Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Mon. October 6th, 2025

If a bottling facility doesn’t pull back on its looming decision to shut down a Southwestern Ontario plant, Ontario’s Premier won’t pull the plug on his retaliation against Crown Royal. During a press conference on Monday, Doug Ford doubled down on his decree to remove Crown Royal products from LCBO shelves if tones didn’t shift. As it turns out, the LCBO is Crown Royal’s biggest product consumer in North America. Kristy Cameron examines the bigger picture with John D'Agnolo, the President of UNIFOR Local 200. They represent 200 employees at the Amherstburg bottling plant, which has been operating for nearly a century. Meantime, paddlers at Lac La Peche have been noticing a translucent hazy white quality to the water lately. And as we’ve found out from the NCC, there’s a reason for that. Spoiler alert: It’s jellyfish. Delivering the details in Hour 1 is Larissa Holman, the Director of Science and Policy with the Ottawa Riverkeeper. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.