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Publication Date: April 30, 2026 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. April 30th, 2026
April 30, 2026
RTO mandates are one thing. Parking logistics are another. Once we get to July – just two months from now – federal government employees are expected to report to their office workstations 4 days per week. However, DND employees are already struggling to find parking spots, and it’s been a recurring problem for many years. If your employer tells you to come in, but you can’t park there easily, is that fair to the employee? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, the Spring weather has arrived in spades, which can only mean one thing. Gardening expert Carson Arthur is back for another Ottawa Now gardening season! Got a question for Carson? Text into the show or send us an email.
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The federal government is standing by plans to have public servants return to the office at least four days a week starting in July. As David Fraser explains, unions still wonder if there's enough space.
May 6, 2026 - 17:45 | | CBC News - Ottawa
A furore among Barrie, Ontario parents has developed after a harm reduction booklet entitled “safer snorting” was distributed by the Canadian Mental Health Association at a local high school. One parent and member of the Facebook group “Barrie Concerned Citizens” posted that students at Barrie North Collegiate Institute were recently given the booklet along with condoms. “I do not know if the teachers and principal is aware but I sure hope complaints are made,” wrote James Buccos in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “This is absolutely despicable. Yes we are all aware our kids are going to...
May 6, 2026 - 17:44 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
Euthanasia for mental suffering can be the equivalent of suicide carried out by a doctor and it’s irresponsible to frame MAID as a way to prevent people from dying by suicide at their own hands, parliamentarians heard this week. Dutch psychiatrists issued a blunt warning to senators and MPs during the seventh and final meeting of a special joint committee deliberating the expansion of MAID (medical assistance in dying) to people whose sole underlying medical condition is mental illness. “My message to Canada: do not expand. The evidence is not there,” Dr. Jim van Os, a professor of...
May 6, 2026 - 17:20 | Sharon Kirkey | National Post
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