Emma Weller

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Federal public servants vie for prized co-working spaces to avoid downtown commute

Federal public servants vie for prized co-working spaces to avoid downtown commute

Some federal public servants in Ottawa wait nearly an hour each morning for a coveted spot in one of the city's suburban co-working spaces rather than endure the commute to their government offices downtown. On a recent weekday morning, employees queued outside a co-working office at Place d'Orléans, each hoping to secure one of about 30 workspaces available on a...

Ottawa gives some asylum-seekers in Cornwall an extension on deadline to move out

Ottawa gives some asylum-seekers in Cornwall an extension on deadline to move out

After a month of fear and uncertainty, some asylum-seekers staying in a conference centre in Cornwall, Ont. now have another 60 days to find alternate housing. Robert Coulombe, executive director of the Roy McMurtry Legal Clinic in Cornwall, said a representative of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) told a community meeting on Thursday that the centre will remain open...