Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. August 7th, 2025
August 7, 2025
After a handful of scary moments, an entire family has escaped a Downtown Ottawa blaze. CTV’s Katie Griffin tells us more in Hour 4. We are also retrieving the latest developments on today’s workplace accident in Gatineau, as a man spends multiple hours trapped inside a deep trench. He has since been rescued, and his injuries are not deemed to be life-threatening. CTV’s Kimberley Fowler drops by the Hal Anthony studios to fill in the blanks. And if news breaks, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
Unpublished Newswire
J.K. Rowling has come under fire for her views on transgender rights. She has described transgender hormone therapy as a “new kind of conversion therapy for young gay people.”
September 9, 2025 - 21:33 | Amy Judd | Global News - Canada
Ken Dryden would plant the toe of his goalie stick in the ice, resting his leather-clad right blocker hand and left catching hand atop the taped knob as a rest for his chin. He was a sentry temporarily at ease, looking no more bothered than a streetsweeper waiting for traffic to pass.For some, the pose evoked Rodin’s The Thinker, as though the goalie needed a respite from the frantic action. In the 1970s, it was not uncommon to see a kids’ road hockey game in which both goalies struck the stance.
September 9, 2025 - 21:22 | Tom Hawthorn | The Globe and Mail
B.C. Premier David Eby is facing pushback after linking Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program to high youth unemployment and strains on social services, with New Democrats calling his remarks out of step with party values.In response to a question about provincial belt-tightening at an unrelated news conference last week, Mr. Eby noted Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call for Ottawa to axe the program and said it was a timely issue that should be considered.
September 9, 2025 - 21:04 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
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