Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. August 7th, 2025
August 7, 2025
As you might have previously heard in Hour 1, we are talking about the evolution of today’s workforce. To be more specific, the role of Artificial Intelligence. It is changing the way we live, not to mention our daily workspace. And for some of Canada’s hardest workers, A.I. is their worst nightmare, as it potentially puts their present-day jobs in serious danger. Kristy Cameron continues the conversation with Armine Yalnizyan, an economist with the Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers. Yesterday, we talked about Pembroke’s brand-new pilot program, as a member of the National Capital Region takes on-demand transit for a test-drive. Last year, Ottawa city councillor Laura Dudas had spearheaded a similar pilot project for Blackburn Hamlet. How did it go, and is it still in service? She drops by the Hal Anthony studios in Hour 2. Meantime, as the Ottawa Board of Trade prepares for federal budget discussions, it is calling for additional investments to be made all across Canada’s Capital. President and CEO Sueling Ching fills us in. And finally, have you ever heard of a 'floating sauna' before? Well, the NCC is hoping to introduce this interesting invention right along the Ottawa River. CTV's Ted Raymond has the inside scoop.
Unpublished Newswire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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