Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. June 25th, 2025
June 25, 2025
A series of countries have committed to a 5 percent GDP investment into their national defense gameplan. Stephen Saideman, a Chair with the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, joins guest host Andrew Pinsent in Hour 2. Plus, the Ottawa Jazz Festival is absolutely vibing tonight! CFRA's Chris Holski examines Wednesday's setlist of artists.
Unpublished Newswire
The Vancouver Island municipality of Nanaimo wants the local health authority to justify the continued existence of the community’s legal overdose prevention site as opposition mounts to the facility around the corner from its City Hall.Nanaimo City Council deferred voting Monday evening on a motion asking the Vancouver Island Health Authority, or VIHA, to shut down the site in favour of meeting with the agency in coming weeks. The site has been operating since 2022.
July 29, 2025 - 23:18 | Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail
A tsunami watch has been issued for much of British Columbia’s coast after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off southeastern Russia.B.C.’s emergency preparedness agency says the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center has issued a bulletin that spans parts of B.C., including Greater Victoria.
July 29, 2025 - 21:21 | | The Globe and Mail
The magnitude 8.8 quake struck 136 kilometres southeast of Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, shortly before 4:30 p.m. PST on Tuesday.
July 29, 2025 - 21:08 | Simon Little | Global News - Canada
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