Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. July 16th, 2025
July 16, 2025
Do you remember when a crowd of Carleton candidates prepared for battle during April’s federal election? It partially led to Pierre Poilievre’s dismissal as the longtime MP for that riding. Well, next month, Poilievre will be attempting a political resurgence, as he tries to re-enter the House of Commons as an Alberta MP. This time, over 50 candidates will be standing in his way. CFRA’s Chris Holski delivers the latest developments. Plus, there has been a growing uproar as to how e-scooters and e-bikes are being regulated. A big part of that confusion is the amount of legislation that’s already in place, and it’s not very vast. We dig deeper with Julie Beun, who is a spokesperson for CAA North and East Ontario.
Unpublished Newswire
The White House is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard and other universities as part of potential settlements to end investigations into campus antisemitism, using the deal it struck with Columbia University as a template, according to an administration official familiar with the matter.Fines have become a staple of proposed deals in talks with Harvard and other schools, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
July 25, 2025 - 22:07 | Collin Binkley | The Globe and Mail
On Wednesday, a driver of a recycling truck was forced to urgently dump a big load of material in a Kelowna school parking lot after flames erupted inside the vehicle.
July 25, 2025 - 21:00 | Klaudia Van Emmerik | Global News - Canada
Born and raised in Montreal, Norman Marshall Villeneuve was taught to tap dance by his older brother. As a preteen he studied piano with the great instructor Daisy Peterson-Sweeney, sister of Oscar Peterson. Another legendary jazz pianist, Oliver Jones, was a cousin who, like Mr. Peterson, lived nearby.The tutoring in the other disciplines notwithstanding, he instead became one of Canada’s greatest bebop drummers.
July 25, 2025 - 20:27 | Brad Wheeler | The Globe and Mail
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