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Publication Date: January 13, 2026 - 18:01
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Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Tues. January 13th, 2026
January 13, 2026
A Calabogie Facebook group was buzzing with concern after a resident posted a photo of a deer that was stranded on thin ice. The deer had fallen into the Madawaska River on Monday, but had managed to crawl out of it, just shy of the Burnstown Bridge. Branden McClymont, who helped rescue that deer from the river, joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 2. Shifting gears to public transit, it appears that bus cancellations at OC Transpo have reached a tipping point. We check in with Beacon Hill-Cyrville councillor Tim Tierney. Plus, CFRA’s Chris Holski searches Canada’s Capital for the best public washroom.
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Good morning. After years of frosty relations, Ottawa is testing whether a Beijing reset is worth the domestic and diplomatic fallout – more on that below, along with ICE clashes in Minnesota and the shrinking public service. Bur first:Today’s headlinesIran hints at fast trials and executions of protesters as the death toll exceeds 2,500As Venezuela begins releasing prisoners, a Manitoba man held there since 2013 seeks Ottawa’s helpAn Ontario court seeks the arrest of a man in a $10-million music-industry heist case
January 14, 2026 - 06:34 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
After two-and-a-half years without a permanent leader, the Quebec Liberal Party finally elected one last summer. Now, they’re leaderless again. A week before Christmas, Pablo Rodriguez resigned amid allegations of vote buying, plunging a once-dominant political machine back into crisis. The Liberals are polling around 20 percent and scrambling to rebuild trust with a base that’s fed up with the disarray and fleeing. Meanwhile, support for the governing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) has collapsed; according to recent polls, François Legault is Canada’s least popular premier.
In this...
January 14, 2026 - 06:30 | Caitlin Walsh Miller | Walrus
The holiday break is now behind us, and Premier François Legault has yet to take his walk in the snow. All signs point to him running his fifth election campaign as leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec this fall—and his third as premier.
However, the embattled premier will have a steep hill to climb. A new Quebec survey from Pallas Data of decided and leaning voters, partly commissioned by The Walrus, suggested the holiday break did nothing to improve Quebecers’ mood toward their government in Quebec City, nor toward Legault himself.
Let’s first look at the province-wide figures.
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January 14, 2026 - 06:29 | Philippe J. Fournier | Walrus
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