Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. August 26th, 2025
August 26, 2025
Effective next month, Ottawa’s two largest school boards will be asking students and teachers to pack ‘litterless lunches’. If you bring any plastic, glass, or recyclable products to school with you, then you have to bring them home and dispose of them yourself. This shift in school board policy is due to the recent removal of classroom blue bins. We gather instant reaction from listeners throughout today’s broadcast. And just after the bottom-hour news, Kristy Cameron picks the brain of Duncan Bury, who is the co-founder of Waste Watch Ottawa. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
Unpublished Newswire
A recent survey of chief administrative officers offered a drastically different view of how the province's strong mayor powers are being implemented
August 29, 2025 - 05:55 | Colin D’Mello | Global News - Ottawa
About 80 per cent of Canada's land mass saw an increase in its plant hardiness zone, mostly of about half a zone to one full zone.
August 29, 2025 - 05:00 | Jacquelyn LeBel | Global News - Canada
About 80 per cent of Canada's land mass saw an increase in its plant hardiness zone, mostly of about half a zone to one full zone.
August 29, 2025 - 05:00 | Jacquelyn LeBel | Global News - Ottawa
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