hit Ontario Line train order built in Maryland.
- Tefai Opoku-Boadu found not guilty of second-degree murder in TTC bus cologne case.
- Doug Ford says he wasn’t told to tone down rhetoric about Donald Trump.
- Shedd Aquarium confirms death of 23-year-old beluga Peekachu weeks after transfer.
- 19-year-old woman killed in Thunder Bay collision with tractor-trailer, OPP say.
- Two belugas and four dolphins from Marineland head to Oceanogràfic Valencia today.
- CBSA alleges former Iranian official Abbas Omidi played ‘critical’ role in terror finance.
- Trump suggests renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” per his social post.
- Musicians and actors pay tribute to Dolly Parton in national coverage.
