Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Wed. June 4th, 2025
June 4, 2025
In a conversation with CTV’s Vassy Kapelos, NDP interim leader Don Davies says they plan to vote against Mark Carney’s Throne Speech, citing a number of glaring omissions in the Prime Minister’s gameplan. As for the Tories, they have not specified as to which side they’ll lean towards, but this could force another snap election if everything goes wrong. We bring you the latest developments as they become available. Looking ahead to next week’s programming, CFRA’s Kristy Cameron is lending a helping hand to anyone looking for a summer job. Well, not personally. But she will be dropping some hints as to which employers will be hiring. Details are on the way in Hour 4. Plus, CFRA’s Callum Fraser is about to land a new job – as a first-time father. He joins the Ottawa Now family before his paternity leave begins.
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Experts say the bill, which cuts billions of tax credits for clean energy and electric vehicles, end a brief era where the U.S. and Canada were moving in the same direction.
July 5, 2025 - 07:00 | Sean Boynton | Global News - Canada
I t’s the morning of August 22, 2019, and I’m in a Zodiac bouncing along the waters of the St. Lawrence River. It can hold six divers and all their gear, but this morning, there are only six of us—no gear. Far from being divers, we are curiosity seekers from New York, Vancouver, London, and Montreal, all obsessed with the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, which claimed 1,014 lives in 1914.
Until a few years ago, I had never heard of the Empress and its disastrous end. And that’s staggering, because the loss of passenger life (836) outnumbered that of the Titanic (832).
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July 5, 2025 - 06:30 | Eve Lazarus | Walrus
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says she’s confident that $30-million in federal housing funding is not at risk despite council’s refusal to permit sixplexes across the entirety of the city − a condition of its agreement with Ottawa.“Look at me. Do I look worried?” Ms. Chow told The Globe and Mail on Friday at a meeting with its editorial board.
July 5, 2025 - 06:30 | Sophia Coppolino | The Globe and Mail
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