Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. June 4th, 2025
June 4, 2025
It’s time to get your Spring COVID-19 vaccine, especially if you’re an older adult. Many people aged 65-and-older are not aware that they are currently eligible for another dose, and now is the ideal time to get vaccinated. Guest host Chris Holski picks the brain of Marie-Claude Turcotte, the Director of Health Promotion and the Chief Nursing Officer at Ottawa Public Health. Meantime, U.S. President Donald Trump has officially doubled tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from all countries, including Canada. When asked if the feds plan to retaliate, Prime Minister Mark Carney says they don’t have a gameplan just yet, but talks are ongoing behind closed doors. Peter Warrian, a steel economist at the University of Toronto, delivers his two cents on this complex tug-of-war.
Unpublished Newswire
BC Ferries is buying four massive ferries from a Chinese state-owned shipyard to run routes to and from Vancouver Island, saying that bidder was the clear choice despite China being locked in a trade war with Canada.The publicly owned ferry operator announced this week that China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards had won the right to build these vessels and that no Canadian companies stepped up, mostly because they are too busy fulfilling federal military contracts.
June 11, 2025 - 23:02 | Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail
After receiving hundreds of tips, analyzing hours of video footage and seizing electronic devices, the Nova Scotia RCMP insist there’s still no evidence that two young children who disappeared from the rural hamlet of Lansdowne nearly six weeks ago were kidnapped. The Mounties in a statement Wednesday described their investigation into the mysterious case as tenacious and intensive. They said they were getting help from the RCMP-run National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains, as well as provincial and municipal police agencies from Nova Scotia and other parts of Canada...
June 11, 2025 - 22:12 | Lindsay Jones, Greg Mercer | The Globe and Mail
Pride Toronto says the festival faces a major financial shortfall after multiple corporate sponsors pulled their support, which the festival’s executive director links to American companies moving away from DEI efforts under the Trump administration.
June 11, 2025 - 22:00 | | CBC News - Canada
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