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Publication Date: July 20, 2026 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Mon. July 20th, 2026
July 20, 2026
In 99 days, Ottawa will vote on its next Mayor, its next City Council, and the next batch of School Trustees. What issues are driving your vote right now? Guest host Andrew Pinsent sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, it’s a Monday afternoon, which means it’s time to talk politics with our Political Heat Panel! This time, we turn our attention to Queen’s Park, where Ontario’s Premier is fighting wildfires and addressing questions about his former Minister of Tourism.
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To qualify for higher income assistance in Nova Scotia, a home now needs running water and a sewer connection. The province filed the legislative amendment on Aug. 25 and it took effect the same day. It rewrites the provision the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal interpreted on Aug. 7, when it ruled that Bradley Lowe’s tent was his accommodation. Lowe died Dec. 15, 2023, of an overdose in a tent in front of Halifax City Hall, after camping at Victoria Park. Two months earlier he applied to move from $380 a month to the enhanced rate of $974, saying he had a disability and owned his tent. He...
August 26, 2026 - 19:46 | Mason Kossak | National Post
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith rejected the idea of using the province’s oil exports as leverage in the U.S. trade war, saying that such a move would “devastate the Canadian economy” and inflate energy prices for consumers across Canada. The premier was responding to growing calls — including from Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi and former Alberta premier Jason Kenney — to consider using Canada’s energy exports to retaliate against U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs. But such a move, Smith said, would prompt the U.S. to slap fresh levies on everything from crude oil...
August 26, 2026 - 19:30 | Jesse Snyder | National Post
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a dual Canadian-U.S. citizen, says he also received a similar threat notification from the FBI earlier this month.
August 26, 2026 - 19:06 | Sean Boynton | Global News - Canada
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