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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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Municipalities across Ontario say they can no longer foot the bill for provincial programming like social services and health care, saying they face an “unsustainable” funding shortfall of billions of dollars annually.
April 6, 2026 - 05:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
OTTAWA — Some RCMP body cameras in Alberta and B.C. aren’t just recording people anymore, they’re writing about them too. For months, the police force has been testing a new technology where artificial intelligence writes a draft report based on body camera audio of an interaction.
In July, the RCMP launched a year-long pilot project in eight B.C. and two Alberta detachments where audio from officers’ body cameras is uploaded into an AI transcription service to automatically generate a draft incident report. The force budgeted up to $200,000 for the test.
The AI software is Draft...
April 6, 2026 - 04:00 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
I spent six years last Tuesday watching an endless series of mandatory training videos thoughtfully provided by a human resources department that hates me. You know the kind; elaborate scenarios shot as though HR had binge-watched Grey’s Anatomy for a decade straight, with sixth-rate actors who are shocked -- shocked, I tell you -- to discover that doing your banking on public wifi at the coffee shop while loudly discussing a client’s confidential information might create a few security vulnerabilities. Read More
April 6, 2026 - 04:00 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
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