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Publication Date: June 8, 2026 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Mon. June 8th, 2026
June 8, 2026
The era of the mini-train is finally over, as Line 1 of Ottawa’s LRT has returned to normal service for the first time in 4 months. During peak hours, one train will arrive every 5 minutes. But how can we get people back on board? Mayor Sutcliffe, in collaboration with Capital Ward councillor Shawn Menard, is exploring options to rebuild goodwill and trust in the system. Would you give the train a second chance, and what would it take? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Shifting gears to the political arena, Louise Arbour has been sworn in as Canada’s new Governor General, while Ontario’s Premier pays a visit to Washington. We dig into both topics with our Political Heat Panel.
Unpublished Newswire
The world first saw Noa Argamani in what looked like a scene from a movie: a beautiful young woman in remarkable anguish on the back of a speeding motorcycle driven by a terrorist. Now-famous Hamas GoPro footage showed Argamani screaming “don’t kill me” as the terrorists took her from the Nova music festival on October 7, while she reached helplessly toward her boyfriend, Avinatan Or, being forced away at gunpoint. Her outstretched arms and tear‑streaked face became one of the most searing visual emblems of the day. She says she was, before that day, a “shy girl that never raised her...
June 20, 2026 - 07:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
He arrived in Canada from Austria over seven decades back at the age of 21 with little money and rudimentary English. Frank Stronach, now 93, went on to become a tycoon in a Hollywood movie mould. He was visually striking, fit and energetic, with piercing blue eyes, his hair turning silver in the 1980s. He kept iron-fist control of his companies, installing directors at a whim, and showed distain for shareholders who questioned his judgment. “I built a company from scratch that is today recognized as the premier automotive supplier in the world … generating close to $30 billion in...
June 20, 2026 - 07:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
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