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A key week of negotiations kicks off Tuesday, as representatives descend on Ottawa to tackle the worldwide issue of plastic pollution. The fourth and penultimate installment of talks tees up a final session later this year in Korea, where parties hope to sign onto a binding global treaty on plastic. CBC | World News
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Ottawa says avoid all travel to Israel as the country braces for potential Iranian attack
The federal government is recommending that Canadians avoid all travel to Israel, stating that the country faces a “heightened risk” of an attack on its territory. CBC | World News
Read More »The PWHL this week: Ottawa back in playoff picture after busy trade deadline
Around the PWHL, Toronto keeps winning, while former Premier Hockey Federation MVP Mikyla Grant-Mentis gets a fresh start in Montreal. CBC | Sports News
Read More »PWHL Ottawa acquires forwards Vanišová, Darkangelo to bolster playoff push
Ottawa was the most active team across the league on the first PWHL deadline day, adding to a roster that sits one point behind Boston for the final playoff spot. CBC | Sports News
Read More »PWHL Boston tops Ottawa in shootout before U.S.-record crowd of 13,736 in Detroit
Hannah Brandt and Hilary Knight each scored shootout goals and Aerin Frankel saved four of the five shots she faced as Boston beat Ottawa in a shootout, 2-1 in front of the largest crowd to watch a professional women’s hockey game in the United States Saturday night in Detroit. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Israel wants permission to import Canadian armoured vehicles. Ottawa is stalling, sources say
The federal government is deliberately slow-walking a request from Israel for permission to import about thirty Canadian-made armoured patrol vehicles, sources tell Radio-Canada. The news comes as the Trudeau government faces intense pressure to stop exporting military equipment to Israel. CBC | World News
Read More »Queen’s advances to U Sports men’s basketball final with victory over Ottawa
The Queen’s Gaels will be playing for a national championship on Sunday after edging the Ottawa Gee-Gees 85-77 in the semifinals of the U Sport men’s Final 8 basketball championship in Quebec City. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ottawa mass murders: Newborn baby among six stabbed to death as teen arrested
Six people, including a newborn baby, were brutally stabbed to death on Wednesday night, police said, in a rare case of mass murder. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Claire Dalton’s hat trick powers PWHL Montreal past Ottawa, back into 1st place
Claire Dalton scored three goals, including a short-handed effort which snapped a 1-1 tie late in the second period, to lead Montreal to a 6-3 victory over visiting Ottawa in Professional Women’s Hockey League action Saturday at Verdun Auditorium. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Aerin Frankel, Susanna Tapani lead PWHL Boston past Ottawa
Aerin Frankel shut out Ottawa over the final two periods as Boston earned a 3-1 win at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell on Wednesday night — its first home-ice victory in five games. CBC | Sports News
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