The first signs of permanent daylight time will be coming to Ontario on Nov. 1, the day when clocks would otherwise fall back one hour. According to Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford, municipalities in the province’s northwest region reached a largely “unanimous consensus” on alignment with nearby Manitoba, following Premier Wab Kinew’s recent announcement of the province adopting permanent daylight time across its zones. This follows recent announcements from leadership in British Columbia and Alberta also adopting permanent daylight time in their respective regions.

The City of Ottawa recently warned downtown travellers around a particularly busy intersection of major work coming that would further disrupt traffic flow for extended periods of time. Safety improvements at the intersection of Laurier Avenue West and Elgin Street began in November 2025, implementing lane closures and pattern realignments which are set to continue in this latest wave of updates on the intersection project. Cyclists and pedestrians will be directed to alternate crossings due to parts of the intersection seeing bike lane and sidewalk closures while work, including maintenance hole reconstruction and eventual barrier additions, is underway.

Plans have begun on a data centre facility somewhere in the National Capital Region. The federal government announced last week that the project is estimated to cost at least $1.5 billion, with a projected energy consumption of 60 megawatts, the equivalent of some 30,000 homes. However, it is only at the stage of advance procurement notification and does not yet formally consist of a contract or bid framework, which won’t be until early next year if the required clearances have been obtained. The posted notice also indicated “no guarantee that (the) contract (would) proceed” to reinforce the advisory nature of the announcement.