Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. June 10th, 2025
June 10, 2025
It’s not just fewer Canadians travelling to the United States, but also fewer Americans travelling to Canada. According to StatsCan, the number of car trips that Americans took to visit Canada declined by 10.7 percent in April and 8.4 percent in May. Those data drops are compared to what we saw in April and May of last year. And when we look at air travel through the same lens, the trend continues. Naturally, as a testy trade war unfolds, Canadian tourism associations are worried that the perception of an anti-American environment is keeping our Southern neighbours away from the Great White North. Today, one tourism association is aiming to change those toxic beliefs with their latest advertising rollout. Kristy Cameron chats with Shanny Halle, a spokesperson for Quebec’s Eastern Townships Tourism. It’s a region in Southeastern Quebec that hovers around the U.S. border. Plus, we are taking applications for Kristy’s Summer Job Centre, starting today and rolling right into Friday! Tuesday’s installment features Angela Grant-Saunders from the one and only Saunders Farm. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
Unpublished Newswire
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed civilians in a seven minute speech made public in the early hours of the morning.
Speaking in English on a
YouTube link
shared via the Prime Minister’s Office, he said: “Moments ago, Israel launched ‘Operation Rising Lion’,
a targeted military operation
to roll back the...
June 12, 2025 - 22:57 | Special to National Post | National Post
Quebec Senator Larry Smith has joined the chamber’s Conservative caucus, making him the third person to cross the Senate floor since the beginning of June and boosting the opposition caucus to 14 members.It’s a return to the past for Mr. Smith, who was the Conservative opposition leader in the Senate from 2017 to 2019. In 2022, he joined the Canadian Senators Group, which has no party affiliation, but remained a Conservative Party member.
June 12, 2025 - 22:07 | Emily Haws | The Globe and Mail
Before she had to flee her Sandy Lake First Nation home, Elizabeth Fiddler put a sign in her living-room window: “CAT INSIDE. His name is Louie!”She took a photo of the sign, with Louie, a black and white cat wearing an orange bow tie with a bell attached, sitting below, and posted it to a Facebook group called “Sandy Lake Fire 2025 – Pet Rescue.”
June 12, 2025 - 21:56 | Willow Fiddler | The Globe and Mail
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