Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. August 20th, 2025
August 20, 2025
Andrew Pinsent is filling in for the vacationing Kristy Cameron this week. It’s been a tragic Summer season on Ontario waters, backed up by new data from the Ontario Provincial Police. They say that drownings over the past 12 months have doubled. And in the wake of one particular tragedy in Northern Ontario, calls for mandatory swimming lessons in public schools have resurfaced at a fast and furious pace. Sean Duffy from the Lifesaving Society of Ontario pays us a visit in Hour 1. Turning our attention to municipal and provincial politics, an Ottawa city councillor has caught the attention of Ontario’s Premier, and not in a good way. Ariel Troster from Somerset Ward took the province’s Deputy Premier to task on recent crime data statistics, leading to a widening degree of confusion. She hops on the show to clarify her stance and react to Doug Ford’s criticism.
Unpublished Newswire
Prolific Canadian actor Graham Greene, who earlier this year received a Governor General’s award for lifetime artistic achievement, has died. Greene’s manager Gerry Jordan said Greene died on Monday in Stratford, Ont., of natural causes. He was 73.
September 1, 2025 - 20:55 | Cassidy McMackon | The Globe and Mail
When Maurice McGregor graduated from high school, his father sat him down for a pragmatic talk about the future. The fact that young Maurice had not been the smartest of students did not preclude him from pursuing a career in education, law or medicine because if only the smartest were able to take on positions of authority, the world would be in a lot of trouble.The son chose medicine because it was a field that sparked his curiosity. And, coming from a family of fierce pacifists who were all aware that a new world war was on the horizon, he wanted to be able to take part as a healer...
September 1, 2025 - 20:08 | Lisa Fitterman | The Globe and Mail
Many of the more than 35,000 public-service employees from two unions in British Columbia will be heading to the picket lines on Tuesday morning if they are not called back to the bargaining table, the union heads say. “We think our government is out of touch with both our membership and the public‚” said Paul Finch, bargaining chair and president of the British Columbia General Employees’ Union. “We think the government needs to take a knee and revise their position here.”The BCGEU, which represents 34,000 public-sector employees, as well as the Professional Employees Association (PEA...
September 1, 2025 - 19:46 | Aajah Sauter, Claire McFarlane | The Globe and Mail
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