Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. November 21st, 2024
November 21, 2024
Ahead of the Christmas shopping season, and a potential economic shift in the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his Liberal government plans to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a slew of items. Cheques will be sent to millions of Canadian households this Spring. It’s a nice gesture on the surface, but will it do anything? Retail analyst Bruce Winder joins guest host Andrew Pinsent in Hour 2. Meantime, do you remember the infamous Rideau Street McDonald’s? Don’t call it a comeback, but the CEO of McDonald’s Canada was asked about a theoretical return of the Downtown symbol during the Mayor’s Breakfast today. And…well…Michele Boudria didn’t say ‘never’.
Unpublished Newswire
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December 22, 2024 - 16:11 | Bruce Garrioch | Ottawa Citizen
Emergency crews have recovered the body of a second victim killed in a mudslide in the Sea to Sky region during another windstorm last weekend.
December 22, 2024 - 16:04 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
When filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin was 16 years old, she started giving Christmas presents to every child in her Northern Quebec hometown. She made them herself, using patterns from a children’s drawing to sew stuffed animals such as horses and dogs.“I had no money and would fill them up with rags,” Ms. Obomsawin recalled in an interview with the Globe and Mail in Ottawa. For wrapping, she used newspaper, which she drew pictures on.
December 22, 2024 - 16:04 | Willow Fiddler | The Globe and Mail
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