Marie-France Lalonde

• Two Ottawa byelections to be held at end of February

  The Ottawa-Vanier seat has been vacant since the summer, when Liberal Nathalie Des Rosiers resigned, and Liberal Marie-France Lalonde left Orleans in October to represent the riding federally.

  Politics

  Jan 29, 2020
  
• Marie-France Lalonde named Liberal nominee for Orléans

  Lalonde was named late Thursday night as the Liberal Party of Canada candidate for Orléans, the same riding she currently holds provincially.

  Politics

  Sep 20, 2019
  
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• Feds give City of Ottawa $1M for Blackburn Arena upgrade

  The $4.3-million expansion and upgrade will include new accessible change rooms and stands. The city hopes to begin construction on the project in spring 2020.

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2019
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• Ottawa Liberal MPP Marie-France Lalonde to seek federal seat in Orléans after Leslie retires

  Lalonde announced her intention to run federally Monday, saying she's giving up thoughts of seeking the leadership of the Ontario Liberals because she wants to focus on her east-Ottawa community.

  Politics

  May 13, 2019
• Sex offender profiled in Ontario probation series may be breaching conditions again

  Months after a Global News investigation exposed gaps in Ontario’s probation system, a high-risk sexual offender may be breaking his probation conditions.

  Investigations

  Jan 25, 2018
• Independent report cites need to address issue of strip searches in Ontario jails

  Howard Sapers released a report Tuesday painting a picture of a system in need of an overhaul to emphasize human rights, and that lacks the proper tools to address Indigenous overrepresentation and full oversight when inmates die in custody.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2017
• Ontario to create province’s first French-only university

  The location isn't yet determined, but the university would be intended to serve central and southwestern Ontario, the areas with the fastest growing Francophone populations.

  Politics

  Aug 28, 2017
• Ontario man with schizophrenia who died after ‘altercation’ with jail guards had over 50 injuries: lawyer

  Thirty-year-old Soleiman Faqiri died on Dec. 15 — 11 days after being admitted to the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont., on charges of assault, threatening death and bodily harm and two counts of aggravated assault.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2017
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• Family still without answers 6 months after Ontario man with schizophrenia dies in jail

  Six months after the unexplained death of a man with schizophrenia inside an Ontario jail following a “physical altercation” with multiple guards, his family is still desperate to know what really happened to him.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2017
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• Ontario corrections minister unaware of concerns that home visits, curfew checks rarely done by probation officers

  Global News sat down with Ontario's minister of community safety and corrections to bring her the findings of our investigation into Ontario's probation system.

  Investigations

  May 11, 2017