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Publication Date: June 25, 2026 - 18:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. June 25th, 2026
June 25, 2026
The opening of a new Chick-Fil-A location in Orleans is causing worries about potential drive-thru disruptions. Ottawa city councillor Catherine Kitts is among the concerned crowd, and she is calling on the municipality to take a broader examination of today’s drive-thrus and the traffic chaos they could cause. The voice for Orléans South-Navan joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 1. Meantime, getting tested for HIV and other STI’s in Ontario just got a lot easier. And you don’t even need to visit a clinic. Dr. Patrick O’Byrne, a Nurse Practitioner at Ottawa Public Health and a UOttawa Professor, pays us a visit ahead of National HIV Testing Day. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
Top municipal civil servants described a government that rushes through the consultation process, and is often "thin-skinned and unforgiving" when faced with criticism.
August 18, 2026 - 06:00 | Colin D’Mello | Global News - Ottawa
Premier Doug Ford held a private meeting with the CEO of one of Canada's largest grocery chains as the government rejected efforts to further regulate the industry.
August 18, 2026 - 06:00 | Colin D’Mello | Global News - Ottawa
The scale of Canada’s wildfire seasons is told through a familiar accounting each summer: the total fire count, the control status of active blazes, the total area burned, the number of evacuation orders and the tally of structures lost.
August 18, 2026 - 06:00 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail





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