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Ottawa’s city clerk will decide in mid-January whether to resume in-person council meetings in 2022, as health officials keep an eye on the new Omicron COVID-19 variant of concern.
Canada is expected to hit Google and Facebook with new news media regulation in 2022. The news industry is expected an annual windfall of $100-150m.
Residents in Kanata North will not head to a byelection to elect a councillor. Instead their next representative will be appointed by city council at a special meeting on Nov. 10.
Under the Municipal Act, council has two options to fill the vacant seat in Kanata North until the next municipal election in October 2022 – hold a byelection or appoint a new councillor.
Jenna Sudds said she is waiting for mail-in ballots to be counted for Kanata—Carleton before she officially resigns as a city councillor to begin her new role as a Liberal MP.