Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. November 15th, 2024
November 15, 2024
Right now, the youngest voting age for any Canadian election is 18 years old. Should it be lowered to 16? One group of teens is pushing for this change after they won the first leg of their fight to get Toronto City Council on board. On Wednesday, councillors in Ontario’s biggest city passed the DM231, allowing the mega-municipality to investigate this idea in city polls. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Valere Gaspard, a Research Fellow at Trent University's Leadership and Democracy Lab. He researches Canadian politics, elections, and democracy. Plus, organizers are gearing up for the 55th edition of the Help Santa Toy Parade, which takes place on Saturday. We deliver a quick preview in Hour 1 and explain how you can help spread the magic of Christmas in mid-November!
Unpublished Newswire
Hospitals are major pillars in any community, and today they are getting lots of attention, mostly for the wrong reasons. Lack of beds, a shortage of supplies, too few staff — the list goes on. Here is something different. Read More
November 22, 2024 - 04:00 | Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
Ontario's healthcare system lacks support for women experiencing mental symptoms following a miscarriage, which one researcher says are often undiagnosed and minimized on average.
November 22, 2024 - 04:00 | Sawyer Bogdan | Global News - Ottawa
Employees working at the federal department that enforced new return-to-office rules for thousands of public servants have only been about 70 per cent compliant with the mandate, according to government records. Read More
November 22, 2024 - 04:00 | Catherine Morrison | Ottawa Citizen
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