Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. July 11th, 2025
July 11, 2025
Andrew Pinsent is filling in for Kristy Cameron this afternoon. As we heard last month, the province is assuming control of a quartet of school boards. One of them is Ottawa’s largest. And ever since a knock on the door from the provincial supervisor, there has been a ‘communications blackout’ at the OCDSB, as trustees and school officials are now locked out of their work accounts. Trustee Lyra Evans pays us a visit in Hour 1 to address an uncertain future. Meantime, we have officially entered Day 2 of RBC Bluesfest, as the crowds continue to roll into LeBreton Flats. On the second-to-last day of this year’s festivities, an Ottawa-based pop-punk band will be taking the stage. Andy chats with We Were Sharks vocalist Randy Frobel. 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Unpublished Newswire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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