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Publication Date: March 17, 2026 - 18:01
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Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Tues. March 17th, 2026
March 17, 2026
Effective April 30th, Ontarians will be permitted to bring their own alcoholic beverages to outdoor public events. From farmers’ markets and movie screenings, to art exhibits and neighbourhood festivals, the world is your oyster. How are people reacting to Doug Ford’s master plan? Kristy Cameron checks in with Tara Shannon, the Executive Director of the Ottawa Festival Network. Meantime, Mother Nature keeps flip-flopping between seasons, as we head back to the wintery freeze following a morning snow squall. Environment Canada climatologist David Phillips pays us a visit in Hour 2. Plus, Carleton’s favourite political activist group has returned. CFRA’s Chris Holski explains.
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Changes with how New Brunswick's paramedics are deployed will benefit rural communities, according to the Paramedic Association of New Brunswick.
March 25, 2026 - 14:45 | Rebecca Lau | Global News - Canada
OTTAWA — “Irreparable” attack on federalism or necessary protection of Charter rights?
The two diametrically-opposed views on if the Supreme Court should impose new limits on the invocation of the nothwithstanding clause came to a head Wednesday as five provincial governments and the federal government made their cases during the Supreme Court’s (SCC) hearings on Quebec’s Bill 21.
Taking position for the first time in the legal battle that began in 2019, the federal government argued that repeat invocations of the clause to suspend people’s Charter rights can have the effect of...
March 25, 2026 - 14:38 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
The federal government had set an April 1 deadline for provinces to have a policy in place to fund all medically necessary services from nurse practitioners.
March 25, 2026 - 14:32 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
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