Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Mon. April 21st, 2025
April 21, 2025
If he becomes Prime Minister on April 28th, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre vows to review Canada’s single-use plastic ban. During his Sunday pitstop in Montreal, he claimed that this ban is driving up food prices, and is becoming economically destructive. Should we bring back the plastic straw? Kristy Cameron chats with Cal Lakhan in Hour 2. He is the Director of the Circular Innovation Hub at York University, the largest research initiative that is dedicated to waste across Canada. Meantime, world leaders are paying tribute to Pope Francis, who passed away at the age of 88 earlier this morning. We examine his legacy with Michael W. Higgins, a Vatican Affairs analyst and the author of ‘The Jesuit Disruptor’.
Unpublished Newswire
Akita Colomb and her children are not in Niagara Falls for the waterfalls, wax museums, casinos or blinking lights of the carnival rides that call out to the millions of tourists who come here on vacation.For them, the Ontario city represents something else: sanctuary from the wildfires that have consumed so much of northern Manitoba.
June 6, 2025 - 17:57 | Greg Mercer | The Globe and Mail
Environment Canada has warned of an “early season heat event” across much of southern British Columbia starting Saturday and persisting into early next week.The weather office issued more than 30 special weather statements heading into the weekend, saying a ridge of high pressure will bring elevated temperatures that could reach the low 30s on the coast and the mid-30s inland.
June 6, 2025 - 17:55 | Brieanna Charlebois and Ashley Joannou | The Globe and Mail
According to B.C. Wildfire Service, there have already been 49 wildfires within the Kamloops Fire Centre, which includes the Okanagan, since April 1st.
June 6, 2025 - 17:51 | Klaudia Van Emmerik | Global News - Canada
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