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Jeff Leiper Emerging as the Favourite to Unseat Ottawa’s Incumbent Mayor
By: Donovan Martin Sr, Editor in Chief Image Credit Leiper Handout /TDS News Composite In a political era where cynicism often dominates public discourse, municipal campaigns rarely generate genuine excitement beyond the traditional base of engaged voters. That is part of what makes the growing momentum around Ottawa mayoral candidate Jeff Leiper increasingly noteworthy. The longtime Kitchissippi councillor is not running a campaign built around spectacle, slogans, or outrage. Instead, he appears to be building something far more difficult in modern politics: credibility rooted in consi
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America and Iran Are Already at War. The Question Now Is What Comes Next?
America is not standing at the edge of war with Iran. That line has already been crossed. The language of diplomacy may still be moving in the background, and officials may still dress the conflict in careful phrases like limited strikes, defensive actions, naval pressure, and ceasefire violations. But once American forces are striking Iranian targets, Iran is condemning those attacks as violations, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is being treated as leverage, and global oil markets are reacting to every rumour of a deal, the world is no longer watching a crisis that might happen. It is
