Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Tues. July 22nd, 2025
July 22, 2025
The music world is in a state of shock this afternoon, as tributes from rock stars and heavy metal fans pour in for the voice of Black Sabbath. Ozzy Osbourne, who lived well beyond his expected years, passed away this morning with friends and family by his side. He was 76 years old. Guest host Chris Holski sifts through Ozzy’s everlasting legacy with music journalist Alan Cross. When it’s all said and done, is he the most influential frontman in rock-and-roll history? We open the textboard and welcome your honest feedback. Plus, it’s been one full year since the ByWard Market Police Hub opened its doors at the Rideau Centre. Have things gotten better? Rideau-Vanier councillor Stephanie Plante provides her two cents on that subject.
Unpublished Newswire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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