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Two construction companies are facing charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a five-year-old boy was struck and killed by a dump truck in Overbrook on Oct. 15, 2025.
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About 120,000 Public Service Alliance of Canada members are sent to vote on strike mandate in the coming weeks amid ongoing cuts to the federal bureaucracy.
Nearly 3,000 Parks Canada employees will be notified this week that their jobs are at risk.
Neil Saravanamuttoo never aspired to run for public office. Then the career economist says he “reached the limit of what can be achieved from outside of City Hall.”
If Ottawa Senators fans wanted to boo Brady Tkachuk every time he touched the puck Wednesday night, Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice wasn’t about to complain.
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