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Publication Date: June 5, 2026 - 18:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. June 5th, 2026
June 5, 2026
We’re just 24 hours away from the 43rd annual CHEO Telethon. Donations raised will be going towards life-saving care and state-of-the-art equipment at the children’s hospital. And on Saturday, you’ll hear the stories of 6 children, and learn how CHEO has helped them. Kristy Cameron checks in with Adam Lamoureux in Hour 1. He is the Director of Critical Care and Surgical Services at CHEO. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
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A Quebec judge has sentenced an Inuk man to 33 months in prison for nearly beating his uncle to death last summer with a metal bar while he was under a court order to stay away from the man. Timothy Assapa, 34, who “describes violence as ‘thrilling,'” pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon and aggravated assault for attacks on his uncle, Sajuilie Assapa, on Jan. 4, 2025, and June 28, 2025. The first one involved striking his uncle on the head with a pair of scissors after they argued about alcohol, causing a cut above the hairline. In the June attack, Assapa beat his uncle to...
July 5, 2026 - 09:21 | Brandon Rudick | National Post
Gail Asper tells me quietly but firmly: “My trust has been absolutely broken.” She is energized and resolute, but notably not angry. The 66-year-old daughter of the late Israel (Izzy) Asper — the media titan and Jewish philanthropist who envisioned and heavily funded the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg — has watched with deepening dismay as the institution she helped build appears to sideline the very community that made it possible. One week ago, “Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present” opened at this national, federally funded human rights museum. It shares...
July 5, 2026 - 08:42 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | National Post
July 5, 2026 - 08:24 | | The Globe and Mail
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