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The irony of the Ottawa Police Services Board’s decision to hire a new chief amid a storm of controversy just days before a municipal election…
Deachman: Police politicization detrimental to democracy Read More Source: Visit the Ottawa Citizen for more!
The city council explosion created by the removal of police services board chair Diane Deans has boiled down to a simple story. Mayor Jim Watson…
Ousted police services board chair Diane Deans says Mayor Jim Watson orchestrated her removal because she refused to endorse his decision to negotiate with leaders…
I’ve always thought of Jim Watson as a cunning political operator. But not a cruel man — until that city council meeting on Wednesday. Read…
The dysfunction at the city of Ottawa reached a high point this week as Mayor Jim Watson staged an outrageous and self-serving coup to remove…
From the moment the truckers refused to leave town after their first weekend of protests, Police Chief Peter Sloly’s job was in jeopardy. He’d either…
As the Loud Truckist Noise in Ottawa carried on this week, it was perhaps understandable that certain of the civic leaders in the nation’s capital…