Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. July 17th, 2025
July 17, 2025
Chris Holski is filling in for Kristy Cameron, who is a little under the weather today. Speaking of the weather, Canada's Capital is under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch to start the afternoon. And in recent Summers, we've dealt with a couple of doozy storms. Do they peak your curiosity, or do they simply scare the daylight out of you? Environment Canada meteorologist Ian Hubbard joins the program in Hour 1 with his thoughts, and he delivers an outlook of what Ottawa is dealing with right now. Plus, do you remember Quebec's restaurant no-show fees? They've been talked about for a few years, and now they are officially in place. CFRA's Andrew Pinsent fills us in.
Unpublished Newswire
Canadians are overwhelmingly in favour of mandatory national service for young adults but are less united about what form that service should take, a new survey has found. The survey, produced by the non-profit Angus Reid Institute, asked a group of Canadians if they supported the idea of mandatory national service – that is, one year of time donated for those younger than 30 years of age – across a number of fields. Many nations including Germany, France and Norway have instituted this practice in recent years. Respondents were overwhelmingly in favour of Canada adopting the practice...
August 11, 2025 - 13:29 | Chris Knight | National Post
Another day of punishing heat and humidity in Ontario, Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces is shedding light on the situation for vulnerable Canadians who struggle to access cooling.Heat warnings from Environment Canada stretch from the country’s western to eastern coasts today, with temperatures expected to reach the low to mid-30s and humidex values at around 40 C.
August 11, 2025 - 13:20 | Vanessa Tiberio | The Globe and Mail
A t this point, what do you even say about a guy like Doug Ford? His latest commitment to doubling down on blasting a tunnel under Highway 401, the busiest in North America, ought to disqualify him from the Ontario premiership.
Spanning from Brampton and Mississauga to Scarborough and Markham, the project is pitched as a once-in-a-generation fix to the region’s population boom and gridlock. It’s a risky boondoggle. His own government has said as much. Global News reported on an internal report that cited “potential for roadway collapse.” Experts say the subterranean corridor could cost...
August 11, 2025 - 12:00 | David Moscrop | Walrus
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