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Publication Date: June 27, 2025 - 18:00

Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. June 27th, 2025

June 27, 2025

Andrew Pinsent is filling in for Kristy Cameron this afternoon. And before anyone asks, it is raining at her cottage right now. We are starting the program with a conversation about public transportation, and whether the installation of ‘ring roads’ is the best path forward to alleviate traffic headaches. If that isn’t your cup of tea, perhaps another interprovincial bridge could do a better job. On July 10th, the NCC plans to hold public consultations on a bridge proposal, which would cross commuters from the East End over Kettle Island. Sylvie Bigras, the President of the Lowertown Community Association, drops by for a visit in Hour 1. Plus, we continue to tip our cap to Canadian innovators who make this country great. And as we prepare to conclude our ‘Proudly Canadian’ segment, we find out how the shawarma dominated our city’s landscape.



Unpublished Newswire

 
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney told Inuit leaders that his government’s major projects bill “fully respects treaty rights” a week after several Indigenous leaders left a recent meeting with him in a state of frustration , saying their treaties were being undermined. On Thursday, Carney was taking part in a meeting of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee, co-hosted by the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Natan Obed, in Inuvik, NWT, to discuss Bill C-5, known as the One Canadian Economy Act. In his opening remarks, the prime minister said he wanted to make “absolutely clear...
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