Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. April 16th, 2025
April 16, 2025
Within a matter of hours, the start time of Wednesday’s French Debate was moved from 8pm to 6pm, an effort to avoid a scheduling conflict with a pivotal Montreal Canadiens game that same evening. A matter of hours is all it took for the Green Party to be uninvited to both debates, a decision that has angered the party’s co-leaders. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Duff Conacher, the co-founder of Democracy Watch. Shifting gears to local news, a newly-built property in Embrun was supposed to be a long-term investment for seven tenants. Instead, it has turned into a waking nightmare. The chaos began after a sudden flood left both homes uninhabitable, displacing families and triggering questions as to how the property even passed inspection. CTV’s Katelyn Wilson delivers that story in Hour 1.
Unpublished Newswire
British Columbia’s Energy Minister has shut down the idea of a new pipeline in the province, citing the impracticality and massive costs associated with such a proposal. Adrian Dix’s comments follow Monday’s first ministers’ meeting in Saskatoon, in which talk of “nation-building” energy projects dominated. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been pushing for the revival of the Northern Gateway pipeline project, which would have moved bitumen from Alberta to the northern coast of B.C.
June 4, 2025 - 22:45 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
Two young men living in a Vancouver suburb have been charged in connection with the daytime killing of a trucking insurance broker outside his Mississauga, Ont., office last month.But his family still wants to see more charges laid in the slaying of a man once targeted in a wave of extortions that has rattled Sikh people across Canada.
June 4, 2025 - 22:40 | Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail
A border security bill tabled this week by the federal government would grant CSIS, the police and other law enforcement agencies the right to demand information about internet subscribers – including their locations – without a warrant from a judge.The proposed changes, part of a sprawling piece of legislation unveiled on Tuesday, were criticized by civil liberties advocates and legal experts, who argued that the measures would run counter to previous court rulings and would almost certainly face new challenges.
June 4, 2025 - 22:27 | Marie Woolf | The Globe and Mail
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