Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Mon. July 27th, 2026

A new study states that 1-in-10 emergency physicians in Canada are mulling over a career change, and the main culprit is a term that really took off during the COVID days. That, of course, is burnout. Kristy Cameron checks in with Dr. Noam Katz, a Staff Emergency Physician at Winnipeg’s St. Boniface Hospital. Meantime, it might be late-July, but the back-to-school advertisements have already commenced as the new school year approaches. And in an era of online shopping, it appears that parents will be doing their supply shopping the old-fashioned way. We dig deeper with Santo Ligotti, the Vice-President of Marketing and Member Services for the Retail Council of Canada. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.