Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. July 16th, 2025
July 16, 2025
Amid trade uncertainty, Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke alongside steelworkers in Hamilton earlier today, announcing a series of measures to support and protect Canada’s Steel industry. Kristy Cameron brings you up to speed on today’s top headlines in Hour 1. Meantime, as they try to crawl out of the NHL’s longest active playoff drought, the Buffalo Sabres are spending their offseason grading every single NHL city. Naturally, they are doing so with chicken wing flavours. Their rating for division-rival Ottawa: Plain. Do you agree with the heartbeat of Western New York? CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent does a little bit of polling and a little bit of personal reflection. Plus, more and more people are testing the boundaries of Artificial Intelligence, such as how many human chores it can do. From a draft resume or cover letter, to meal planning and life’s burning questions, nothing is off-limits. But would you lean on A.I. for financial advice? We examine the perks and pitfalls with Jane Arnett, a cybersecurity evangelist at CheckPoint. They are a Canadian data and security management company.
Unpublished Newswire
A Quebec college facing a $30-million fine for enrolling too many students in English-language programs, contravening the province’s language law, is postponing the first day of classes scheduled for Monday.LaSalle College said the suspension is tied to the fine imposed on the Montreal school it deems “abusive” and Monday classes are cancelled, but the campus will remain open to students.In a statement issued Friday, the college said the first day back-to-class will go ahead on Tuesday. The post-secondary institution assures the measure won’t have an impact on students’ academic careers...
August 23, 2025 - 20:40 | Sidhartha Banerjee | The Globe and Mail
In March of 2024, a middle-aged man was having a cigarette outside his Surrey, B.C., social housing complex when he noticed Jae Won Lee, a 23-year-old Australian-born permanent resident of Canada, lifting the cover off another resident’s motorcycle. The man approached Lee to ask what he was doing, to which Lee replied, “Mind your own business, old man.”Lee then pulled out a knife with a six-inch blade and stabbed the man’s arm before chasing him into the building’s lobby, where he stabbed him in the abdomen.
August 23, 2025 - 20:30 | Darryl Greer | The Globe and Mail
Ottawa firefighters quickly put out a fire Saturday evening in the basement of a row housing end unit on Borthwick Avenue. Read More
August 23, 2025 - 19:43 | Doug Menary | Ottawa Citizen
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