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Publication Date: October 30, 2025 - 18:00

Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. October 30th, 2025

October 30, 2025

The 2025 World Series is in full swing, and so is the barrage of sports gambling ads. And now, a federal Senator is leading the push to restrict when those ads would air. Of course, it would need to pass several readings in the House of Commons first, so the ads remain under provincial jurisdiction until those changes are made. Do we need tighter laws to crack down on sports betting? Kristy Cameron poses that question to Dr. Shawn Kelly, a pediatrician and addiction specialist, in Hour 1. Meantime, a tense conversation between U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra and Ontario’s Trade Representative to Washington has been making the rounds on social media. And while we don’t have audio of this exchange, David Paterson’s restraint is a diplomatic lesson that we should all take notes on. Here to explain further is Fen Hampson, a Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.

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This is from a story about the scalping of British settlers and militia by Mi’kmaq warriors in what became known as the “Dartmouth Massacre” on May 13, 1751, from John Wilson’s eyewitness account: “These Indians chain the unfortunate prisoner to a large thick tree, and bind his hands and his feet, then beginning from the middle of the craneum, they cut quite round towards the neck; this being done, they then tear off the skin, leaving the skull bare; an inflammation quickly follows, the patient fevers, and dies in the most exquisite tortures.” Wilson’s account is not the only record...
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