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Ottawa’s recent job numbers have been unveiled by Statistics Canada. Spoiler alert: They do not look pretty. Over the course of the last 5 months, the local economy lost 20,000 jobs, with a whopping 5,400 job losses accounting for the entire month of August. CTV’s Dylan Dyson sifts through the data in Hour 4. Then, we preview tonight’s CTV Ottawa supper-hour newscast with Stefan Keyes and Jacie Perez. But first, who is craving a road trip to the nearest cinema? If you raised your hand in excitement, Matt Demers has got you covered with his Weekly Movie Picks!
September 5, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
If you have fallen into the stunt driving trap, you are starting to make a lot of enemies in Canada’s Capital. To be more specific, a crowd of city councillors who are growing increasingly frustrated by the day. In Hour 1, Barrhaven West councillor David Hill openly confessed what was grinding his gears. And if a driver gets a pair of stunt driving convictions, River Ward councillor Riley Brockington believes that should be enough to warrant a vehicle seizure. Is this a big problem where you live, and what is the best way to deal with this problem? Kristy Cameron sifts through the...
September 5, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
As you heard in Hour 1, Prime Minister Mark Carney has invented a ‘Buy Canadian’ procurement policy, and we should see it in action by 2026. This means that the federal government will be buying from Canadian suppliers, as domestic providers hit the bench. It seems like a good idea on paper and in theory, but what curveballs should the feds be anticipating? Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Pedro Antunes, a Chief Economist with the Conference Board of Canada. Later in Hour 2, we rekindle the stunt driving debate that we originally started with Barrhaven West councillor David...
September 5, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
On Thursday, the streets were buzzing about a significant announcement on Friday from Canada’s Prime Minister. This morning, we got exactly that, as Mark Carney unveiled a brand-new ‘Buy Canadian’ procurement policy. Starting next Spring, all federal government departments, agencies, and Crown corporations will buy from Canada. This is not a suggestion. This is a mandatory policy. Shifting gears to Canada’s EV mandates, that policy was supposed to begin in the new year. However, things have since changed, and the electric vehicle sales targets are being walked...
September 5, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
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OTTAWA — Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi said Friday that he wouldn’t join the chorus of Western Canadian political leaders calling on Ottawa to drop tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, saying the issue was beyond his depth.
“The ban on Chinese EVs (is) a little outside of my pay grade,” said Nenshi when asked about the issue at an unrelated press conference in Calgary.
He stressed that Canada needs to engage directly with China’s government to resolve the escalating trade war, which has inflicted heavy...
September 5, 2025 - 17:28 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
OTTAWA — Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi said Friday that he wouldn’t join the chorus of Western Canadian political leaders calling on Ottawa to drop tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, saying the issue was beyond his depth.
“The ban on Chinese EVs (is) a little outside of my pay grade,” said Nenshi when asked about the issue at an unrelated press conference in Calgary.
Nenshi stressed that Canada needs to engage directly with China’s government to resolve the escalating trade war, which has inflicted heavy damage on farmers in Alberta and other western provinces, but said he “...
September 5, 2025 - 17:28 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
