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Publication Date: July 8, 2026 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Wed. July 8th, 2026
July 8, 2026
Amid calls to address the cloudy future surrounding 24 Sussex Drive, a petition is calling on the federal government to stop paying for Stornoway. That is the official residence for the Opposition leader, which is currently occupied by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. Where do you stand on this debate? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, we continue to pick up the pieces from last week’s flooding.
When Prime Minister Mark Carney stood alongside Alberta’s premier earlier this month to herald a plan for a new oil export pipeline, the news came with a massive taxpayer-funded caveat. In the absence of a private firm to build the proposed oil corridor, the pair confirmed, the federally owned Trans Mountain Corp. would lead the roughly $40-billion project. For Carney, the announcement marked a sharp pivot in strategy for getting the proposal over the finish line, with Ottawa letting go of its insistence just five months earlier that the pipeline be funded by private capital. “The...
July 16, 2026 - 04:00 | Jesse Snyder , Stephanie Taylor | National Post
Bluesfest resumed July 15 after a two-day break, rising back to life with a slice of emotional pop fare headlined by Conan Gray, a 27-year-old musician who’s already an icon to his devoted following. Read More
July 16, 2026 - 01:34 | Lynn Saxberg | Ottawa Citizen
July 15, 2026 - 23:04 | Matthew Scace | The Globe and Mail




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