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Publication Date: September 5, 2025 - 18:03
Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Fri. September 5th, 2025
September 5, 2025

Ottawa’s recent job numbers have been unveiled by Statistics Canada. Spoiler alert: They do not look pretty. Over the course of the last 5 months, the local economy lost 20,000 jobs, with a whopping 5,400 job losses accounting for the entire month of August. CTV’s Dylan Dyson sifts through the data in Hour 4. Then, we preview tonight’s CTV Ottawa supper-hour newscast with Stefan Keyes and Jacie Perez. But first, who is craving a road trip to the nearest cinema? If you raised your hand in excitement, Matt Demers has got you covered with his Weekly Movie Picks!
York Regional Police are looking into three separate shootings in Vaughan, where houses were targeted over the weekend.Police say they were called in for a report of a shooting Saturday morning at a residence on Farrell Road and Via Romano Boulevard, where a man was seen firing multiple shots at a house.
September 7, 2025 - 18:46 | | The Globe and Mail
A WestJet flight from Toronto made a hard landing in St. Maarten in the Caribbean on Sunday, with slides activated to evacuate the plane.Passengers and crew managed to slide down safely and were transported to the island airport’s terminal, Calgary-based WestJet said in a statement.“Emergency services responded immediately, deploying foam as a precaution,” WestJet said. “All guests are accounted for and there are no reported injuries.”
September 7, 2025 - 18:28 | Brent Jang | The Globe and Mail
Protesters had a brief standoff with police on Toronto International Film Festival’s main strip on Saturday as they demonstrated against the screening of a film centred on a retired Israeli general.A group of activists wearing kaffiyehs and waving Palestinian flags gathered around the TIFF sign at King Street and University Avenue, placing small rolled-up blankets smeared with fake blood – staged to resemble dead infants – at its base.
September 7, 2025 - 17:40 | Alex Nino Gheciu | The Globe and Mail
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