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Publication Date: June 19, 2026 - 18:01
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Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Fri. June 19th, 2026
June 19, 2026
A new audit of OC Transpo’s bus service says the ‘New Ways To Bus’ plan was launched in 2025 with outdated data. Furthermore, the audit says the master plan was cost-savings focused, leading to late buses and other impacts to service. River Ward councillor Riley Brockington pays us a visit in Hour 2. Later in the program, we open the floor to the mighty CFRA Nation. Plus, the skies aren’t looking too friendly in Ottawa, and Kristy isn’t even hitting the cottage this weekend.
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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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