Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. October 2nd, 2025
October 2, 2025
Rideau-Jock councillor David Brown says Ottawa’s rural residents aren’t being adequately served by OC Transpo. He is hoping that ‘privatized transit’ can help fill those missing gaps, or at least bridge them. He outlines his plan to Kristy Cameron in Hour 1. Meanwhile in Perth, a beacon of local education is officially up for sale, as Algonquin College prepares to pack their bags. Perth Mayor Judy Brown has the latest on that. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
Unpublished Newswire
Ottawa removed most of its diplomats from India in October 2023 after New Delhi threatened to strip diplomatic immunity from 41 Canadian officials and their 42 dependants.
October 22, 2025 - 08:37 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
It is Wednesday night at the Lion’s Gate banquet hall in Barrie, Ont., an hour north of Toronto. A Toronto Blue Jays playoff game is on the big screen, but Michael Ryan is focused on the task before him: getting a beanbag through the hole in a tilted board exactly 27 feet away. He grips one of his Viper-brand beanbags, draws his arm back, plants his foot and throws, putting a slight spin on the bag to guide its trajectory. It lands on the board with a satisfying thump, slides forward and disappears – plop – through the hole. “Nice bag, Mike,” says a competitor.
October 22, 2025 - 08:00 | Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
NEW YORK — Twenty-four years ago, a murderous yet methodical squadron of Islamic terrorists tore out the beating heart of New York City in the name of their particular understanding of God.
On Nov. 4, it is likely that a beaming, bearded young Muslim from the far left flank of American politics — a card-carrying Democratic Socialist, no less — will be elected as the 111th mayor (all of them men) of the capital of capitalism, riding a pita-in-the-sky cyclone of no-fare transit, cheap apartments, discount groceries and anti-Zionist rage from the river (Hudson) to the sea (Atlantic) and...
October 22, 2025 - 07:00 | Allen Abel | National Post
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