Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. August 27th, 2025
August 27, 2025
Air Transat is being accused of inflating prices during the Air Canada flight attendants strike. And now, a class-action lawsuit is being filed, describing Air Transat’s actions as a cruel attempt to gouge panicked customers. We dig deeper in Hour 2 with Joey Zukran, a class-action lawyer at Montreal-based LPC Lawyers. They are part of the firm who is spear-heading this lawsuit. Meantime, Canadian online retailers say their businesses are under threat, as the United States plans to start charging duties on low-value deliveries. Kristy Cameron chats with Dave Pelkey, who owns The Vintage Crate in Arnprior. Plus, as Canada’s trade spat with the U.S. continues, Ontario isn’t budging on its American booze ban. CFRA’s Chris Holski has the latest on that.
Unpublished Newswire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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