Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. July 23rd, 2025
July 23, 2025
As of right now, there is no diagnostic test for Parkinson’s Disease, an ailment that claimed the life of a famous heavy metal musician on Tuesday. Could dogs – perhaps, maybe, someday – fill that role? CTV’s Dan Riskin opens that can of worms in Hour 2. Meantime, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre wants the feds to step in and take action against an advocacy group, which is rapidly encouraging close to 150 candidates to register as Independents in next month’s byelection. Of course, that is the Alberta byelection that Poilievre himself is trying to win. One of the main organizers of this movement joined CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent earlier today. We replay chunks of that conversation. Plus, as Amazon builds a brand-new warehouse in Barrhaven, nearby residents are already having nightmares about the pending traffic congestion. CTV's Dylan Dyson has more on that.
Unpublished Newswire
Prolific Canadian actor Graham Greene, who earlier this year received a Governor General’s award for lifetime artistic achievement, has died. Greene’s manager Gerry Jordan said Greene died on Monday in Stratford, Ont., of natural causes. He was 73.
September 1, 2025 - 20:55 | Cassidy McMackon | The Globe and Mail
When Maurice McGregor graduated from high school, his father sat him down for a pragmatic talk about the future. The fact that young Maurice had not been the smartest of students did not preclude him from pursuing a career in education, law or medicine because if only the smartest were able to take on positions of authority, the world would be in a lot of trouble.The son chose medicine because it was a field that sparked his curiosity. And, coming from a family of fierce pacifists who were all aware that a new world war was on the horizon, he wanted to be able to take part as a healer...
September 1, 2025 - 20:08 | Lisa Fitterman | The Globe and Mail
Many of the more than 35,000 public-service employees from two unions in British Columbia will be heading to the picket lines on Tuesday morning if they are not called back to the bargaining table, the union heads say. “We think our government is out of touch with both our membership and the public‚” said Paul Finch, bargaining chair and president of the British Columbia General Employees’ Union. “We think the government needs to take a knee and revise their position here.”The BCGEU, which represents 34,000 public-sector employees, as well as the Professional Employees Association (PEA...
September 1, 2025 - 19:46 | Aajah Sauter, Claire McFarlane | The Globe and Mail
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