Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. April 24th, 2025
April 24, 2025
During yesterday’s program, we received news that the Ontario government would be thoroughly investigating the finances of a few school boards. One of them is easily Ottawa’s largest. The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has posted deficit budgets for 4 straight years, and they are currently facing a multi-million-dollar deficit for the next learning season. In his first month of office, Education Minister Paul Calandra says he has received plenty of feedback from parents in Canada’s Capital, specifically pertaining to the OCDSB. And while he doesn’t want to take action, he isn’t afraid to. Is this the right move from the Ministry of Education? Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Jennifer Dimoff, a parent of two kids below the age of seven. Both of them attend an OCDSB school. In other news, a Canadian clothing retailer is closing all 14 of its stores over the coming weeks, a tough decision that is part of a massive restructuring plan. They are also selling 100 percent of their intellectual property to a Montreal-based company. Plus, Hudson’s Bay had originally promised to save six of its stores from the liquidation guillotine. Sadly, as doomsday approaches, it appears as though none of their stores are safe after all.
Unpublished Newswire
A former Alberta cabinet minister says an investigation called by Premier Danielle Smith’s government into multimillion-dollar health contracts looks like a whitewashing exercise.Peter Guthrie, now an Independent member of the legislature, posted a letter Wednesday afternoon, saying that, among other problems, the terms of a third-party probe by a former Manitoba judge are so narrow that it will be tough to get to the heart of what happened.Guthrie said the United Conservative government is only hurting itself since the investigation by former Manitoba judge Raymond Wyant is unlikely to...
April 24, 2025 - 19:55 | Lisa Johnson | The Globe and Mail
The City of Calgary collected $240 million in municipal development fees last year, which is the equivalent to an additional 10 per cent property tax increase if the fees are cut.
April 24, 2025 - 19:52 | Adam MacVicar | Global News - Canada
A commercial kitchen company pleaded guilty Thursday to four bylaw offences after a massive E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill.Fueling Minds Inc. was charged after the eight-week outbreak that was declared in September 2023.There were at least 448 infections, and 39 children and one adult were hospitalized because of severe illness.
April 24, 2025 - 19:33 | Bill Graveland | The Globe and Mail
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