{"id":101379,"date":"2026-06-24T07:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/101379\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:35:33","slug":"news-of-the-day-report-calls-for-deregulation-of-canada-post-is-lead-in-the-water-a-new-reality-for-ottawa-schools-ontario-says-building-ottawa-ring-road-worth-exploring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/101379\/","title":{"rendered":"News of the day: Report calls for deregulation of Canada Post; Is lead in the water a new reality for Ottawa schools?; Ontario says building Ottawa ring road worth exploring"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Tuesday, June 23. Here are the top stories from the Ottawa Citizen newsroom today.<\/p>\n

REPORT CALLS FOR DEREGULATION OF CANADA POST, ESTABLISHMENT OF POSTAL REGULATOR<\/p>\n

Canada Post has bled money in recent years, posting a $1.7 billion deficit in the last fiscal year and $6.1 billion in cumulative losses since 2018, according to a report<\/p>\n

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Crystal Mask and Garrett Hansen bring packs of bottles of water to their child\u2019s classroom.<\/p>\n

IS LEAD IN THE WATER A NEW REALITY FOR OTTAWA SCHOOLS?<\/p>\n

The dense, odourless metal has been seeping into drinking fountains at OCDSB schools, leaving some parents to wheel water supplies to class.<\/p>\n

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An Orl\u00e9ans resident says heavy traffic on Highway 417 is a \u201cpain in the butt\u201d.<\/p>\n

SHOULD OTTAWA BUILD A RING ROAD? THE PROVINCE SAYS IT\u2019S WORTH EXPLORING.<\/p>\n

Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said there is \u201ca good case\u201d for the ring road concept and that the province would look at its feasibility<\/p>\n

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Brady Tkachuk of the Florida Panthers and Bill Zito, General Manager of the Florida Panthers hold up his new jersey at a press conference.<\/p>\n

FORMER SENATORS CAPTAIN BRADY TKACHUK SAYS \u2018IT WAS TIME FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER\u2019 WITH THE PANTHERS<\/p>\n

Former Ottawa Senators captain was traded to Panthers for several draft picks on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Cyclists are seen on O\u2019Connor Street in a file photo.<\/p>\n

IT\u2019S A JOY TO CYCLE NOW THAT E-BUSES ARE THE NORM | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR<\/p>\n

Ottawa Citizen letters to the editor, Tuesday, June 23, 2026<\/p>\n

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Thanks for reading the daily update. See you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Tuesday, June 23. Here are the top stories from the Ottawa Citizen newsroom today. REPORT CALLS FOR…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[62,4060,27610,61,879,65],"class_list":["post-101379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-brady-tkachuk","tag-canada-post","tag-gavin-young","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-citizen","tag-ottawa-senators"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}