Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. August 19th, 2025
August 19, 2025
Andrew Pinsent is filling in for the vacationing Kristy Cameron this week. U.S. President Donald Trump has kickstarted arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The endgame for this discussion: A clear pathway to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Over the past week, Trump has held separate meetings with both parties, which included Zelenskyy’s return to the Oval Office on Monday. Arne Kislenko, a Professor of History at Toronto Metropolitan University, pays us a visit in Hour 1. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines, starting with the Air Canada flight attendants’ strike. It might be over, but the ripple effects are only just beginning.
Unpublished Newswire
The self-styled Queen of Canada and 15 of her followers were arrested Wednesday after a firearms complaint prompted a predawn raid on their rural Saskatchewan compound. Dozens of RCMP officers, some wearing SWAT gear, executed a warrant at 4:30 a.m. on a decommissioned schoolhouse in Richmound, a hamlet of just over a hundred people near Alberta, RCMP Inspector Ashley St. Germaine told a press conference later in the day.
September 3, 2025 - 21:45 | Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail
Michael Walters, Andrew Knack, Rahim Jaffer, Omar Mohammad, Tim Cartmell, and Tony Caterina are all hoping to be Edmonton's next mayor.
September 3, 2025 - 21:17 | Sarah Komadina | Global News - Canada
The Sinixt has now filed two lawsuits seeking to be included in land use consultation for their traditional territory and to have their history included in the school curriculum.
September 3, 2025 - 21:16 | Amy Judd | Global News - Canada
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