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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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Montreal’s municipal council adopted a motion of solidarity with the Palestinian people in a meeting on Monday night.
August 25, 2026 - 12:00 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
The decorations Chi Blondin had carefully hung up when she opened her Vietnamese specialty coffee and matcha café four months ago were scattered across the floor by the time her husband arrived. Moments earlier, Blondin had been sitting down to dinner with a friend when her phone rang. On the other end of the line was her staff member at Moo & Bean Cafe, calling in panic. Read More
August 25, 2026 - 11:53 | Abyssinia Abebe | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — The federal government announced it will match tariffs dollar for dollar on U.S. products on Tuesday, marking a tit-for-tat escalation in the trade conflict with Canada’s largest trading partner. Canada will impose 15, 25, and 50 per cent tariffs on products drawn from those targeted by U.S. Section 338 and Section 232 tariffs, effective Sept. 8. The counter-tariffs are expected to cover $27.6 billion worth of imports from the U.S. The matching on Section 232 tariffs also means Canadian tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum will increase from 25 to 50 per cent. The counter-...
August 25, 2026 - 11:09 | Jordan Gowling | National Post