Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. May 7th, 2025
May 7, 2025
Starting today, if you’re dining out in Quebec, tips must be calculated on the before-tax price. For example, if an item costs $100 before tax, the tipping options cannot be calculated on the additional taxes, such as the 9.9% QST or the 5% GST. These changes will save consumers money, but will also result in smaller tips for servers and bartenders. Should Ontario follow suit? Kristy Cameron opens the debate floor with Tony Alenis, the President and CEO of the Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association. Shifting gears to health news, gynecological cancers are on the rise in Canada, as our country witnesses its first significant increase since the 1980’s. Over 8,500 women will be diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2025, while ovarian cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers for Canadian women. Joining us to deliver the details on those stats is Dr. Shannon Salvador, the President of Canada’s Society of Gynecologic Oncology.
Unpublished Newswire
A newly released report estimates Canada will need at least $30-billion in new capital investments by 2040 if it wants to meet domestic demand for the critical minerals key to a green economy transition. But the Canadian Climate Institute’s report says cutting back on environmental safeguards and Indigenous consultation to speed up those projects is likely to backfire.
June 12, 2025 - 09:49 | Jordan Omstead | The Globe and Mail
Newfoundland and Labrador is owed millions of dollars in fees from green energy companies, underlining growing doubts about whether promises of major projects and multibillion-dollar investments will pan out. Six companies are vying to create new operations in the province that would use wind energy to produce hydrogen for exports overseas. Figures obtained by The Canadian Press reveal some owe a collective total of $13.7-million in fees due in 2024 for the use of Crown land.
June 12, 2025 - 09:10 | Sarah Smellie | The Globe and Mail
Ottawa Public Health is defending its shift to weekly water quality testing at its beaches and urging beachgoers to assess "environmental conditions" before swimming.
June 12, 2025 - 09:09 | | CBC News - Ottawa
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