Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Mon. July 14th, 2025

The heat is on, and so are the hazy wildfire skies. Kristy Cameron brings you up to speed on today’s top headlines, starting with an Air Quality Statement from Environment Canada. Shifting gears to Health news, a new report says obesity rates have increased faster during COVID compared to the previous decade. More specifically, a lot of today’s young adults are facing this grim reality. We dig deeper in Hour 1 with Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, the Medical Officer of Health and CEO of the Eastern Ontario Health Unit. Plus, a section of the Queen Elizabeth Driveway will be closed to motorists over the next 3 months. If you guessed that construction would be the culprit, you are bang-on. CTV’s Austin Lee fills us in.