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Unpublished Newswire
Good morning. The United States struck a trade deal with the European Union, as Canadians look ahead to the Aug. 1 deadline set for our own tariff agreement. More on that below, plus updates from Gaza and the rescue from a B.C. mine collapse. Let’s get to it.TOP STORY
July 28, 2025 - 06:37 | Sierra Bein | The Globe and Mail
I n early 2023, Rocco Casagrande, a scientist and former United Nations weapons inspector, brought a small container to the White House for a briefing with American government officials. It was filled with a dozen easily available chemical ingredients that Anthropic’s flagship chatbot, Claude, recommended as precursors to trigger another pandemic. Casagrande’s stunt confirmed that anyone with an internet connection can now conceivably create their own weapon of mass destruction.
“It is clear that biological technology, now boosted by artificial intelligence, has made it simpler than ever...
July 28, 2025 - 06:30 | Kyle Hiebert | Walrus
Two people, including a child, died in separate drownings in Ontario on Saturday, as one expert warns that July often sees the highest number of drownings in Canadian water.
July 28, 2025 - 06:15 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
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