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Publication Date: May 11, 2026 - 18:03
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Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Mon. May 11th, 2026
May 11, 2026
An Ottawa kidney recipient is pushing back against his insurance company. They want him to go generic, he wants to stick with the brand-name drug that has kept him alive, and his doctor warns that a potential switch could be dangerous. CTV’s Katie Griffin delivers that story in Hour 4. Then, we preview tonight’s CTV Ottawa supper-hour newscast with Jackie Perez and Austin Lee. And if news breaks in real time, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
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More Canadians are being contacted after having been on the same flight as a confirmed hantavirus case, according to federal health officials.
May 14, 2026 - 13:44 | | CBC News - Canada
Twenty-six more Canadians who were on a flight with a confirmed case of hantavirus are now being contacted by public health officials but are considered to be at “low or minimal risk” of infection because of where they were seated, federal health officials said Thursday. While the outbreak associated with the MV Hondius trans-Atlantic cruise ship is evolving, the risk to the general population in Canada remains low and “further spread of the virus within Canada is not expected,” Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Joss Reimer, said. “But given the severity of the symptoms of the...
May 14, 2026 - 13:42 | Sharon Kirkey | National Post
OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations said Thursday that the 30-day consultation window the federal government gave to collect feedback on a sweeping set of reforms to speed up the building of new infrastructure projects is “not acceptable.” Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says that, at first review, some of the proposals also “threaten First Nations rights.” “All options are on the table,” she said in an interview. “We’ve not taken anything off the table yet.” Her comments come after Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government released discussion papers last week that...
May 14, 2026 - 13:41 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
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