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Publication Date: April 8, 2025 - 18:00

Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. April 8th, 2025

April 8, 2025
According to a new survey from the Bank of Canada, most Canadians are expecting a recession to hit the economy this year. To be more specific, 67 percent of consumers are anticipating a recession, which is a 47 percent jump from the previous quarter. We dig deeper with Mark Kamstra, a Finance Professor at York University's Schulich School of Business. Plus, the coroner’s inquest into the deaths of the OC Transpo bus crash victims continues today. CTV’s Katie Griffin has more on that.


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Kate Dupuis’s two kids love the swim lessons they get every week at their school in Toronto’s east end. Her 10-year-old daughter is developing into a great swimmer, and her six-year-old son recently came home bragging about plunging into the deep end. That could all come to an end as the Toronto District School Board considers a report that recommends closing more than half of its pools to help reduce a budget deficit.
May 2, 2025 - 18:57 | Dave McGinn | The Globe and Mail
About 18 months ago, Maria Wu received a call that left her shaken. Ms. Wu’s mother-in-law, who is in her 70s, had been on the receiving end of a so-called “grandparent scam” – a call from an anonymous number, with a voice that sounded like her son’s claiming to need a large sum of cash for an emergency.Luckily, Ms. Wu’s older relative was skeptical. She called her son and then, after confirming the whole thing had been a fake, the police. Still, the incident was unsettling enough to prompt Ms. Wu’s family to discuss how to best protect their loved ones from the seemingly endless list of...
May 2, 2025 - 18:53 | Ann Hui | The Globe and Mail
Work crews have discovered more historic artillery pieces and captured World War I trophies buried at Hastings Park in East Vancouver.
May 2, 2025 - 18:41 | Simon Little | Global News - Canada