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Publication Date: July 15, 2026 - 18:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. July 15th, 2026
July 15, 2026
On Tuesday, a woman in her twenties was taken to hospital in critical condition after she was stabbed on Rideau Street near Cumberland. That happened just blocks away from Monday’s Downtown stabbing, where a man was critically injured during an attempted evening robbery. Has public safety in Downtown Ottawa taken another hit? Kristy Cameron chats with Sergeant Paul Stam, who leads the Ottawa Police Service's Community Response and Engagement Team. Meantime, wildfire smoke is drifting all across Ontario, as Ottawa remains under a Heat Warning. But how could it impact your overall health? We check in with Dr. Alykhan Abdulla, a family doctor who calls Manotick home. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
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Good morning. Ottawa has responded to U.S. tariffs, including with dollar-for-dollar retaliation. More on that below, along with a deeper look at an exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and a goodbye to Dolly Parton.
August 26, 2026 - 06:02 | Sierra Bein | The Globe and Mail
The Great Lakes mostly have anglicized Indigenous names — Ontario, Huron, Michigan and Erie — and one anglicized French name, Superior. But if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his latest threat amid the trade war, the smallest of those lakes could soon have an anglicized Italian name instead, “Lake America,” named directly for the United States of America, which in turn takes its name from Amerigo Vespucci, the 16th century Italian explorer. “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to...
August 26, 2026 - 06:00 | Joseph Brean | National Post
Chinese robot dogs on sale in Canada still cannot do much without a person driving them. Security researchers have found flaws that could let someone else take control. In Beijing this week, organizers say more than 2,000 humanoid robots are competing in running, table tennis and soccer at the second World Humanoid Robot Games , inside the oval built for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The displays show real capability, said Jason Peng, an assistant professor of computing science at Simon Fraser University. But the software running each robot is trained for one narrow task, he told National...
August 26, 2026 - 06:00 | Mason Kossak | National Post
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