Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. August 21st, 2025
August 21, 2025
As previously heard in Hour 1, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has released his 2026 ‘budget direction’ for the City of Ottawa. He says there could be a transit fare hike, somewhere between 2.5 percent and 7.5 percent. Police spending for 2026, according to Sutcliffe, could also climb between 2.9 percent and 6.5 percent. In your view, what municipal service needs the most investment? What service would you pay more taxes to improve? Guest host Andrew Pinsent sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Later in Hour 3, he searches for your gardening questions, as gardening expert Carson Arthur delivers some get-ahead pointers for the 2026 gardening season. Plus, a home burglar is facing charges in Lindsay, while the Ontario homeowner who tried to defend himself is also facing charges. It’s a complex investigation that caught the attention of Premier Doug Ford, and he pulled no punches when taking sides. We tread through these complex waters with Nick Cake, a London-based criminal defence lawyer.
Unpublished Newswire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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