Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Wed. August 6th, 2025
August 6, 2025
When it comes to helping Canada and the United States achieve their respective economic goals, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says U.S. President Donald Trump has pushed all the wrong buttons so far. You’ll hear some of Ford’s comments in Hour 4. Meantime, if you are driving a car, and you don’t have car insurance, you might be headed down a slippery slope with no brakes to save you. CTV’s Austin Lee outlines the dangers that today’s uninsured drivers are facing, even if they don’t know it yet. And finally, if news breaks, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
Unpublished Newswire
A Yukon First Nation says it will oppose any new mining claims on its traditional territory as it begins a regional land-use planning process with the territory’s government.The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun says in a post on Facebook that it is issuing a notice to the mining industry that it will oppose any claim “through all available legal and political avenues.”The Nation says any such claim staked during the land-use planning process are “unwelcome” and “unlawful,” citing past court decisions that it says “strongly discourages staking claims in the areas” undergoing such a process...
August 6, 2025 - 20:54 | Chuck Chiang | The Globe and Mail
Ottawa says it will uphold a ruling by Canada’s telecommunications regulator allowing the country’s largest internet companies to provide service to customers using fibre networks built by their rivals – as long as they do so outside their core regions.Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says in a statement the CRTC’s ruling “will immediately allow for more competition on existing networks for high-speed internet services across the country.”
August 6, 2025 - 20:41 | Sammy Hudes | The Globe and Mail
Renewed buyer attention is bringing a fresh wave of optimism to regions like the Okanagan, where the majority of winery sales are taking place.
August 6, 2025 - 20:29 | Victoria Femia | Global News - Canada
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