Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. May 9th, 2025
May 9, 2025
Pete Hoekstra, the new U.S. Ambassador to Canada, says the ‘51st State’ conversation is behind us. He set the record straight during a recent interview with the National Post. However, he also wouldn’t consider this week’s meeting between Carney and Trump as a total reset of the relationship, adding that things have been ‘rocky’ as of late. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with David Cohen in Hour 1. He was America's Ambassador to Canada during the Biden administration. Then, we continue the conversation with CFRA's Andrew Pinsent. But first, we bring you up to speed on today's top headlines, as Canada's new Prime Minister prepares to unveil his new Cabinet on Tuesday.
Unpublished Newswire
Crown prosecutors have agreed Montreal billionaire Robert Miller is too sick to stand trial.Crown attorney Delphine Mauger told reporters a trial was impossible because it is clear the octogenarian is gravely ill and won’t recover.
June 9, 2025 - 19:54 | | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is mulling arming the Canadian Coast Guard as it launches a significant reform of the civilian maritime agency to give it a bigger role in the country’s security apparatus.
The move is one of many significant changes that the Liberals are planning for the chronically underfunded Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) that Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to equip with new gear and a new security mandate.
On the same day Carney announced his plan to accelerate defence spending this year, his office told National Post Monday that the CCG — which currently...
June 9, 2025 - 19:26 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
Luguentz Dort and Bennedict Mathurin are going head-to-head on the court – but off it, their families are on the same team.While Dort’s Oklahoma City Thunder battled Mathurin’s Indiana Pacers in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, the players’ mothers and sisters watched side by side in Montreal, coming together to celebrate two homegrown talents with deep ties.
June 9, 2025 - 19:19 | Daniel Rainbird | The Globe and Mail
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