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Publication Date: August 17, 2026 - 18:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Mon. August 17th, 2026
August 17, 2026
It has posted a $7.2 million deficit for the first 3 months of 2026. It ran a deficit of $52 million in 2025. Today, speaking at a news conference at Terry Fox Station, Ottawa’s Mayor talked about his plan to fix it. That would be Ottawa’s transit service. He also threw around the idea of a price reduction, intending to hold monthly passes at a reduced $95 rate for the next 4 years. Laura Shantz from Ottawa Transit Riders chimes in with her two cents after CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent breaks it all down for us. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
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Toronto police say it has made another arrest in connection to the shooting death of a man in a Scarborough plaza nearly four years ago.
September 11, 2026 - 12:58 | Aaron D’Andrea | Global News - Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada says a man is entitled to a reduction in his sentence for sexual assault because the post-verdict sentencing phase of the case took too long.
September 11, 2026 - 12:43 | Jim Bronskill | The Globe and Mail
Navigation app MapQuest has put up billboards across Canada and the U.S. detailing directions to Lake Ontario, in its latest act of defiance against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the body of water to “Lake America.” The app collaborated with creative agency Quality Meats to install the billboards, and the company shared in an email with National Post that the six-foot posts have been erected in six cities: Toronto, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The designs recreate details from old-school MapQuest printed directions —...
September 11, 2026 - 12:43 | Ellie Hutchings | National Post
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