Unpublished Newswire
A rising number of students across Canada are struggling with bullying, poverty, and mental illness as they head back to the classroom. That’s according to the brand-new Raising Canada Report, commissioned by Children First Canada. It says more than 70 percent of Canadian youth between the ages of 12 and 17 have experienced bullying in the last year. Furthermore, over 13 percent of children were living in poverty by the end of 2024. And when we examine the data for teenagers, 1-in-5 say they’ve experienced cyberbullying in the past 12 months. We dig through the data in Hour 2...
September 2, 2025 - 16:38 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The report found 71 per cent of youth between the ages 12 and 17 reported experiencing at least one form of bullying in the past 12 months.
September 2, 2025 - 16:37 | Sean Previl | Global News - Canada
British Columbia’s top court has substituted a five-year prison sentence for house arrest for a Langley man caught with nearly $250,000 worth of ecstasy and fentanyl after his luxury car was seized as “an instrument of illegal activity.”
The Crown successfully appealed the conditional sentence of just under two years and three years of probation that a B.C. provincial court judge handed Kyle Robert Bird last November after the now 38-year-old was convicted of two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking. His 2013 Jaguar XF had already been seized under British Columbia’s...
September 2, 2025 - 16:30 | Chris Lambie | National Post
The Finance and Corporate Services Committee today approved the Proposed 2026 Budget Directions, Timeline and Consultations Process.
The City continues its Service Review to drive innovation, find efficiencies and savings, improve market competitiveness, and increase engagement amongst staff, elected officials, residents and other stakeholders. The 2026 Budget Directions build on this process and demonstrate the City’s responsibility to the community it serves by building a safe, reliable and affordable Ottawa.
The City plans to keep the property tax increase at no more than 3.75...
September 2, 2025 - 16:30 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
Ontario Premier Doug Ford reacted angrily to news that spirits maker Diageo will close its Crown Royal bottling plant in Amherstburg, Ont., early next year, pouring out a bottle at a press conference and encouraging others to dump the whisky as well.
September 2, 2025 - 16:26 | | The Globe and Mail
The debate over free parking in a trifecta of near-Downtown communities has been going on for years. That would be various areas of Hintonburg, Wellington West, and Westboro. Despite studies showcasing a shortage of available parking spaces, along with a serious need to solve long-term parking dilemmas, councillors have decided to maintain free parking as far back as 2017. Starting today, that policy is being discontinued, as 697 parking spots are being turned into paid lots. But a crowd of shops, businesses, and restaurants along those areas are losing their patience, and today’s...
September 2, 2025 - 16:22 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
