Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. March 13th, 2025
March 13, 2025
According to a new poll from Leger, 40 percent of Canadian workers are worried about losing their jobs, as an escalating trade war with the United States is gradually taking its toll. Meantime, 46 percent of Canadian households are living on a paycheque-to-paycheque basis. And here in Ontario, more than half of its workers are worried about their job security. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Siobhan Vipond, the Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress. Shifting gears to another popular topic, the temperatures are starting to warm up, as exhibited by Monday’s official shutdown of the Rideau Canal skating season. Spring officially begins next Thursday, but that Spring-like forecast is expected to arrive this weekend. Does that provide a nasty recipe for flooding? Doug Gillham, a meteorologist with The Weather Network, examines how much rain is going to fall over the coming days.
Unpublished Newswire
Boyle Street is preparing to help around 7,000 people a year, whether it's for mental health and addiction, housing referrals, ID and financial aid or other supports.
April 4, 2025 - 19:54 | Jasmine King | Global News - Canada
The City of Calgary will be closing the eastbound lanes of Memorial Drive and some pathways near the Peace Bridge starting on Monday for the next phase of the project.
April 4, 2025 - 19:36 | Adam MacVicar | Global News - Canada
A B.C. provincial court judge has found an 85-year-old former elementary school teacher guilty of nine sex-related charges, most involving his former Grade 6 students.There were 12 complainants, all male, who said Brian Moore assaulted them when they were children, ranging in age from seven to 12 years old.The trial heard that Moore was a teacher at a North Vancouver elementary school and often took some of his students on swimming, water-skiing and snow skiing trips.
April 4, 2025 - 19:33 | | The Globe and Mail
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