Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. March 11th, 2025
March 11, 2025
Premier Doug Ford sent a clear message to America’s top officials on Monday. If you tax us, we’ll tax you just as hard. Ontario proved they weren’t lying by delivering a 25 percent electricity surcharge to three U.S. states. And it appears that U.S. President Donald Trump received that message because he is not happy. In fact, starting tomorrow, he is promising to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum products. Those tariffs, within 24 hours, would elevate from 25 percent to a whopping 50 percent. We examine the potentially catastrophic impacts with Keanin Loomis, the President and CEO of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction. But first, we bring you up to speed on today's top headlines.
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Show # 10 Merivale High School Game of Tiaras Directors: Natalie Simard & Shana Good Sadie Hanley, Critic Elmwood School How far would you go to claim something you believed was rightfully yours? Scheming sisters turn against each other with hysterical results in Merivale High School’s production of Game of Tiaras, proving that the bond […]
April 19, 2025 - 08:00 | Lois Kirkup | Ottawa Citizen
For decades now, critics of the United States have complained about how it was throwing its weight around, trying to impose its form of capitalism and democracy on the rest of the world. Who gave Washington the right to act as the world’s policeman? Who put it in charge of global affairs and institutions? Who made Uncle Sam boss?Well, now we are seeing what happens in a world without American leadership. It is not pretty. Under Donald Trump, the United States is pulling back from its leading role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the United Nations and the World Trade...
April 19, 2025 - 08:00 | Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
Nearly a decade after Justin Trudeau promised safe drinking water for all First Nations, empty plastic bottles continue to pile up so high in Neskantaga First Nation that the community doesn’t know where to put them all.“You see water bottles almost every place you go, just laying around,” says Neskantaga Chief Gary Quisess by phone, the line occasionally crackling with the sound of a plastic bottle in his hand. “I don’t know how it’s going to be cleaned up or addressed.”
April 19, 2025 - 08:00 | Willow Fiddler, Patrick White | The Globe and Mail
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