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CTV News
04-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
Here are all the days the LaSalle Causeway's temporary bridge will be removed this summer and fall
The marine opening on the LaSalle Causeway with the temporary modular bridge removed. (Public Services and Procurement Canada/YouTube) Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has identified 21 days this summer and fall during which the temporary bridge on the LaSalle Causeway will be removed to allow marine traffic to pass. The causeway is a main traffic link between Kingston's downtown and east end, but its former bascule bridge was damaged last year and could not be repaired. The bridge was removed and replaced by a temporary modular bridge, which is expected to remain in place until the construction of the permanent replacement bridge begins. The modular bridge must be periodically removed to allow ships to pass the crossing that connects the Cataraqui and St. Lawrence rivers. The LaSalle Causeway is the southern terminus of the Rideau Canal system that connects the St. Lawrence with the Ottawa River. The 2025 navigation season on the Rideau Canal runs until Oct. 13. PSPC says the LaSalle Causeway will be fully closed to vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians to allow for the temporary opening of the main marine navigation channel during the following periods: Sunday, June 8, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 15, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 22, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, June 29, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 6, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 13, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 20, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 27, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. 'During these periods, the removal of the modular bridge will begin at 6 a.m., with the marine channel expected to be open by 9 a.m. From June 8 to Sept. 7, the marine channel will be closed at 7 p.m. to reinstall the bridge, with the causeway expected to reopen to vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians by 10 p.m,' PSPC says. 'From Sept. 21 to Nov. 16, the marine channel will be closed at 5 p.m. to reinstall the bridge, while the causeway is expected to reopen by 8 p.m.' Boaters are encouraged to cross the causeway as early as possible during the opening window as reinstallation of the modular bridge may need to be done sooner depending on marine conditions. A timeline for the construction of a permanent replacement bridge on the LaSalle Causeway has yet to be confirmed.
Ottawa Citizen
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Ottawa Citizen
Secrecy over troubled Canadian Surface Combatant program continues
Article content Procurement Canada withheld records on the country's most expensive military program for six years only to release them almost entirely censored. Article content The latest failed attempt to get information on the Canadian Surface Combatant project does not bode well for those interested in how their tax dollars are being spent on the mega project, Ottawa researcher Ken Rubin says. Article content Article content Critics have labelled the Canadian Surface Combatant project, the largest single purchase in Canadian history, as a bottomless money pit with little accountability or oversight. The Parliamentary Budget Officer has reported the CSC will cost more than $80 billion to build 15 of the warships. Article content But on March 8 the Liberal government announced that it was proceeding with the building of the first three ships. The government estimated that would cost $22 billion, or slightly more than $7 billion each. Article content The CSC is based on the Type 26 warship being built for the United Kingdom. The British are paying around $1.3 billion for each of their ships, which are slightly smaller and less heavy than the proposed Canadian design. Article content Article content Rubin filed his Access to Information request to Public Services and Procurement Canada on Feb. 25, 2019, for correspondence about the CSC covering a three-year period. He recently received 39 pages with most information censored. Article content Article content 'There is so much secrecy around this program that you have to ask what are (government) hiding?' Rubin said. 'This is a massive expense of tax dollars without any accountability.' Article content Article content Last year the Ottawa Citizen reported on Rubin's efforts to obtain CSC records from the Department of National Defence. After withholding documents for almost three years, DND released nearly 1,700 pages of records that were supposed to outline specific costs and work done so far on the CSC program. All the details of what taxpayers had so far spent and what type of work was done for that money were censored. Article content Prime Minister Mark Carney has stated he wants to review the Access to Information law because of his concerns about how long it takes for records to be released and the amount of censorship. Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had also promised to improve the access law, but the process only got worse, with excessive delays and increased censorship.
