Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Mon. June 2nd, 2025
June 2, 2025
Chris Holski is filling in for Kristy Cameron today, as she pinch-hits for CTV Morning Live this week. Don’t worry, we’ll revisit that subject with a couple of highlights from Monday’s program. But first, we shift gears to serious matters at Carleton University, as Scotiabank shuts down its campus branch in favour of relocation. The closure will be complete as of August 5th, as the branch moves to 1145 Bank Street. Marc Tasse is a part-time Professor at UOttawa’s Telfer School of Management. He joins the show in Hour 1 to deliver his two cents on the matter. Plus, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
Unpublished Newswire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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