Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Mon. July 7th, 2025
July 7, 2025
Bill 9 serves as the Ford government’s latest initiative to crack down on so-called misbehaving municipal politicians. Ahead of the 2026 Municipal Elections, Ontario’s Premier is hoping to have those regulations in place before the ballot boxes open. However, critics say these new rules are still terribly flawed, and this bill is ultimately going to miss the mark. We dig deeper in Hour 2 with Aird and Berlis municipal lawyer John Mascarin and Ontario Liberal MPP Stephen Blais. But first, a nasty storm is looming over the National Capital Region, and it is capable of producing tornadoes. CFRA's Chris Holski delivers the latest information as it becomes available.
Unpublished Newswire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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