Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. September 12th, 2025
September 12, 2025
If you’ve heard of The Smiths, then you’ve probably heard the voice of British pop singer Morrissey. He will be performing at Ottawa’s CityFolk tonight, as the famous local festival moves back to Lansdowne Park for its 31st edition. This popular solo act is also a vocal animal rights advocate, and he’s requested that fans don’t bring any sort of meat products to his performances. Furthermore, he has asked tonight’s food vendors to scrap every single meat product that they sell during his Friday night setlist. CityFolk says they will respect his wishes, and will be cracking down on meat products if they enter the venue. Kristy Cameron chats with CityFolk executive director Mark Monahan in Hour 1. Shifting gears to Health news, Ottawa’s Heart Institute recently held a mobile screening clinic for local residents. Throughout Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, they uncovered high rates of heart disease in older adults that had been previously gone undiagnosed. We dig through the data with Dr. David Messika-Zeitoun, who is the OHI’s Director of the Centre for Valvular Disease. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines, starting with the capture of a 22-year-old man in Utah. Back on Wednesday, American political activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead during a speaking engagement. Authorities spent countless hours looking for Kirk’s killer. Today, they got him.
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Documents released by Nova Scotia show that a provincial home-sharing program fell far short of the government's initial target.
September 18, 2025 - 07:19 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
As Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government embarks on its first full parliamentary session, Canadians are sending a clear message: The honeymoon is over and we need to see more results.
“The fall will be critical,” wrote David Coletto, chief executive of polling firm Abacus Data in a recent report. “Canadians need to see and feel momentum, on prices at the grocery store, on rent and mortgage relief, on the basics of economic security. Otherwise, the alignment Carney has built could turn into frustration, and then disillusionment.”
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September 18, 2025 - 07:00 | Catherine Lévesque , Simon Tuck | National Post
Good morning. Meatballs built IKEA’s food empire but its plant balls failed to make a dent in the MAGA era – more on that below, along with Jimmy Kimmel’s indefinite suspension and Donald Trump’s state visit. But first:Today’s headlinesThe Bank of Canada and U.S. Federal Reserve resume rate cuts amid job market slowdownsThe BC Ferries deal was raised with Transport Canada weeks before Freeland’s criticism, e-mails showCanada and Mexico will sign a strategic partnership during Carney’s visitGaza faces internet and phone blackouts as Israeli tanks advance
September 18, 2025 - 06:59 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
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