Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. July 17th, 2025
July 17, 2025
Over the past few years, Ottawa has dealt with some nasty Summer storms. Do you find these storms fascinating or scary to watch? Guest host Chris Holski sifts through the textboard and tackles today's Question of the Day. Meantime, it's a Thursday afternoon, which means your gardening questions are fair game for gardening expert Carson Arthur. Plus, the Westgate Barber Shop is putting away the scissors after 57 years. CTV's Tyler Fleming talks to some of the shop's longtime customers.
Unpublished Newswire
The union representing front-line RCMP members wants the force to ease requirements for foreign applicants to help attract experienced police officers from agencies like the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and counterparts in the United Kingdom and Australia.The RCMP currently requires that applicants be Canadian citizens or have permanent resident status in Canada. Applicants with permanent resident status must have lived in Canada as a permanent resident for three of the last five years.
August 9, 2025 - 08:36 | Jim Bronskill | The Globe and Mail
The night that Donald Trump won the election for the first time I was in New York.I had parked myself in a bar where young Republicans were gathering to watch the results come in. My assignment was to talk to them after Mr. Trump had lost and write something about the future of the Republican Party after his failure. A look at the post-Trump GOP, in other words.
August 9, 2025 - 07:00 | Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
From its earliest days, the Avon River has been the heart of the community of Stratford, Ont. The centrepiece of the river, known as Lake Victoria, was created in the 1830s as a millpond for industry. The parks board later convinced the city to invest in horse-drawn scoops to dredge the lake. Locals warded off railroad proposals along the shorelines, where roses from Queen Mary were planted. A pair of swans from Queen Elizabeth arrived in 1967.
August 9, 2025 - 07:00 | Sophia Coppolino | The Globe and Mail
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