Don Butler
Regina Leader Post
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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'I was a broken person': The long, hard journey of whistleblower Joanna Gualtieri
Former public servant Joanna Gualtieri, who blew the whistle on lavish spending at Canada's foreign missions two decades ago, says she lives with sadness for what her long struggle has cost her. → Read More
Ontario poised to pay for shingles vaccine
After a delay of more than six months, Ontario is poised to announce that the province will cover the $170 cost of the shingles vaccine for about 700,000 seniors. → Read More
Old wiring put Harper family at risk
Twenty-four Sussex Drive is basically a firetrap that posed a “serious” safety risk to former prime minister Stephen Harper and his family, says a 2011 report done for the National Capital Commission. → Read More
Company scraps 'bad tenant list' after privacy commissioner upholds complaint
A property management company that maintained a "bad tenant" list for a landlord association has agreed to scrap it after the Office of Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien concluded the personal information it contained was improperly collected. → Read More
U.S. expert endorses national strategy for Canada to deal with rising tide of Alzheimer's disease
Canada would benefit from a national strategy to tackle the rising tide of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, says an American expert who chairs a committee that advises the U.S. government on the issue. → Read More
MD faces hearing for allegations of sex abuse
An Orléans family doctor is facing a disciplinary hearing by a committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario later this month into allegations that he sexually abused a female patient over an 18-month period.Atef Malak Shehata Ghali is alleged to have abused the patient at the Centrepoint → Read More
No treatment for leading cause of heart failure in women, summit hears
Cardiologists have multiple ways to treat heart failure, but there's no treatment at all for the predominant type among women, Canada's first-ever summit on women's heart health heard Thursday. → Read More
NCC could slice two lanes from Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway for linear park
The National Capital Commission has developed an option for the proposed Sir John A. Macdonald Riverfront Linear Park that would reduce the heavily used parkway to just two lanes for part of its length. → Read More
Budget 2016: New office aims to counter violent radicalization
On a day when terrorists went on a murderous rampage in Brussels, the Canadian government announced it’s creating a new office to help it respond to the threat posed by violent radicalization in this country. → Read More
Liberals reward cultural institutions with fresh funding
National cultural institutions in Ottawa hit the jackpot in Tuesday’s federal budget, reaping hundreds of millions of dollars in fresh funding for new facilities and for badly needed renovations and repairs. → Read More
Nature museum shopping for new, visitor-friendly ticketing system
The Canadian Museum of Nature is shopping for a new cutting-edge ticketing system that it says will greatly improve service for customers buying admissions or attending museum events. → Read More
Vehicles on the mall sparking pedestrian concerns: 'It's to the point where someone's going to get hit'
An Ottawa public servant says growing vehicular access to the Sparks Street Mall is endangering public safety. → Read More
New network aims to wean seniors off inappropriate prescription drugs
If Barb Farrell has her way, seniors in Canada will cut their use of questionable prescription drugs in half over the next four years. → Read More
Retired public servant wins grievance, but battle with ex-employer continues
Retired public servant Richard Tudor Price has won a victory in his battle with his former employer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. But he says the fight is not yet over. → Read More
Updated: Competing teams giving public second chance to view LeBreton Flats displays
In a move that appeared to catch its competition flatfooted, the Devcore Canderel DLS Group has announced that its redevelopment plan for LeBreton Flats will be on display in downtown Ottawa until Feb. 8. → Read More
Victims of communism survey hard to find; battling technical problems
The Liberal government's effort to solicit public feedback about the newly downsized Memorial to the Victims of Communism is off to a rocky start. → Read More
Majority of LeBreton project equity comes from local investors, DCDLS Group says
Despite the high-profile involvement of two Montreal billionaires, more than half the equity interest in the Devcore Canderel DLS Group's proposed redevelopment of LeBreton Flats will come from three partners from the Ottawa area. → Read More
Devcore partners want to buy Senators from Melnyk, source says
The partners in the Devcore Canderel DLS Group want to buy the Ottawa Senators from Eugene Melnyk and move it to its proposed "Theatre of Sports and Entertainment" on LeBreton Flats, a source close to the partners said Monday. → Read More
Canada Day in the capital gets thumbs up from public, survey shows
Last year's Canada Day celebration in the nation's capital hit most of the right notes with the public, a survey commissioned by the Department of Canadian Heritage shows. Here are some highlights, by the numbers. → Read More
Government incentives essential to RendezVous LeBreton plan, Ruddy says
If accepted by the National Capital Commission, RendezVous LeBreton's $3.5-billion plan for LeBreton Flats will reward its investors with solid market returns, says John Ruddy, a key member of the ... → Read More