Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. August 22nd, 2025
August 22, 2025
Andrew Pinsent is filling for the vacationing Kristy Cameron, as Canada's Prime Minister dials back on a handful of American-targeted tariffs. We deliver the latest developments as they become available. In local news, Ottawa's Mayor is mulling over a substantial increase to Ottawa's police budget for 2026. Tom Ledgley, a coordinator with Horizon Ottawa, outlines his skepticism and criticism in Hour 1. Plus, an Ottawa-raised Indie-Folk artist is returning home ahead of her debut album release!
Unpublished Newswire
Nearly a fifth of the Liberal caucus has issued a letter calling for more to be done to address a rise in antisemitism after a Jewish woman in her 70s was stabbed at an Ottawa grocery store.Mount Royal MP Anthony Housefather posted the letter on social media he signed along with 31 other Liberal lawmakers that decries what the letter calls the “deplorable” rise in antisemitism, warning it is “becoming normalized” in Canada.
September 1, 2025 - 14:13 | Kyle Duggan | The Globe and Mail
Nova Scotia officials say parts of the province's largest wildfire in Annapolis Valley have increased in intensity because of the wind.
September 1, 2025 - 13:26 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
A 25-year-old man who police allege forced his way into a home during the night in Welland, Ont., and violently sexually assaulted a young child inside has been arrested and charged. Police described it as a stranger attack.
Police and paramedics were called to a home in a residential neighbourhood at 8:59 a.m. for an injured child under the age of five, according to Niagara Regional Police. When a police patrol car arrived, the officers saw the door to the home looked like it had been forced open.
Inside they saw a child “suffering from serious injuries” and immediately launched a...
September 1, 2025 - 13:17 | Adrian Humphreys | National Post
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