Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Mon. September 29th, 2025
September 29, 2025
Ontario’s minimum wage will be a little bit higher as of Wednesday morning, with the hourly rate set to climb to $17.60. That’s an hourly increase of 40 cents. However, that isn’t high enough for Laura Walton, the President of the Ontario Federation of Labour. She’s been fighting for a $20-per-hour minimum wage for the past 5 years. What should the limit be? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, a new Conservative activist organization is questioning whether Ontario’s Premier is Conservative enough. It’s time to talk politics on this fine Monday afternoon with our Political Heat Panel.
Unpublished Newswire
The city has sent off a 14-page letter to both levels of government called, 'Chronic Offenders-Closing the Revolving Door'.
October 1, 2025 - 23:06 | Klaudia Van Emmerik | Global News - Canada
Four months after the disappearance of 14-year-old Samuel Bird in Edmonton, city police have confirmed they believe the boy was the victim of a homicide.They say intensive efforts to find Samuel have been happening out of public view since shortly after he was reported missing.
October 1, 2025 - 21:51 | Jana G. Pruden | The Globe and Mail
Alberta’s health authority is forcing some employees to take unpaid time off to ease its financial crunch, according to a memo obtained by The Globe and Mail.Alberta Health Services (AHS) said employees who are not unionized and fall within certain salary grades must take two days off without pay before the end of March, 2026. The memo, distributed Wednesday, said this is a “one-time cost savings measure.”The document, from Erin O’Neill, the agency’s senior vice-president of finance and shared services, did not indicate how much money the furlough program would save or the extent of the...
October 1, 2025 - 21:46 | Carrie Tait, Alanna Smith | The Globe and Mail
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