Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. August 6th, 2025
August 6, 2025
Whether it’s another day of progress, or an unexpected hurdle, Ottawa’s transit system is slowly taking shape. Over the next few years, hopefully for the better. Over in Pembroke, a significant milestone was reached on Tuesday, as Ottawa River Transit officially opened for business. It’s an on-demand transit service that uses 3 new vans, and each van is currently equipped to carry 8 passengers at a time. This new model operates exclusively within city limits, with a fare of $5 per ride. Kristy Cameron chats with Brian Abdallah in Hour 2. He is the Deputy Mayor for the City of Pembroke, and also serves as the Council Lead for this massive transit project. Meantime, Canada’s Capital hasn’t seen a drop of rain over the past 10 days, and this drier-than-usual Summer isn’t good news for local farmers. Joining us to vent his frustrations is Don Trott, the Manager of Maple Hill Urban Farm. He spends most of his days growing vegetables for various farmer’s markets. Plus, if you are hitching a ride on an Air Canada flight pretty soon, perhaps you should pack up a backup plan. That’s because Air Canada flight attendants have voted in favour of a strike, and they could be walking off the job before the month is over.
Unpublished Newswire
A Quebec college facing a $30-million fine for enrolling too many students in English-language programs, contravening the province’s language law, is postponing the first day of classes scheduled for Monday.LaSalle College said the suspension is tied to the fine imposed on the Montreal school it deems “abusive” and Monday classes are cancelled, but the campus will remain open to students.In a statement issued Friday, the college said the first day back-to-class will go ahead on Tuesday. The post-secondary institution assures the measure won’t have an impact on students’ academic careers...
August 23, 2025 - 20:40 | Sidhartha Banerjee | The Globe and Mail
In March of 2024, a middle-aged man was having a cigarette outside his Surrey, B.C., social housing complex when he noticed Jae Won Lee, a 23-year-old Australian-born permanent resident of Canada, lifting the cover off another resident’s motorcycle. The man approached Lee to ask what he was doing, to which Lee replied, “Mind your own business, old man.”Lee then pulled out a knife with a six-inch blade and stabbed the man’s arm before chasing him into the building’s lobby, where he stabbed him in the abdomen.
August 23, 2025 - 20:30 | Darryl Greer | The Globe and Mail
Ottawa firefighters quickly put out a fire Saturday evening in the basement of a row housing end unit on Borthwick Avenue. Read More
August 23, 2025 - 19:43 | Doug Menary | Ottawa Citizen
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