Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. August 21st, 2025
August 21, 2025
As previously heard in Hour 1, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has released his 2026 ‘budget direction’ for the City of Ottawa. He says there could be a transit fare hike, somewhere between 2.5 percent and 7.5 percent. Police spending for 2026, according to Sutcliffe, could also climb between 2.9 percent and 6.5 percent. In your view, what municipal service needs the most investment? What service would you pay more taxes to improve? Guest host Andrew Pinsent sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Later in Hour 3, he searches for your gardening questions, as gardening expert Carson Arthur delivers some get-ahead pointers for the 2026 gardening season. Plus, a home burglar is facing charges in Lindsay, while the Ontario homeowner who tried to defend himself is also facing charges. It’s a complex investigation that caught the attention of Premier Doug Ford, and he pulled no punches when taking sides. We tread through these complex waters with Nick Cake, a London-based criminal defence lawyer.
Unpublished Newswire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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