Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Wed. April 30th, 2025
April 30, 2025
Once upon a time, the Ontario Teachers’ College curriculum took 12 months to complete. Thanks to a surplus of teachers in the early-2010s, the Liberals opted to extend the program in 2011. It was reset to 2 years and divided into 4 semesters. Then, all of a sudden, the admission rates plummeted. They went from over 7,000 in 2011 to just 4,500 in 2021, according to the Ontario College of Teachers. In 2025, early-career unemployment is approaching ‘statistically negligible’ levels, and those numbers are expected to get even worse once we reach 2027. Experts say there is one main ingredient that is fueling today’s catastrophe: Burnout. Should the province turn back the clock and resurrect the 1-year curriculum? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, as the April showers move into May, residents in West Carleton and Gatineau are doing all they can to avoid serious flood damage. Constance Bay resident Paul Graveline pays us a visit in Hour 3, as a potential flood risk looms over his neighbourhood this weekend.
Unpublished Newswire
Public transit, cycling and walking will be the "primary and preferred modes" of getting fans to and from the Ottawa Senators' planned downtown arena, says a newly disclosed agreement on the project.
May 19, 2025 - 11:51 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Not long from now, Michael Vieira should be able to sit back and replay the madness of planning and preparing a world-level running event. Read More
May 19, 2025 - 11:37 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen
Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends.“The next fire in here is going to be incredible,” says the former Parks Canada fire management co-ordinator, standing in the expansive Carrot Creek fire break.
May 19, 2025 - 11:26 | Matthew Scace | The Globe and Mail
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