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Unpublished Newswire
Two people, including a three-year-old, died in separate drownings in Ontario on Saturday. Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after emergency services were called to Mille Roches Beach in Long Sault around 5:45 p.m. regarding a child with no vital signs. Police say off-duty medical professionals were attempting to resuscitate the child who was rushed to the hospital and later pronounced dead.
July 27, 2025 - 11:04 | | The Globe and Mail
Nanaimo councillor Ian Thorpe plans to ask council to formally request Island Health close the supervised drug use site near city hall amid concerns over local disorder.
July 27, 2025 - 10:38 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
In a very civil tone, the mayor of Windsor, Ont., is asking the fresh faces in the Mark Carney-led Liberal government to butt out of city planning. Mayor Drew Dilkens especially wants to see an end to Trudeau-era affordable housing mandates from Ottawa that don’t serve his community.
“They were just hell-bent on putting forward this really left-principled version of what housing should be,” Drew says of the conditions imposed on cities under the $4-billion housing accelerator fund launched in 2023 by then federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser.
Unlike most other big cities in Canada,...
July 27, 2025 - 09:00 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | National Post
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