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• Ottawa board of health member sees outpouring of support after body-shaming message

  A member of the city of Ottawa's board of health is speaking out about body shaming after receiving a letter that said she shouldn't serve on the board because of her weight.

  

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  BREAKING | Trudeau's chief of staff Telford will testify about foreign interference: PMO

  After weeks of resistance, and ahead of a vote that could have compelled it to happen, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office has announced that his chief of staff Katie Telford will testify about foreign interference, before a committee that has been studying the issue for months.

  

• Inflation in Canada continues to slow, reaffirming BOC's rate pause

  The annual pace of inflation cooled in February as it posted its largest deceleration since April 2020.

  

• Kingston police say nine people charged in bus station assault caught on camera

  Kingston police say nine people are facing charges after a serious assault in the city's west end earlier this month.

  

• Worst place in Canada for bed bugs has been revealed

  A Canadian city has just been named the worst in the country for bed bugs for the third year in a row.

• Councillors approve Orleans development despite parking concerns

  The city of Ottawa's planning committee has approved a housing development in Orleans after it was delayed due to concerns about the number of parking spaces.

• Via Rail train en route to Ottawa delayed by more than 2 hours due to mechanical trouble

  A Via Rail train en route to Ottawa was delayed by a mechanical issue Monday afternoon, but another train arrived to get passengers to their destination.

• Johnston's mandate as special rapporteur on foreign interference has been released

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has released foreign interference special rapporteur David Johnston's mandate, which instructs the former governor general to determine by May 23 whether a public inquiry is necessary.

• Cloudy, chance of flurries in Ottawa on Tuesday

  Environment Canada’s weather forecast calls for cloudy skies and a high of 3 C.

• Canada's banks protected by regulations unlikely to collapse, experts say

  The recent collapse of three banks, two American and one Swiss, has countries coming together, in an effort to balance teetering markets, and perceived global instability. Experts say with Canada's strict regulations and protection measures for bank customers, it is unlikely to happen here.

• Ontario 'scumbags' guilty of withholding passports to face steeper fines, ministry says

  Ontario employers who withhold foreign workers’ passports or work permits could face steeper penalties under new labour laws, with maximum fines setting them back up to $200,000.

• Carleton University celebrates dual national basketball championships

  Carleton University has made Canadian basketball history by winning both the men's and women's national championships in the same year, a feat that hasn't been achieved since the University of Victoria accomplished it in 1985.

• 2 staff members, student suspect injured in stabbing at Halifax-area high school

  Two staff members and a student -- who is also the suspect -- have been injured in a stabbing at a high school in Bedford, N.S., according to the Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE).

• Canada will take a 'hard long look' at UN call to speed emissions reduction: minister

  Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada will take a 'hard long look' at a call from global climate scientists to hit its long-term greenhouse gas emissions targets 10 years earlier than planned.