Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. May 8th, 2025
May 8, 2025
The search for a new Pope has quickly ended after just 2 days of deliberation. And as the white smoke drifts away from Vatican City, the identity of the Catholic Church’s fearless leader has been unveiled for all to see. Cardinal Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old from Chicago, will now be known as Pope Leo XIV. It is the first time in the Church’s history that an American will be leading them. We gather instant reaction as the show rolls on. Meantime, a new Leger survey says that most Canadians don’t feel safe when they visit an American city. It was conducted for the Association for Canadian Studies, and it found that 52 percent of respondents don’t find this pilgrimage as safe as it once was. While 29 percent of respondents disagree with this theory, 54 percent insist that they don’t feel welcome when they travel to the United States. Travel expert Lorraine Simpson calls up the Ottawa Now studios with her two cents.
Unpublished Newswire
A former Nova Scotia police detective says he believes the search for two missing children in Pictou County that has lasted more than a month is now a criminal investigation.
June 13, 2025 - 05:00 | Rebecca Lau | Global News - Canada
Health and immunization experts are reassuring Canadians that vaccine guidance is independent and based on scientific rigor in Canada after all 17 members of the committee that provides vaccine guidance in the United States were abruptly purged this week. Read More
June 13, 2025 - 04:00 | Elizabeth Payne | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — The brother of former federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says Canadians who receive a duty to warn about a threat against their life and safety should be provided protection, calling the lack of security “unacceptable.”
Gurratan Singh says the need for protection is “paramount” and that the current situation results in people being left to “fend for themselves.”
“It’s unacceptable and an immediate step that must be given is security must be provided to those who are facing duty to warns from, especially, foreign governments.”
“I think any single Canadian who gets a duty to...
June 13, 2025 - 04:00 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
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