Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. July 30th, 2025
July 30, 2025
The feds are dialling back on work-issued cellphones to public servants, as it shifts to computer-based softphones and other budget-saving measures. Shared Services Canada manages approximately 180,000 hand-held devices – ranging from iOS to Android – across 45 partners and 10 client departments. That’s according to the 2024-2025 Departmental Plan. Do you think your company should pay for your phone? And if you do have a workphone, should you have to take a call from that phone outside of working hours? Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Nadia Halum Arauz, a labour and employment lawyer with Simes Law. She specializes in workplace legislation. Plus, it’s time for another edition of Kristy’s Summer Hit List, as she gathers some tips and tricks for a little bit of last-minute Summer fun! Today’s special guest is Will Aiello from CTV Morning Live.
Unpublished Newswire
If you live or work in the area near Somerset and Booth streets, you will have noticed a stark increase in the proliferation of open drug use on the sidewalks in front of businesses and around people’s homes. Read More
August 23, 2025 - 04:00 | Peter Hum | Ottawa Citizen
Images of an angel and a devil inked onto the left arm of Glenn Kulka are a lens into the battle that's long raged within the former Canadian Football League player. Read More
August 23, 2025 - 04:00 | Tim Baines | Ottawa Citizen
B.C. farmers who own 400 ostriches ordered destroyed because of bird flu plan to ask Canada’s highest court to once again delay the cull, arguing that the birds are healthy and have posed no threat for months.Katie Pasitney, whose parents own Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewater, B.C., said the family is determined to take their case to the Supreme Court of Canada after the Federal Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency was operating within its mandate when it concluded the birds should be destroyed.
August 22, 2025 - 20:54 | Nancy Macdonald, Claire McFarlane | The Globe and Mail
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