Unpublished Newswire
Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have approved a bill that bans anyone aged 17-and-under from ever buying cigarettes. It’s called the ‘Tobacco and Vapes Bill’, and it aims to stop people born after New Year’s Eve 2008 from taking up smoking. Here in Canada, health experts are encouraging the feds to introduce similar legislation. Kristy Cameron checks in with Dr. Andrew Pipe, a smoking cessation expert, in Hour 2. He is a former Chief of Prevention and Rehabilitation at the UOttawa Heart Institute. Shifting gears to Queen’s Park, the Ford government has...
April 23, 2026 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Ontario high school students will soon need to pass a Financial Literacy Test in order to receive their graduation credentials. Education Minister Paul Calandra says today’s students need practical and real-world skills, including how to manage money and budgets. But instead of adding Financial Literacy as its own main course within the Grade 10 Mathematics curriculum, it will remain inside the Grade 10 Career Studies curriculum, with a mandatory test attached to it. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Dwayne Matthews, an education and learning strategist at TomorrowNow. Meantime,...
April 23, 2026 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
CBC reporters and videographers in the Ottawa-Gatineau region captured these scenes of local flooding over the past week.
April 23, 2026 - 18:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
April 23, 2026 - 17:54 | | The Globe and Mail
April 23, 2026 - 17:53 | David Baxter | The Globe and Mail
Mark Wiseman was unable to say clearly when those tensions may be resolved, noting repeatedly that Canada remains ready to discuss deals to end sectoral tariffs and renew CUSMA.
April 23, 2026 - 17:50 | Sean Boynton | Global News - Canada
