Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Mon. August 25th, 2025
August 25, 2025
This December, worldwide history will be made down under, as Australia implements a social media ban for children aged 16-and-under. This new legislation, known as the Online Safety Amendment Bill, was passed in November 2024. Not even parents will be allowed to grant social media consent to their kids, unless they are 17-and-older. Youtube, TikTok, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Reddit, and Snapchat are all included under this ban. Today, a non-profit group in Canada is calling on the feds to implement a cellphone ban for anyone aged 14-and-under. Are you on board with this directive? Does it go far enough? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, the original Political Heat Panel has returned for the final edition of August, as the trio analyzes Prime Minister Carney’s recent removal of several retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. He is hoping to get on America’s good side and strike a trade compromise. In doing so, did he surrender all of his leverage?
Unpublished Newswire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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