Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. April 23rd, 2025
April 23, 2025
The Beer Store is set to close its Carling Avenue location later this Spring. Once the doors are officially shuttered on June 15th, it will mark the second Ottawa-based Beer Store closure of 2025. This sudden exit leaves Ontarians with a lot of long-term questions, as the province continues to expand the sale of alcohol to convenience stores and big box stores. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Rod Phillips, a Professor of History at Carleton University who also teaches a course on the history of alcohol. In other provincial news, the Ford government is set to launch a financial investigation into Ottawa’s largest school board, with overtures about the province possibly taking control of the OCDSB. In a statement released today, the Ministry of Education says an investigator will validate the school board’s current financial position. Then, they will recommend whether the Ministry should take charge or not. We go 1-on-1 with Education Minister Paul Calandra in Hour 2.
Unpublished Newswire
The Edmonton Oilers took a commanding 3-1 lead in the Western Conference final series with a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars.
May 27, 2025 - 23:01 | | CBC News - Canada
Air Line Pilots Association Canada president Tim Perry outlines where the industry is at today and what progress he hopes to see as the country faces an air traffic controller shortage, which an Air Canada pilot called out during a recent flight.
May 27, 2025 - 21:48 | | CBC News - Canada
This visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla, which culminated in him opening the 45th Parliament and delivering the government’s Throne Speech, was put together at the last minute, fit into a busy section of the royal calendar, and was over 24 hours after it began. It may have come as a response to serious political and economic threats from the United States, but the King’s first visit as Canada’s monarch displays notable symmetry with a more long-planned visit 68 years ago, when Queen Elizabeth II’s first visit to Canada as monarch was also a brief stop in Ottawa to open...
May 27, 2025 - 21:28 | Patricia Treble | The Globe and Mail
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