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Publication Date: March 25, 2026 - 18:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. March 25th, 2026
March 25, 2026
The Manitoba government is planning to scrap the PST on all groceries, impacting items such as rotisserie chickens and junk food. Most basic groceries are already exempt from Ontario’s HST but, beyond raw ingredients, food is taxed in our province. Should they be? Kristy Cameron poses that question to Mike Von Massow, a Food Economist with the University of Guelph. Meantime, firefighters were successful in containing a ByWard Market blaze on Monday night, which came dangerously close to spreading to other buildings. Joining us in Hour 1 is Nick DeFazio, a Public Information Officer with Ottawa Fire Services. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
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March 28, 2026 - 07:00 | David Ebner | The Globe and Mail
“There’s a boy here, of course.”
It was my first day. I’d been hired to help with the holiday-season rush at a small historic house museum located in a tiny nature preserve tucked alongside a Toronto expressway. That morning, as the city was hushed by the year’s first snowfall, I took the subway and a bus and then walked down a steep hill, half slipping on the slick pavement. I arrived, eventually, at Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, home to a weathered nineteenth-century brewery, a paper mill, and two small historic houses, one yellow and one grey.
“A boy? Like ....
March 28, 2026 - 06:30 | Ann McDougall | Walrus
Scottie Barnes is, theoretically, a power forward. But 73 games into the Toronto Raptors season, he's played extended time at every position.
March 28, 2026 - 06:02 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
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