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Publication Date: July 29, 2026 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Wed. July 29th, 2026
July 29, 2026
Not long after the feds ruled out a potential expansion of Billy Bishop Airport, the Ford government announced that it’s rethinking a previously-given thumbs-up for Canada’s high-speed rail network. Some say that this change-in-tone from Queen’s Park is a tit-for-tat measure. Whose side are you on? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, a new city-commissioned study says Ottawa will need to accommodate more than 257,000 new households by 2051 to keep up with the municipality’s expected population growth. CTV’s Katelyn Wilson delivers the data in Hour 3.
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August 18, 2026 - 10:36 | Adriana Fallico | Global News - Canada
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Nova Scotia’s rookie energy minister is apologizing for decade-old song lyrics that even he admits were ridiculous. Marco MacLeod — who is 37 and was named to cabinet in May — wrote and recorded four songs that were released in 2013, when he was in his mid-20s. They came to light recently in Frank Magazine , and have been seized on by a Halifax’s women’s organization as being misogynistic. The PC caucus said in an email to National Post that MacLeod has never made money from the songs, and they are not autobiographical. MacLeod is facing calls to resign. The lyrics include: “I wan’...
August 18, 2026 - 09:53 | Mason Kossak | National Post
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