Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Tues. June 23rd, 2026

In 2018, he was seen as the answer to Ottawa’s problems. Eight years later, Ottawa’s captain is moving on from Canada’s Capital, and will now play alongside his brother in South Florida. When Brady Tkachuk returns to the Canadian Tire Centre as Public Enemy No. 1, both for the first time and any other time, will you cheer or boo? Guest host Chris Holski has a candid conversation with Sens Army this afternoon, as we tackle today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, the latest numbers from Statistics Canada’s Consumer Price Data is looking bleak. Canada’s inflation rate climbed to 3.2 percent in May, marking its fastest pace in over 2 years. And, once again, food prices were a key contributor. In fact, this is the 16th consecutive month in which food has risen faster than inflation. We dig deeper with Stuart Smyth, the Industry Funded Research Chair in Agri-Food Innovation at the University of Saskatchewan.