Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. September 10th, 2025

Back in 2013, Anne Bachinski-Bradford was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, and was projected to live for just a matter of weeks. Her husband, John-Peter, refused to accept this reality. He wanted to do everything in his power to extend his wife’s time on Planet Earth for as long as he could. In the end, she got to spend precious time with her grand-kids before taking her final breaths, memories that would have otherwise remained dreams. Today, John-Peter’s efforts have continued through the Life-Saving Therapies Network, which is constantly fighting for faster access to life-extending treatments. He shares his emotional story in Hour 2. Shifting gears to a separate provincial matter, Ontario’s Premier is raising eyebrows for comments he made about Ontario’s youth employment pool. He says some people have called his office, complaining that work for today’s teenagers and early-twenties applicants is hard to find. His response: If you look hard enough, you will find work. As you might expect, a lot of people took offense to that soundbite and vented their frustrations online. We gather the bigger picture with Ilona Dougherty, a co-creator of the Youth and Innovation Project at the University of Waterloo. And on a much lighter note, the next CHEO Dream Home is up for sale! CFRA's Chris Holski outlines what prizes you get if you're the grand-prize winner. And even if you fall short, you could still win some pretty cool secondary prizes as well.