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Publication Date: May 11, 2026 - 18:03
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Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Mon. May 11th, 2026
May 11, 2026
An Ottawa kidney recipient is pushing back against his insurance company. They want him to go generic, he wants to stick with the brand-name drug that has kept him alive, and his doctor warns that a potential switch could be dangerous. CTV’s Katie Griffin delivers that story in Hour 4. Then, we preview tonight’s CTV Ottawa supper-hour newscast with Jackie Perez and Austin Lee. And if news breaks in real time, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
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Larger businesses are more likely to use multiple recruitment methods compared to smaller firms, a new survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said.
May 20, 2026 - 07:00 | Uday Rana | Global News - Canada
In 2024, Premier Danielle Smith took to the Shaun Newman Podcast to argue Alberta needed to “aggressively” increase its population to fight Ottawa. Alberta should double to 10 million from 5 million, Smith said, to “actually have the political clout in Alberta that we deserve.”
Key points
Alberta’s cities have grown, but provincial investment in municipal infrastructure hasn’t
Danielle Smith’s government is ramping up use of municipal taxes to pay provincial bills
Concerns are being raised over how Alberta’s electoral map will be redrawn amid the growth
Programs to entice people were...
May 20, 2026 - 06:31 | Tim Querengesser | Walrus
How should we talk about Canada Post? For many Canadians, the conversation might start with complaints about its clunky online system or waiting forever in line at a service point, likely tucked away inside a Shoppers Drug Mart. For some, there will be no debate at all as they question why we even need a postal service in the era of email, Amazon, and four-wheeled—and sometimes two—gig workers dashing about delivering meals and sundries while our community postal box fills up with junk mail. Like so much of life, however, the matter is more complicated than it seems.
The most recent push...
May 20, 2026 - 06:30 | David Moscrop | Walrus
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