Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Tues. February 11th, 2025
February 11, 2025
Hundreds of students and staff members at Algonquin College are in a state of shock this afternoon, as the campus plans to cut 37 academic programs. These cutbacks are scheduled to begin in September. It follows devastating news from Perth last month, as the College plans to shut down operations there. Teri Lorretto is the Program Coordinator for Algonquin’s Scriptwriting and Performing Arts programs, which are currently listed on the chopping block. She joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 3. Meantime, an Ottawa farmer says provincial trade barriers are making it difficult to sell Ontario pork in Quebec. Bruce Hudson, a co-owner of Panmure Farms Ltd. and Vice Chair at Ontario Pork, fears it would be impossible to keep his business rolling if U.S. President Trump follows through on his March 1st tariffs.
Unpublished Newswire
A backcountry skier in B.C. has been killed in an avalanche near the community of Golden.The RCMP says two men were reported unaccounted for at 10 p.m. Monday night, and had not been heard from since 5:30 p.m.They say one of the men eventually made it home, and despite hillside efforts to revive his friend, he succumbed to his injuries.
February 19, 2025 - 00:46 | | The Globe and Mail
British Columbia and Nova Scotia each mapped out a lean fiscal year ahead, with B.C. announcing a spending review and Nova Scotia setting aside a reserve fund, as American trade uncertainty looms over provincial budget season.The two provinces, which spoke to their near-term financial futures in separate official pronouncements on Tuesday, join other governments across the country in manoeuvring to brace themselves for the turmoil that would almost certainly follow if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to impose across-the-board 25-per-cent-tariffs on most Canadian...
February 18, 2025 - 21:56 | Justine Hunter | The Globe and Mail
Vancouver’s police chief is retiring from the department he joined as a constable in 1987 and led for the past decade.Chief Constable Adam Palmer announced Tuesday he is leaving the department five months before his current contract expires. He refused to confirm or deny that he plans to run for a seat in the next federal election when asked by reporters but promised to unveil his coming career move in the next week or so.
February 18, 2025 - 21:37 | Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail
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