Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Tues. September 2nd, 2025 | Unpublished
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Publication Date: September 2, 2025 - 16:38

Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Tues. September 2nd, 2025

September 2, 2025

A rising number of students across Canada are struggling with bullying, poverty, and mental illness as they head back to the classroom. That’s according to the brand-new Raising Canada Report, commissioned by Children First Canada. It says more than 70 percent of Canadian youth between the ages of 12 and 17 have experienced bullying in the last year. Furthermore, over 13 percent of children were living in poverty by the end of 2024. And when we examine the data for teenagers, 1-in-5 say they’ve experienced cyberbullying in the past 12 months. We dig through the data in Hour 2 with the help of Sara Austin. She works for the charity organization who fronted this report. Shifting our attention to Canadian employment, what are the odds that a significant chunk of public service duties will be taken over by Artificial Intelligence? Prime Minister Mark Carney has talked about the idea of incorporating A.I. into Canada’s public service sector on several occasions, although it’s not clear to what degree. Nevertheless, it has public servants wondering about their long-term future. Paying us a visit to rip off that band-aid is Viet Vu, who works at Toronto Metropolitan University.



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A waterfall tumbles down the rock face near 10 or so cavers hunched deep within a cranny in Horne Lake Caves, one of Vancouver Island’s best-known cave systems.As part of a rescue training workshop, the volunteer cavers are learning how to strap a person onto a backboard – a role played by a fellow volunteer – and how to manoeuvre and communicate in dark, tight and twisting passages.
September 27, 2025 - 09:30 | James Macdonald | The Globe and Mail
In March, four months into her pregnancy, Leilani Garel was in excruciating pain with a bug she suspects was the flu.Ms. Garel, who lives in Markham, Ont., rarely turns to over-the-counter medication and feared that taking it could affect her growing fetus. Having experienced a miscarriage before this pregnancy, she also carried an added burden of worry.
September 27, 2025 - 08:30 | Kristy Kirkup | The Globe and Mail
The risk that hundreds of ostriches in southeastern B.C. could still spread the bird flu that infected the flock last December is very low, but remains high enough to continue with a federal cull, veterinary science experts tell The Globe and Mail.Angela Rasmussen, a virologist with the University of Saskatchewan, said that while it is possible to test the birds for avian flu using a PCR test – the same used to test for COVID-19 in humans – scientists would likely need to take multiple samples to ensure the accuracy of the testing.
September 27, 2025 - 07:30 | Nancy Macdonald, Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail