Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Fri. May 2nd, 2025
May 2, 2025
In this chaotic space and time that is the 2020s, loneliness has rapidly turned into society’s silent killer. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg believes that A.I. friends could help solve this troubling epidemic. Could you be friends with a Chatbot? And if you decide to adopt this societal experiment, what are the potential pitfalls you should be aware of? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackle today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, the union representing auto workers at Oshawa’s General Motors plant says the company is cutting its third shift this Fall. And, once again, the company is putting the blame squarely on the Trump tariffs. UNIFOR National President Lana Payne joins the program in Hour 3. We also gather instant reaction from Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter.
Unpublished Newswire
The rise in nationalist sentiment since Donald Trump’s second inauguration has been extraordinary. Flags fly higher. Political speeches lean harder into “Canadian values.”
Nationalism is inherently interesting. There are varieties: left, right, civic, ethnic. There are different, competing definitions. There are benign, if cloying, manifestations and malignant ones. As a sentiment and a commitment, it’s important to examine and understand nationalism since it’s also a kind of currency that can be spent, or a force that can be mobilized, and not necessarily for good. Indeed, nationalism...
July 1, 2025 - 06:30 | David Moscrop | Walrus
Many Canadians are taking stock these days of what makes us unique. Bruce Deachman spoke to several Ottawans in advance of Canada Day to learn what being Canadian means to them. In their own words, here are their responses: Read More
July 1, 2025 - 04:00 | Bruce Deachman | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — Two architects of Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi’s surprise victory in the 2010 Calgary mayor’s race say they’re feeling déjà vu after seeing another thirty-something Shia Muslim — with family ties to East Africa and Gujarat, India — upend the politics of a major North American city.
Stephen Carter, now
president of Decide Campaigns...
July 1, 2025 - 04:00 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
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