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Publication Date: May 8, 2026 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Fri. May 8th, 2026
May 8, 2026
Kristy Cameron is trying to get through 7 full days without her cellphone! How is she faring? We get a quick check-in as Hour 3 commences. Speaking of the good old days, you might notice some Town Criers walking the streets of Ottawa this weekend. And before you ask what year it is, please calm down. It’s only a group of participants making their way to the 2026 Ontario Guild of Town Criers Competition. One of them shows us how it’s done. But first, it’s time to tackle today’s Question of the Day!
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June 8, 2026 - 12:57 | Lisa Johnson | The Globe and Mail
Recently, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize faced credible allegations that several of its regional winners were AI-generated. Granta, the literary magazine that published the stories, found itself drawn into the controversy.
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize matters. It selects five regional winners annually—one each from Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean, and the Pacific—who then compete for the overall prize. Over the years, it has identified emerging authors whose careers came to justify the prize’s reputation: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (overall winner, 2014), for...
June 8, 2026 - 12:37 | D. W. Wilson | Walrus
Tomorrow, June 9, the average Canadian family will have earned enough in 2026 to cover the taxes imposed on it by the three levels of government, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute . The think tank estimates that the average family will earn $166,790 in 2026 and pay an estimated $72,539 in total taxes, representing 43.5 per cent of their annual income. This means that, if Canadian families had to pay their tax bills upfront, they would need to work for more than five months, or 158 days, before they had earned enough to pay off all the taxes imposed by federal,...
June 8, 2026 - 12:29 | Ellie Hutchings | National Post
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