Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Mon. June 9th, 2025
June 9, 2025
Cataract surgery is classified as a medically-necessary surgery in Ontario. But thanks to rising wait times, today’s patients are turning to private clinics for surgical options. Those results have come with several asterisks, as some patients allege they were being upsold. This report from the Toronto Star comes at a time where the Ford government has continued to expand the number of privately-run surgical and diagnostic cataract centres. And with each passing month, the Ontario Health Coalition says complaints have gone from bad to worse. Have you ever been ‘upsold’ on medical care before? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, it’s a Monday afternoon, which means it’s time to welcome back our Political Heat Panel. Today’s biggest headline, of course, is Canada’s defense spending gameplan. They plan to meet NATO’s 2 percent target in 2025. But what should the long-term plans include? We debate and discuss in Hour 3.
Unpublished Newswire
W hen she was five months pregnant, Johanna Isopuro received a cardboard box in the mail, the kind you pack when you are unexpectedly fired from your office job. But this one was painted a festive turquoise blue and adorned with stencilled yellow leaves. Isopuro opened it to find it packed to the brim with merino wool onesies, a knit reindeer blanket, a hooded towel with little ears, a fluffy snowsuit, and snow boots puffy enough to keep the smallest toes warm. There was a baby book of nursery rhymes, a stuffed toy, and a sleeping bag. There were also items for her: pads, nipple cream,...
July 12, 2025 - 06:30 | Marina Lopes | Walrus
Most of the fentanyl entering the United States continues to come from the southern border, not the northern one, according to a recent report by an American think-tank, despite President Donald Trump’s statement on Thursday that Canadian authorities have failed “to stop the drugs from pouring into our country.”
“Countering supply effectively depends on understanding what the dominant drug-trafficking routes are,” says the report by the Manhattan Institute, which was published July 1. “New data on fentanyl seizures presented here largely reinforce previous understanding that most IMF (...
July 12, 2025 - 06:00 | Ari David Blaff | National Post
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July 12, 2025 - 06:00 | Kayla Thompson | Walrus
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