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Publication Date: January 26, 2026 - 18:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Mon. January 26th, 2026
January 26, 2026
The House of Commons has returned for the Winter Session, and Prime Minister Carney kicked things off with a big announcement on Monday. His government is launching a GST credit to help Canadians manage the rising cost of groceries. The quarterly payments will see an increase of 25 percent over the next 5 years, and will also include a one-time top-up of 50 percent this June. We dig deeper with Mike Von Massow, a food economist at the University of Guelph. Later in the program, we check in with Carissa Davis, who is the Community Advocacy Coordinator for the Parkdale Food Centre. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
Unpublished Newswire
In the second episode of the hit TV series Heated Rivalry, its two lead characters compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. And while, at this point in the show, closeted pro hockey players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) are still in the early stages of their heated affair, the topic of LGBTQ2S+ inclusion naturally comes up when Hollander and some American hockey players discuss going to watch a friend compete in the men’s figure skating program.
“Brave for a dude to show up to a place like this and be like ‘hey, here’s me.’ Russia is not...
February 11, 2026 - 06:30 | Mel Woods | Walrus
Good morning. Canada’s major airlines cancelled their flights to Cuba as the island’s oil crisis deepens – more on that below, along with a silver medal in Milan Cortina and a U.S. cabinet member’s Epstein ties. But first:
February 11, 2026 - 06:14 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
Internal documents show there are concerns overhead cables may not be able to handle the massive ramp up in service required to use Bathurst Street as World Cup artery.
February 11, 2026 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Canada
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