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Publication Date: May 1, 2026 - 18:01
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Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Fri. May 1st, 2026
May 1, 2026
Oil prices have spiked – once again – due to fluctuating levels of uncertainty in the Middle East. The price of regular gas shot up 8 cents per litre overnight in some parts of the country. In fact, over in Toronto, gas is currently sitting at $1.89 per litre. Kristy Cameron checks in with Colin Mang, an economist at McMaster University. Looking at the bright side of life, today is a good day to be a ByWard Market business owner, as road closures kick off the start of patio season. Joining the show in Hour 2 is Johny Bonney, an Assistant Manager at The King Eddy and Lil Zee’s Pizza.
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Thousands of visitors descended on the Central Okanagan city during the 10-day tournament, providing an early boost to tourism and local businesses ahead of the peak summer season.
June 1, 2026 - 22:58 | Klaudia Van Emmerik | Global News - Canada
The two premiers are also expected to speak about trade, investment and provincial autonomy, with meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday.
June 1, 2026 - 22:12 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
With its quotations from the prophets Isaiah and Amos, the philosophers Aristotle and Charles Taylor, and the Nobel Laureate Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s landmark speech on antisemitism aimed for some of the most rousing oratory of his premiership, as he urged all Canadians to engage with this challenge that should not be for Jews alone. But the strongest reaction in the audience at Toronto’s Holy Blossom Temple, the oldest synagogue in Canada, was to what the prime minister left unsaid. “He did not use the word ‘Zionism’ once and he could have,” said...
June 1, 2026 - 21:37 | Joseph Brean | National Post
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