Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Fri. August 29th, 2025
August 29, 2025
A 71-year-old Cornwall man is charged with aggravated assault and possession of a dangerous weapon after a woman was stabbed at a grocery store. Police are now treating the case as a hate crime. Laine Johnson, area councillor, worries that fear is being weaponized. Later, CFRA's Chris Holski informs us an event that is for the dogs. Plus, Mr. Hollywood Matt Demers drops by with his "Flaming Thumbs Reviews" of the newest flicks in theaters.
Unpublished Newswire
The private developer who had partnered with British Columbia’s Squamish Nation to build the country’s most ambitious Indigenous-owned apartment project to date has sold the last of his stake to a major Ontario pension fund. The move by Ian Gillespie’s Westbank Corp. is the latest in a series of divestments by the company as it grapples with a dramatic slowdown of the Vancouver residential market. The Squamish announced Thursday that the Senakw project, which is just completing the first three towers of a planned 11, will now be a “restructured partnership.”
August 29, 2025 - 20:59 | Frances Bula | The Globe and Mail
The Kelowna man describes the incidents as more than just pranks, saying the teens aggressively bang on his home, yell profanities, and ride recklessly around the neighbourhood.
August 29, 2025 - 20:38 | Victoria Femia | Global News - Canada
A 71-year-old man from Cornwall, Ont., is facing charges after he allegedly stabbed an elderly woman in Ottawa in what police consider to be a hate-motivated crime. Police say a woman in her 70s entered a grocery store on Baseline Road with a friend at around 1:35 p.m. on Wednesday when she was approached by a man who stabbed her, causing serious injuries.
August 29, 2025 - 19:53 | | The Globe and Mail
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