Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. September 4th, 2025
September 4, 2025
Earlier in today’s program, we dissected a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, as they examined how much money is needed in order to rent an apartment. Toronto and Vancouver toppled the crowd when it comes to unaffordable housing. So when it comes to ‘rental wages’, where does Canada’s Capital rank? According to the CCPA, the average hourly wage required to afford a vacant unit in Ottawa is $39 for a 1-bedroom apartment and $48 for a 2-bedroom apartment. And with the minimum wage currently sitting at $17.20 per hour, you would need to work multiple minimum-wage jobs just to live there. Has our renting situation become unaffordable? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Speaking of budgets and savings, that was a key talking point in Ontario’s biggest city today, as the Liberal Cabinet retreat heads into Day 2 of meetings and deliberations. In less than 2 weeks, Parliament is back in session, and the Fall Fiscal Update won’t be too far behind. CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent delivers the latest developments in Hour 3. Plus, we squeeze in a gardening appointment with gardening expert Carson Arthur, as we try to save next year’s crops.
Unpublished Newswire
Paul Henderson, the Maple Leafs Hockey Hall of Famer, initially knew Ken Dryden only as the opposing goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens.“When I played against him, I hated that sucker,” Mr. Henderson said Sunday, two days after Mr. Dryden’s death at the age of 78.
September 7, 2025 - 21:31 | Marty Klinkenberg | The Globe and Mail
Politicians typically do most of their running on campaign trails, but Prime Minister Mark Carney surprised many people when he competed in a long-distance trail run in southern Ontario on the weekend.Carney was entered in the 26-kilometre event in the Haliburton Forest Trail Race, an annual event held about 160 kilometres north of Toronto, which also has longer distance categories, with the longest being 100 miles (160 kilometres).
September 7, 2025 - 21:05 | Rob Drinkwater | The Globe and Mail
The owners of nearly 400 ostriches on a British Columbia farm are hoping the federal Minister of Agriculture will step in and save the birds from an execution order after reviewing fresh evidence of the ostriches’ good health. Umar Sheikh, a lawyer for Universal Ostrich Farms, said he planned to send a package of evidence Sunday night to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald in a bid for ministerial reconsideration, one of the last remaining avenues to preserve a doomed flock whose fate has become an international cause célèbre.
September 7, 2025 - 21:03 | Kelly Grant | The Globe and Mail
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