Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. April 24th, 2025
April 24, 2025
Children with special education needs across the province are being subject to exclusion, seclusion, and restraint. That’s according to a new report from Community Living Ontario, which was unveiled earlier this week. We dig deeper in Hour 2 with Shawn Pegg, the non-profit’s Director of Social Policy and Strategic Initiatives. They are a provincial association that advocates for Ontarians with intellectual disabilities, as well as their families. Meantime, we are counting down the days before Canadians head to the polls and form the next government. CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent delivers the latest headlines from the campaign trail. Plus, as Sens owner Michael Andlauer sells his business, a ‘towel war’ has been waged. CFRA’s Chris Holski has more on that.
Unpublished Newswire
The Globe is visiting communities across the country to hear from Canadians about the issues affecting their lives, their futures and their votes in this federal election.Kitimat’s construction boom is tapering off. The Help Wanted signs that used to decorate businesses are coming down. And hotel rooms in the northern B.C. port city are no longer packed with construction workers, as the process of building a new, $18-billion gas terminal winds down at the harbour.
April 24, 2025 - 21:01 | Nancy Macdonald, Photography by Robin Rowland | The Globe and Mail
After an eight-year dry spell, playoff hockey was back in the capital Thursday as the Senators faced the reviled Toronto Maple Leafs. And it was fan-tastic. Read More
April 24, 2025 - 20:52 | Joanne Laucius | Ottawa Citizen
Ron Bamber moseyed down Aisle 1 of The Home Depot in Red Deer on Tuesday, looking for plants for his wife. They have an acreage out of town, with a heated shop that doubles as a greenhouse until Alberta’s spring snowstorms give way to more consistent temperatures.This is landslide conservative country and six months ago, voters here and across much of the province were giddy at the prospect of Pierre Poilievre trouncing the Liberals in the federal election. But now Albertans are steeling themselves for the prospect of a fourth Liberal term.
April 24, 2025 - 20:36 | Carrie Tait | The Globe and Mail
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