Unpublished Newswire
As a tragic Summer season unfolds on Ontario waters, calls are once again growing for mandatory swimming lessons in public schools. Where do you stand on this debate? Guest host Andrew Pinsent sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, labour leaders are calling on the Carney government to change the law that was used to end the Air Canada impasse. They argue that, by forcing workers back to work, the government threatens everyone’s right to strike and sends a direct message to employers that they don’t need to negotiate. Joining...
August 20, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The dust continues to settle on the Air Canada tarmac, as flight attendants gradually return to duty. But for Canadian travellers who have been left in limbo for nearly a week, the headaches haven’t fully subsided yet. Some of them remain stranded, scrambling to find a ticket home. And if they shift gears to another airline, they might be greeted with a price hike. Gabor Lukacs, an air passenger rights advocate, joins guest host Andrew Pinsent to outline today’s challenges. Speaking of services, have you ever tried the ‘buy now, pay later’ approach? Well, it seems...
August 20, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Andrew Pinsent is filling in for the vacationing Kristy Cameron this week. It’s been a tragic Summer season on Ontario waters, backed up by new data from the Ontario Provincial Police. They say that drownings over the past 12 months have doubled. And in the wake of one particular tragedy in Northern Ontario, calls for mandatory swimming lessons in public schools have resurfaced at a fast and furious pace. Sean Duffy from the Lifesaving Society of Ontario pays us a visit in Hour 1. Turning our attention to municipal and provincial politics, an Ottawa city councillor has caught the...
August 20, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Snagging the commission to furnish the commissioner-general’s suite in Moshe Safdie’s Habitat complex at Montreal’s Expo 67 was quite a coup for 26-year-old furniture jobber Klaus Nienkamper. He had sailed to Canada from his native Germany in 1960 with only $36 in his pocket, and eked out a living soon after as “right rear vacuum man” at Farb’s Car Wash on Toronto’s King Street West. As Mr. Nienkamper recalled in his eponymous furniture company’s Festschrift, Nienkamper: 50 Years of Excellence from Design to Delivery, published in 2018, “I did not have a factory. My only asset was a...
August 20, 2025 - 18:00 | David Lasker | The Globe and Mail
Patients, doctors, nurses and medical organizations across Canada have sounded the alarm for years about what they call the dire state of emergency room care. The family of a teen who died in Ontario after he waited several hours for urgent medical care is also calling for urgent reforms.
August 20, 2025 - 17:42 | Globe Staff | The Globe and Mail
Canada must prepare for more seasons marked by severe drought, experts say as this summer's bone-dry conditions tormented farmers, strained municipal water supply and fuelled one of the worst wildfire seasons on record.
August 20, 2025 - 17:32 | | The Globe and Mail
