Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. June 4th, 2025
June 4, 2025
It’s time to get your Spring COVID-19 vaccine, especially if you’re an older adult. Many people aged 65-and-older are not aware that they are currently eligible for another dose, and now is the ideal time to get vaccinated. Guest host Chris Holski picks the brain of Marie-Claude Turcotte, the Director of Health Promotion and the Chief Nursing Officer at Ottawa Public Health. Meantime, U.S. President Donald Trump has officially doubled tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from all countries, including Canada. When asked if the feds plan to retaliate, Prime Minister Mark Carney says they don’t have a gameplan just yet, but talks are ongoing behind closed doors. Peter Warrian, a steel economist at the University of Toronto, delivers his two cents on this complex tug-of-war.
Unpublished Newswire
The first time Shania Bhopa considered freezing her eggs was over dessert during Christmas Day dinner with her family a couple of years ago.
Bhopa was only 24 years old at the time but already had a promising career ahead as a published children’s author, running a non-profit organization with her sister and was pursuing a PhD in global health.
Her older sister, a physician, broached the topic.
“Shania, you don’t seem like you would have kids early,” Bhopa recalls her sister saying. “But I know you’ve always wanted to be a mom. Have you ever given any consideration as to what your...
July 2, 2025 - 09:50 | Devika Desai, | National Post
The average age of first-time homebuyers in Ontario last year was 40, up from 38 six years ago, and 34 a decade earlier, according to Teranet, the province’s land registry office. “Everything in general is just more expensive, and people are delaying their home-buying plans,” said Victor Tran, a mortgage and real estate expert with […]
July 2, 2025 - 09:14 | Paul Welch | Ottawa Citizen
The prime minister is a habitual winker. Once is once, two is a coincidence, three is a trend, and National Post counts at least four prominent public winks by
Mark Carney
since winning the top office — in Rideau Hall at his swearing in, in the Oval Office, and twice at the...
July 2, 2025 - 08:05 | Joseph Brean | National Post
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