Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Tues. April 15th, 2025
April 15, 2025
To avoid a countrywide confrontation between democratic engagement and national pride, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on organizers to move the French Debate. That’s because Wednesday’s political barbs conflict with the start time of a potentially pivotal Montreal Canadiens game. This week’s debates, of course, are being held in Montreal. While he understands the appeal to switch the start time, CTV political analyst Tom Mulcair says all of this mayhem could have easily been avoided. He joins Kristy Cameron to explain further. Meantime, a local city councillor is going all-in on the ‘Buy Canadian’ movement, handing out stickers to promote national solidarity and fuel some good-time Canadian vibes. Alta Vista councillor Marty Carr pays us a visit in Hour 2.
Unpublished Newswire
Ontario hospitals spent more than $9-billion on nurses and other staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period, a new study concludes.The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study, released Monday, examined financial statements for 134 Ontario hospital corporations as well as data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
May 12, 2025 - 07:04 | Allison Jones | The Globe and Mail
I remember the line. It ran diagonal to the grain of the library’s hardwood floor. It escapes me whether the line was black paint or black electrical tape back in the ’80s and ’90s, but it’s tape today—scuffed and trodden upon, as though it were just some line to be stepped on that didn’t matter very much. Which it is. Or was, anyway.
Donald Trump, the forty-seventh president of the United States of America, has called the border between Canada and the United States “an artificially drawn line.” In this, he is aligned with my eight-year-old self standing inside the Haskell Free...
May 12, 2025 - 06:30 | Jordan Heath-Rawlings | Walrus
The woman, who cannot be identified under a publication ban, first took the stand on May 2 and spent most of last week facing questions from the defence.
May 12, 2025 - 06:24 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
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