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Brigitte Pellerin

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Pellerin: A $311 election spending gaffe — oh, the horror!

Pellerin: A $311 election spending gaffe — oh, the horror!
12.09.2025 9

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: Let's stop segregating young and old from each other

Pellerin: Let's stop segregating young and old from each other
04.09.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: 'Ask for Angela' victim support program is vital in Ottawa

Pellerin: 'Ask for Angela' victim support program is vital in Ottawa
28.08.2025 8

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: Locally owned, independent businesses help make Ottawa special

22.08.2025 8

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Pellerin: Sports delusions aside, we could do so much better at LeBreton Flats

15.08.2025 10

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Pellerin: A safe, crack-free sidewalk is as hard to find as a Labubu toy

07.08.2025 10

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Summer reading: How a Liberal toppled Pierre Poilievre and won Carleton riding

04.08.2025 10

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Pellerin: Why can't OC Transpo be more like F1?

31.07.2025 3

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Pellerin: Portrait of a country — a new book captures these faces

31.07.2025 3

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Pellerin: Why can't OC Transpo be more like F1?

25.07.2025 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: New mounted unit saddles police with a not-so-fresh challenge

18.07.2025 4

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: Scrambling for safety — or how to make pedestrian crossings less dangerous

10.07.2025 3

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: A way citizens could help dumpster divers more easily retrieve items of value

04.07.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: How to be a joyful Canadian — Diane Sims leads the way

26.06.2025 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: Too much garbage? One man's trash is another man's treasure

21.06.2025 10

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Pellerin: Welcome to the magical world of ByWard Market 'ambassadors'

12.06.2025 10

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Pellerin: What if OC Transpo had a strong, capable leader?

05.06.2025 10

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Pellerin: Ottawa People's Summit shares ideas for a better city

31.05.2025 10

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Pellerin: Raise a glass to the possibility of drinking, in moderation, in an Ottawa park

22.05.2025 10

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Pellerin: Ontario's new housing bill won't reduce homelessness

16.05.2025 10

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Pellerin: All-Canadian award for self-published authors gets its moment

09.05.2025 8

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Pellerin: What this city needs is more imaginative thinking

02.05.2025 10

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Pellerin: Underdog Bruce Fanjoy did the hard work democracy requires

29.04.2025 20

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Pellerin: What do the federal leaders think about Ottawa priorities?

25.04.2025 6

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Pellerin: OC Transpo's bus changes will frustrate you even more

19.04.2025 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Who won the English-language leaders' debate?

18.04.2025 9

Windsor Star

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Who won the English-language leaders' debate?

18.04.2025 10

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Pellerin: 91 candidates in Carleton riding makes no sense

12.04.2025 10

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Pellerin: Vegetables on the verge — Ottawa may finally loosen its rules

04.04.2025 9

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Pellerin: What if Usha Vance wanted to visit Ottawa?

28.03.2025 10

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Pellerin: An ode to The Bay, which welcomed me to Ottawa

21.03.2025 10

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Pellerin: Musk doesn't think empathy is important. Fortunately, Ottawa does

13.03.2025 10

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Pellerin: Ex-Gatineau mayor takes on the toxicity of our politics

10.03.2025 10

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Pellerin: Could any Ontario government really solve the big problems?

28.02.2025 10

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Pellerin: Waving the flag is fine — but who are we, really?

21.02.2025 10

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Pellerin: No escaping Trump obsession even in local politics

13.02.2025 9

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Pellerin: Even in Alabama, they still love Canada

06.02.2025 4

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Pellerin: Ask your election candidates how they'll prevent renovictions

31.01.2025 20

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Pellerin: Make the ByWard Market a teenager-friendly destination

24.01.2025 10

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Pellerin: Enough, already. Let OC Transpo know every time something isn't right

17.01.2025 10

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Pellerin: No one should freeze to death in Ottawa

10.01.2025 10

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Pellerin: City of Ottawa is struggling with crises it didn't create

Imagine what we could do at the municipal level if we were allowed to tax residents properly in order to fix the problems other levels of...

03.01.2025 5

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: 2025, the year to beautify Ottawa as Canada's capital?

Let's start by making Wellington Street the capital thoroughfare Ottawa deserves.

27.12.2024 5

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Pellerin: Compliments of the season, or how to be nice to strangers

In my experience, it takes very little to give a genuine compliment and make someone smile.

19.12.2024 3

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Pellerin: These wellness clinics could ease Ottawa doctor shortage

Efforts are underway in Ottawa to expand the clinics, currently aimed at seniors. Everyone without a doctor should have this sort of option.

13.12.2024 8

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: Ottawa's missing OC Transpo buses are the stars of this film

'Dude, where's my bus?' has already racked up more than 110,000 viewers on YouTube. It's resonating with Ottawa residents and OC Transpo users.

06.12.2024 4

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: Ottawa gets something right on crime and safety

Safety through design is a lot smarter than just sending cops to yell at people. A community outreach program in the Market and on Rideau Street is...

28.11.2024 4

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: No one in Ottawa should be going hungry — particularly since we can fix it

It boggles my mind that one-quarter of the homes in Canada's capital suffer from food insecurity when there are practical solutions.

22.11.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: Surely we can find ways to keep the Rideau Canal Skateway open this season

The skateway is so closely associated with winter in Ottawa that without it we’re just not the same. What would become of us if we couldn’t open it...

15.11.2024 3

Ottawa Citizen

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Pellerin: A healing piece of nature for some Ottawa long-term care homes

An Ottawa charitable foundation is bringing a little bit of nature to health-care facilities — via planter-gardens uniquely designed for patients.

07.11.2024 2

Ottawa Citizen

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