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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.
There will be no Toronto Argonauts sweep of Saskatchewan in 2026.
August 30, 2026 - 08:30 | Brett Ballah | Global News - Canada
Monte Solberg is between a rock, a hard place and a divided conservative base. The former Conservative MP and founder of Vote to Stay wants Albertans to believe their “future is stronger within a united Canada than outside of it.” Of all the players trying to sway the Oct. 19 vote — pro-separation and pro-Confederation — his path is the most treacherous. Champions of Alberta separation lean into a grievance culture carefully fed for a decade, especially during the Trudeau years. They have a motivated, sometimes angry base. Progressive “remain” campaigns — Thomas Lukaszuk’s Forever...
August 30, 2026 - 05:58 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | National Post
Can we please have some adults in the room for once? Canada is just as bad when it comes to applying tariffs on the U.S. as the other way around. If we were "attacked" (with last-minute demands in trade talks), then why isn't Mark Carney showing Canadians the proposed deal and letting us decide? Read More
August 30, 2026 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun



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