Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. June 20th, 2025
June 20, 2025
As Thursday morning gave way to Thursday afternoon, a major crash on Highway 417 slowed Eastbound traffic to a snail-paced crawl. This disruption, in turn, impacted a slew of arterial roads and side-streets. How can the City of Ottawa mitigate a traffic nightmare of this magnitude? According to former OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis, police officers have a tough job on their hands, from investigating the crash and diverting traffic to keeping the public informed on every single detail. He joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 1. Plus, as a multitude of industries dabble into ChatGPT, a new study explains how that test drive could turn into an unhealthy force of habit, and potentially harm our brains. Can this device make us dumber? If so, how long could it take? CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent tees up that debate.
Unpublished Newswire
Montreal now has the world's worst air quality, according to IQAir, as wildfire smoke from the Canadian Prairies moves east towards southern Quebec.
July 26, 2025 - 12:00 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Smoke from wildfires in the Canadian Prairies has led to air quality warnings across southern Quebec. Swiss company IQAir this morning ranked Montreal as having the worst air quality in the world.
July 26, 2025 - 11:09 | | The Globe and Mail
Protesters and police faced off outside a Plateau church Friday evening as Sean Feucht, a pro-Trump and Christian singer, performed a concert as part of his “Revive in 25” Let Us Worship tour. The show went ahead despite a warning from the city that the venue, Église MR, did not have the required permit to host the event.
The show went ahead despite a warning from the city that the venue, Église MR, did not have the required permit to host the event.
Earlier Friday, the Montreal mayor’s office said borough inspectors had notified the owners the activity cannot legally proceed, and...
July 26, 2025 - 09:46 | Postmedia News | National Post
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