Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. June 26th, 2025
June 26, 2025
Some Canadians are looking to make some extra cash, but would you be willing to rent out your clothes to random strangers? What about your camping equipment, or perhaps the car that you drive? Heck, if you have a backyard pool, maybe you rent it out just to make a few extra twenties. Guest host Andrew Pinsent chats with sharing economy expert Chris Gibbs in Hour 1. He is the Chair for the School of Creative Industries at Toronto Metropolitan University. Plus, we continue our ‘Proudly Canadian’ series with an award-winning nature and wildlife photographer. Michelle Valberg’s career spans 4 decades and includes an induction to the Order of Canada. And if there’s a corner of this country with breathtaking scenes, she has probably seen it with her own two eyes.
Unpublished Newswire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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