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Publication Date: August 13, 2026 - 15:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. August 13th, 2026
August 13, 2026
Another day, another rainstorm battering Canada’s Capital. And for many in the city’s West End, their waking nightmares from the Canada Day floods resurfaced on Wednesday, with water creeping closer and closer to properties yet again. College Ward councillor Laine Johnson joins Kristy Cameron to discuss how her constituents fared. Meantime, the latest storm also knocked out power to thousands of Hydro Ottawa customers. A case of awful luck, or antiquitated infrastructure? We pose that question, and several others, to Hydro Ottawa CEO Bryce Conrad. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
Unpublished Newswire
A Toronto man found not criminally responsible for killing his girlfriend who got a conditional discharge earlier this year from the Ontario Review Board is subject to a new detention order after police found him this summer roaming naked around a Simcoe County lake screaming about God. Subsequent urine testing found that Michal Nowaczek-Said was not taking his anti-psychotic medication, according to a recent decision from the ORB, an independent tribunal that regularly reviews the status of individuals found not criminally responsible due to mental disorder. “In this case, the nature...
September 12, 2026 - 08:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
Nearly one in two Canadians would vote for Mark Carney’s Liberals if an election were held today, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll . The Liberals continue to lead nationally with 49 per cent support among decided voters and up three points since August. Meanwhile, the Conservatives are sitting at 33 per cent (down one point). “These results confirm once again that when Canada-U.S. relations take a downturn and/or President Trump starts attacking Canada, that’s good news for the Liberal Party, and it seems, bad news for Conservatives,” says Andrew Enns, executive vice-president...
September 12, 2026 - 08:00 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
September 12, 2026 - 07:30 | Patrick White | The Globe and Mail
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