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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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September 9, 2026 - 06:29 | Catherine Morrison | The Globe and Mail
Good morning. On the same day Canada’s countertariffs took effect, the U.S. fired back with expanded trade barriers. More on that below, along with a loan from the Smithsonian and the new season of the In Her Defence podcast.
September 9, 2026 - 06:19 | Sierra Bein | The Globe and Mail
Andri Ruel, 19, a recent graduate of Garneau Catholic Secondary School in Ottawa, wasn’t impressed with his history classes in high school. “I really, really hated anything to do with Canada because it was just so boring. It was constantly the same thing over and over again,” he says. “We had the War of 1812 and that’s pretty much the interesting part of our history, according to me, at least.” Sophie Peterson, 15, now in Grade 10 in that city’s Canterbury High School, agrees: “It’s interesting the first year, and then it’s sort of the same stuff again and again, because Canada was...
September 9, 2026 - 06:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
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