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Today's top headlines from CBC Ottawa - 2025-01-22

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Sutcliffe strikes optimistic note for 2025, despite looming challenges

January 21 , 2025 at 05:33:55 p.m. EST • :

In his annual state of the city address, Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe painted a mixed picture for the nation's capital in 2025, pointing to significant challenges as well as reasons for optimism.

City's appeal of Kanata golf course redevelopment dismissed

January 21 , 2025 at 12:26:47 p.m. EST • :

ClubLink's push to replace the Kanata Golf and Country Club with 1,480 housing units has cleared another legal challenge.

Canada's immigration department cutting roughly 3,300 jobs over 3 years

January 21 , 2025 at 07:47:19 a.m. EST • :

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced plans to cut about 3,300 jobs, or about a quarter of its workforce, over the next three years.

Extreme cold, snow squalls forecast in Kingston and Belleville area

January 20 , 2025 at 10:15:55 a.m. EST • :

The Kingston and Belleville areas now have an extreme cold warning Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. It overlaps with a long-lasting snow squall alert for southern Prince Edward County.

Decades after getting a child-care bursary from Ontario, this woman was told to pay it back

January 20 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Jennifer Craft got a $1,245 bursary from the Ontario government to help cover child-care costs while she was in nursing school back in 1996. But the province recently sent a collection agency to get the money back — claiming she failed to file the correct paperwork some 30 years ago.