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Publication Date: April 1, 2025 - 18:00
Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. April 1st, 2025
April 1, 2025

If you were searching for the nearest gas station this morning, you probably spotted a pleasant surprise from Liberal leader Mark Carney. Before dropping the writ on March 23rd, he promised an end to the Carbon Tax, effective April 1st. That promise has now been granted, as gas prices dipped 20 cents overnight. How will this impact production costs, and how much relief will it provide to Canadians? Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Ethan Wallace, the Vice-President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. Meantime, as Hudson’s Bay prepares to close 74 stores, what are we going to do with all those empty spaces? We pose that complex question to Kate Camenzuli, the Vice-President of Retail at the Commercial Real Estate Company.
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April 19, 2025 - 17:21 | Bruce Garrioch | Ottawa Citizen
Elections Canada has announced preliminary estimates that show nearly two million electors voted Friday, the first day of advance polls. It's a record turnout, according to the non-partisan agency.
April 19, 2025 - 17:13 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Expressions of grief and sympathy came pouring in on Saturday for an international college student shot dead by mistake in Hamilton while waiting for a city bus.The death of 21-year-old Harsimrat Randhawa, who Hamilton police described as an innocent bystander killed by stray gunfire as occupants of one car shot at another, triggered expressions of grief from officials with the college where she studied, the Canadian city where she lived and the country she first called home.
April 19, 2025 - 16:47 | Sharif Hassan | The Globe and Mail
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