Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Mon. August 25th, 2025
August 25, 2025
Canada is rescinding retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. exports that are included in the existing CUSMA trade deal. However, counter-tariffs against the auto, steel, and aluminum sectors remain in place until further notice. What items will be cheaper to purchase, and how soon? Kristy Cameron digs deeper in Hour 2 with Mike Von Massow, a Professor in Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph. Meantime, as Artificial Intelligence evolves and becomes more widespread, the rules around its usage are also being developed. In recent days, Quebec’s government has unveiled a list of guidelines on how it can be used in both Universities and CEGEP. Tech analyst Carmi Levy chimes in with his two cents. Plus, the SIU has cleared a pair of Ottawa Police officers in a late-April shooting on Rideau Street. CFRA’s Chris Holski has the latest.
Unpublished Newswire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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