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Publication Date: April 8, 2025 - 18:02
Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Tues. April 8th, 2025
April 8, 2025

Most Canadians are expecting a recession in 2025, with a new survey from the Bank of Canada registering a concerning spike in this belief. Right now, 67 percent of consumers are expecting the bad news to hit this year, a 47 percent climb from last quarter. Are you bracing for a recession right now? If so, what are you doing to prepare for it? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Shifting gears to local news, transit riders are bracing for a significant overhaul of Ottawa’s transit system. Ahead of the April 27th changes, concerned parent Joshua Lovell voices his frustrations, with his daughter needing 2 buses and a train to attend classes.
Expressions of grief and sympathy came pouring in on Saturday for an international college student shot dead by mistake in Hamilton while waiting for a city bus.The death of 21-year-old Harsimrat Randhawa, who Hamilton police described as an innocent bystander killed by stray gunfire as occupants of one car shot at another, triggered expressions of grief from officials with the college where she studied, the Canadian city where she lived and the country she first called home.
April 19, 2025 - 16:47 | Sharif Hassan | The Globe and Mail
The Liberal Party is promising to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and merge similar programs and services to make the public service more efficient. Read More
April 19, 2025 - 14:45 | Paula Tran | Ottawa Citizen
WHITBY, ONT. — On
this week’s Ivison video
, regular guest Eugene Lang referred to “the trifecta — or what Van Morrison
would call The Great Deception.”
Lang, an experienced Liberal operative, was talking about the tendency of governments...
April 19, 2025 - 12:57 | John Ivison | National Post
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