Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Wed. October 29th, 2025
October 29, 2025
Earlier this morning, the Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate to 2.25 percent. And as we all expected, BOC Governor Tiff Macklem warned Canadians that American trade policy remains unpredictable. This comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was halting trade negotiations until further notice. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Richard Forbes, a Principal Economist with the Conference Board of Canada. But first, it’s time to tackle today’s Question of the Day, as deliberations surrounding the fate of Lansdowne 2.0 quickly ramp up. Is this project worth it? And if you were at today’s meetings, what burning questions would you ask? Text into the show and let us know!
Unpublished Newswire
If you have the chance to see a Japanese baseball game, you have to take it. In the Nippon Professional Baseball League, the high-energy baseball experience is an alt-reality of what MLB could be.Passionate fans wear face paint and scream individualized songs they know all the words to for each of their home team’s players, complete with horns; and in the style of a European soccer game, they carve out safe spaces in the stadiums for supporters of the opposing team. At the end of each game, the home team comes back out and bows to the fans in each section.
November 1, 2025 - 02:07 | Adrian Lee | The Globe and Mail
Kelly Saunders is hanging up the keys after a multi-decade career, which saw him play an integral role in some of Halifax's biggest moments on ice.
November 1, 2025 - 00:00 | Mitchell Bailey | Global News - Canada
The Toronto Blue Jays had an opportunity to win the World Series Friday night, but they could not get it done. They will get one final chance on Saturday to claim the club’s first title in 32 years. The Los Angeles Dodgers grinded out a 3-1 victory in a tension-packed Game 6 on Friday at Rogers Centre to tie up the World Series 3-3 and force a winner-take-all Game 7.
October 31, 2025 - 23:19 | Rachel Brady | The Globe and Mail
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