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Jeff Leiper — 'to the female mayor'? | Opinion

Jeff Leiper — 'to the female mayor'? | Opinion

Brigitte Pellerin: The Ottawa city councillor only has three words in French on his election signs, and he got them wrong — twice.

06.03.2026 10

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Brigitte Pellerin

It's time to hold politicians accountable for OC Transpo | Opinion

It's time to hold politicians accountable for OC Transpo | Opinion

Mohammed Adam: Public transit should be the defining issue in this year's election. Not taxes, housing, or homelessness.

04.03.2026 10

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Mohammed Adam

Stop promising to revamp the ByWard Market. Do it already. | Opinion

Brigitte Pellerin: Much of what Ottawa mayor Mark Sutcliffe is now promising was already in a 2021 plan approved by a previous Council.

26.02.2026 20

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Brigitte Pellerin

Make the city buy and preserve heritage-designated buildings | Opinion

Mohammed Adam: Once an private owner's building is designated heritage, the city dictates what can or can’t be done. But it takes no responsibility...

25.02.2026 10

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Mohammed Adam

Let the Carleton Tavern die a dignified death | Opinion

Brigitte Pellerin: There's no need to rebuild the tavern with high-quality anything when the area gets redeveloped.

20.02.2026 30

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Brigitte Pellerin

Return to office is not some kind of unusual punishment | Opinion

Randall Denley: Most people work five days a week wherever their employer tells them to go. Public service unions overplayed their hand in...

20.02.2026 30

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Randall Denley

Do public servants really want to fight over four days at the office? | Opinion

Mohammed Adam: A strike in the middle of the tax season will likely undermine any public goodwill.

18.02.2026 100

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Mohammed Adam

Please, public servants, resist the return to the office | Opinion

Brigitte Pellerin: There is no reason to force people to get downtown, especially when OC Transpo is so unreliable.

17.02.2026 20

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Brigitte Pellerin

Deachman: High school sweethearts reunited 40 years later in supportive housing

Marc Marier and Joanne Higgs broke up in the 1970s. A string of bad luck later in life led them both to a residence run by the Shepherds of Good Hope...

13.02.2026 30

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Bruce Deachman

Now is the time Ottawa gets behind high-speed rail | Opinion

12.02.2026 10

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Mohammed Adam

The vacant unit tax shouldn't treat people this way | Opinion

10.02.2026 10

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Randall Denley

If we don’t help LGBTQ+ organizations now, services will disappear | Opinion

10.02.2026 30

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Fae Johnstone

Ottawa police are now targeting the poor in the poorest area of town | Opinion

07.02.2026 10

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Brigitte Pellerin

We like to think that Ottawa is a safe city | Opinion

05.02.2026 9

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Mohammed Adam

Ottawa debating how to punish itself for OC Transpo service | Opinion

04.02.2026 20

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Randall Denley

It's about time Sutcliffe apologized for OC Transpo problems | Opinion

30.01.2026 10

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Brigitte Pellerin

Ottawa's new high-speed rail project isn't life-changing | Opinion

28.01.2026 9

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Randall Denley

Why is Ottawa wasting money investigating a female politician's tone? | Opinion

24.01.2026 20

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Brigitte Pellerin

Ottawa police somehow think their new texting system is worth celebrating | Opinion

23.01.2026 10

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Brigitte Pellerin

Ottawa’s new rules will replace bungalows with condos that lack parking | Opinion

22.01.2026 10

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Randall Denley

Ontario was right to get rid of OCDSB trustees | Opinion

14.01.2026 10

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Randall Denley

I started using OC Transpo this winter. Driving is better | Opinion

13.01.2026 20

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Mohammed Adam

How is Ottawa's new central library like the LRT? Delays, cost overruns and secrecy | Opinion

12.01.2026 20

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Brigitte Pellerin

How productive is the public service? We'll never know | Opinion

08.01.2026 10

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Randall Denley

If we can't have speed cameras, Ottawa needs narrower streets | Opinion

05.01.2026 10

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Brigitte Pellerin

Ottawa's smooth budget disguises big problems | Opinion

18.12.2025 20

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Randall Denley

Mark Sutcliffe failed to deliver on his simplest promise | Opinion

17.12.2025 10

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Brigitte Pellerin

Rural Ottawa most vulnerable from loophole in provincial rules | Opinion

12.12.2025 20

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Randall Denley

What makes federal public servants think they're so special? | Opinion

11.12.2025 10

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Mohammed Adam

Ottawa should embrace AI to solve its most stubborn problems | Opinion

10.12.2025 10

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Brigitte Pellerin

Ottawa's future should not be decided by Toronto's new rules | Opinion

05.12.2025 10

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Randall Denley

Why so upset about Ottawa Police getting more money? | Opinion

05.12.2025 10

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Mohammed Adam

How to not be a jerk to your city councillor | Opinion

03.12.2025 10

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Brigitte Pellerin

Ottawa is wasting time with a new 'bubble bylaw' | Opinion

01.12.2025 10

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Mohammed Adam

This is Mark Sutcliffe's chance to stand up for free speech | Opinion

17.11.2025 10

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Mohammed Adam

Nobody really cares what's happening with the Canada Post strike | Opinion

13.11.2025 6

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Brigitte Pellerin

When the public service shrinks, Carney should spare employees with disabilities | Opinion

29.10.2025 9

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Randall Denley

Stewart: Freeland shows leadership is about more than climbing the ladder

22.10.2025 4

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Jennifer Stewart

Nasrallah: Ottawa needs immigrants. But we also need integration

22.10.2025 5

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Elie Mikhael Nasrallah

Pike: Ottawa hate verdict in holds a lesson for federal legislation

22.10.2025 5

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Kevin Pike

Abdulla and Bartolo: Stable housing means better health for all

22.10.2025 5

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Dr. Alykhan Abdulla

Örmeci: The Rideau River is cleaner than you think — mostly

22.10.2025 7

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Banu Örmeci

Sutcliffe: Young people shouldn't be homeless in Ottawa. Let's fix this

22.10.2025 30

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Mark Sutcliffe

Samaroo: Why is the federal government still in crisis over DEI?

22.10.2025 5

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Rohit Samaroo

Denley: If Sutcliffe cares about his housing plan, he'll end Clublink fight

22.10.2025 9

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Randall Denley

Portman: Vital Books on Canada-U.S. should be in the Ottawa Public Library

22.10.2025 6

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Jamie Portman

MacDonald: Body cameras will do very little to stop police brutality

22.10.2025 9

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Rob Macdonald