Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. October 9th, 2025
October 9, 2025
Earlier this week, the OCDSB’s controversial elementary program review was scrapped by the Ford government. OCDSB supervisor Robert Plamondon said the changes would instead be replaced with an approach that ‘doesn’t disrupt students and is reflective of community feedback’. That decision has since sparked concerns from Ontario NDP Education Critic Chandra Pasma, who represents Ottawa West-Nepean. She joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 2. Plus, we are kickstarting a new bi-weekly segment with Dr. Trevor Arnason, Ottawa’s newly-appointed Medical Officer of Health. It’s called ‘Your Health’. And with RSV season ramping up, that’s what today’s conversation is all about.
Unpublished Newswire
In a groundbreaking move towards greater transparency, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has committed in principle to publicly disclosing details when lawyers and paralegals commit crimes or professional breaches.
The move follows a
two-year investigation
by the Investigative Journalism...
November 4, 2025 - 07:00 | Emma Jarratt , Rob Cribb , Investigative Journalism Bureau | National Post
Good morning. Ottawa’s long-promised budget lands today, pairing billions in new investment with “difficult” spending cuts – more on that below, along with baseball’s new generation of fans and B.C.’s shelved anti-tariff ad. But first:Today’s headlinesDick Cheney, former U.S. vice-president and architect of Iraq War, dies at 84Canada’s food agency forms a team to flag risks posed by U.S. cutbacksChina approves group tourism travel to Canada after the Carney-Xi meeting
November 4, 2025 - 06:52 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
I was at a farmers’ market perusing a selection of squash, dithering over whether to splurge $5 on just one. I pulled out my phone, in part because I wanted to check what you can do with squash, but mostly because I reflexively look at my phone whenever I encounter any difficulty. Just as I did so, a news alert popped up, informing me that Elon Musk could soon become the world’s first trillionaire.
“How much is a trillion?” I asked out loud.
“I think . . .” My boyfriend, a mathematician, squinted into the distance. “It’s a billion billions.”
He was wrong. A trillion...
November 4, 2025 - 06:31 | Kathy Chow | Walrus
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