Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. July 24th, 2025
July 24, 2025
Chris Holski is filling in for Kristy Cameron this week, as she enjoys a relaxing vacation without a single worry of any traffic nightmares. Perhaps the rest of us haven’t been as lucky over the past 7 days. And as we move deeper into the 2020s and well beyond that, maybe we need to reinvent Highway 417. Would you support turning portions of it into a boulevard? What about underground transit commutes that don’t involve the O-Train? We dig deeper with Martin Tite, who is an architect with Ottawa-based Provencher Roy. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines, which includes the death of a famous and revolutionary wrestler.
Unpublished Newswire
Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he’s urging Ottawa to find new trading partners outside the United States.Harper says he was approached by the government two weeks ago and advised Ottawa to work out a short-term deal with U.S. President Donald Trump while expanding trade in other markets.At a conference in Saskatoon today, Harper says Canada should be “independently responsible” for defending itself and should not rely on the U.S. military.
July 28, 2025 - 15:59 | Dylan Robertson | The Globe and Mail
The latest round of store closures will affect places like Brampton, Barrie and Wawa, Ont., which will stop operating on Sept. 28, according to the company.
July 28, 2025 - 15:58 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
The union said the key issues on the bargaining table are what it calls 'poverty-level wages for junior flight attendants,' and 'hours and hours of mandatory unpaid work.'
July 28, 2025 - 15:49 | Uday Rana | Global News - Canada
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