Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. January 9th, 2026 | Unpublished
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. January 9th, 2026

January 9, 2026

A new forecast is painting an unpleasant future for some of Canada’s restaurants, as roughly 4,000 of them are predicted to go out of business in 2026. Kristy Cameron sifts through the bigger picture with Sylvain Charlebois in Hour 1. He is the Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. Meantime, Ottawa families can now see how their child’s elementary school stacks up with the rest of Ontario. We explain further before the top-hour newscast. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.



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A Toronto group is hosting weekly meetups in the PATH system to foster friendship and utilize the underground network as a 'third place.'
January 13, 2026 - 05:00 | Megan King | Global News - Canada
The report was released to Global News under the Access to Information Act
January 13, 2026 - 05:00 | Stewart Bell | Global News - Canada
Doctors at an Edmonton hospital have penned a joint statement urging the Alberta government to reverse its plan to close 21 inpatient beds at a time when hospitals are overflowing with patients.The statement, shared with The Globe and Mail, said staff at the University of Alberta Hospital were told on Jan. 6 that one of its two family medicine units will be closed in March, reducing inpatient beds to 21 from 42. Physicians working on these units, who wrote the statement, said closing beds will further strain an already overburdened system and hinder patient care. Family medicine units...
January 13, 2026 - 04:15 | Alanna Smith | The Globe and Mail