Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. May 9th, 2025
May 9, 2025
Pete Hoekstra, the new U.S. Ambassador to Canada, says the ‘51st State’ conversation is behind us. He set the record straight during a recent interview with the National Post. However, he also wouldn’t consider this week’s meeting between Carney and Trump as a total reset of the relationship, adding that things have been ‘rocky’ as of late. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with David Cohen in Hour 1. He was America's Ambassador to Canada during the Biden administration. Then, we continue the conversation with CFRA's Andrew Pinsent. But first, we bring you up to speed on today's top headlines, as Canada's new Prime Minister prepares to unveil his new Cabinet on Tuesday.
Unpublished Newswire
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed civilians in a seven minute speech made public in the early hours of the morning.
Speaking in English on a
YouTube link
shared via the Prime Minister’s Office, he said: “Moments ago, Israel launched ‘Operation Rising Lion’,
a targeted military operation
to roll back the...
June 12, 2025 - 22:57 | Special to National Post | National Post
Quebec Senator Larry Smith has joined the chamber’s Conservative caucus, making him the third person to cross the Senate floor since the beginning of June and boosting the opposition caucus to 14 members.It’s a return to the past for Mr. Smith, who was the Conservative opposition leader in the Senate from 2017 to 2019. In 2022, he joined the Canadian Senators Group, which has no party affiliation, but remained a Conservative Party member.
June 12, 2025 - 22:07 | Emily Haws | The Globe and Mail
Before she had to flee her Sandy Lake First Nation home, Elizabeth Fiddler put a sign in her living-room window: “CAT INSIDE. His name is Louie!”She took a photo of the sign, with Louie, a black and white cat wearing an orange bow tie with a bell attached, sitting below, and posted it to a Facebook group called “Sandy Lake Fire 2025 – Pet Rescue.”
June 12, 2025 - 21:56 | Willow Fiddler | The Globe and Mail
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