Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. July 8th, 2025
July 8, 2025
A decision from the Ford government to prohibit HART Hubs from handing out sterile needles will put more people at risk of HIV and Hepatitis C transmission. That is the latest argument from the HIV Legal Network. For context, back in December, the province officially turned the Community Care and Recovery Act into law. It requires that existing supervised drug consumption sites be at least 200 metres away from schools and daycare centres. Because of that, nine sites in Ontario were told to stop offering supervised consumption services, and were ultimately converted into HART Hubs. This act is now being challenged in a court of law, as critics claim that the province’s new policy is violating its own guidelines and advisory committees. Kristy Cameron opens the debate floor with Sandra Ka Hon Chu, the Co-Executive Director of the HIV Legal Network. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
Unpublished Newswire
A Quebec college facing a $30-million fine for enrolling too many students in English-language programs, contravening the province’s language law, is postponing the first day of classes scheduled for Monday.LaSalle College said the suspension is tied to the fine imposed on the Montreal school it deems “abusive” and Monday classes are cancelled, but the campus will remain open to students.In a statement issued Friday, the college said the first day back-to-class will go ahead on Tuesday. The post-secondary institution assures the measure won’t have an impact on students’ academic careers...
August 23, 2025 - 20:40 | Sidhartha Banerjee | The Globe and Mail
In March of 2024, a middle-aged man was having a cigarette outside his Surrey, B.C., social housing complex when he noticed Jae Won Lee, a 23-year-old Australian-born permanent resident of Canada, lifting the cover off another resident’s motorcycle. The man approached Lee to ask what he was doing, to which Lee replied, “Mind your own business, old man.”Lee then pulled out a knife with a six-inch blade and stabbed the man’s arm before chasing him into the building’s lobby, where he stabbed him in the abdomen.
August 23, 2025 - 20:30 | Darryl Greer | The Globe and Mail
Ottawa firefighters quickly put out a fire Saturday evening in the basement of a row housing end unit on Borthwick Avenue. Read More
August 23, 2025 - 19:43 | Doug Menary | Ottawa Citizen
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