Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. November 19th, 2025

Kristy Cameron is reporting live from the CHEO Dream Home this afternoon, as the annual Dream Of A Lifetime Lottery is officially open! In fact, the Early Bird Deadline is this Friday. We chat with Emily Jamieson, the Vice-President of Corporate Philanthropy and Community Engagement at the CHEO Foundation. Meantime, a new report between Dalhousie University and a food waste reduction app says that younger Canadians are more likely to toss out food because they don’t understand ‘best-before dates’. To be more specific, roughly 40 percent of Gen-Z Canadians. Too Good To Go spokesperson Nicholas Dot drops by the studio in Hour 1. Plus, the PWHL is not too keen about a future at Lansdowne 2.0, vocalizing their disappointment multiple times in recent weeks. They have done so once again ahead of Opening Weekend, adding that all long-term options are on the table for the Ottawa Charge franchise. Does that include relocation? CFRA’s Chris Holski offers his two cents. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.