Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Tues. July 21st, 2026 | Page 907 | Unpublished
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Tues. July 21st, 2026

July 21, 2026

A batch of new Trump tariffs are slated to hit Canada within the next 30 days, and some of Canada’s CUSMA-protected exports will be feeling the pain this time. How significant, you may ask? How about a 50% tax? Once again, meeting with the media today, America’s President said that Canada can’t survive without the United States. So how should Canada respond this time? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, it’s been 20 days since a massive downpour destroyed thousands of basements and properties in Canada’s Capital. The Ford government has rolled out DRAO funding for some of the affected areas, but some of the hardest-hit communities are still scrambling for help. We check in with Jennifer Johnston, who lives in Crystal Beach. She is currently ineligible for DRAO funding, and she doesn’t have any insurance or flood coverage.



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The final quarterly Canada Carbon Rebate (CCR) payment was issued in April 2025, but eligible Canadians who have yet to claim all the money they are entitled to can still receive retroactive payments of up to $1,800 per family. But that might not last much longer. On his first day in office , Prime Minister Mark Carney ended the federal fuel charge and, with it, the CCR. Carney said at the time : “This will make a difference to hard-pressed Canadians, but it is part of a much bigger set of measures that this government is taking to ensure that we fight against climate change, that our...
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Islam remains the most negatively viewed faith in Canada, but opinion of Judaism fell furthest over 15 months, according to a new national survey. Jack Jedwab, president of the Association for Canadian Studies, which commissioned the Leger survey, said in an email that “the biggest change is in views toward Judaism.” Twenty-six per cent of Canadians said their opinion of Islam was positive and 50 per cent said it was negative, the only faith tested where more people were negative than positive. In March 2025, when Leger last asked the same questions, the split was 30 per cent positive...
August 12, 2026 - 06:00 | Mason Kossak | National Post
Tinned fish has found an all-new fanbase. Searches for “sardines breakfast” and “tinned fish charcuterie boards” are through the roof . Thanks to TikTok, sardines have become a gateway, helping cans shake their utilitarian image. According to producers, purveyors and industry specialists, sales are booming, and the trend shows no sign of slowing. Drawn to tinned fish’s aesthetic, nutrition, skincare benefits, ease and versatility — and, it must be said, high protein content — a younger generation is giving the centuries-old foodstuff a fresh look. “Typically, it was always, ‘Oh, my...
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