Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Wed. October 29th, 2025
October 29, 2025
Earlier this morning, the Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate to 2.25 percent. And as we all expected, BOC Governor Tiff Macklem warned Canadians that American trade policy remains unpredictable. This comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was halting trade negotiations until further notice. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Richard Forbes, a Principal Economist with the Conference Board of Canada. But first, it’s time to tackle today’s Question of the Day, as deliberations surrounding the fate of Lansdowne 2.0 quickly ramp up. Is this project worth it? And if you were at today’s meetings, what burning questions would you ask? Text into the show and let us know!
Unpublished Newswire
Watch the Queen's University Gaels (2) and the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds (6) go head-to-head in this U Sports women's rugby championship semifinal match from Thunderbird Stadium on the campus of the University of British Columbia.
October 31, 2025 - 21:30 | | CBC News - Ottawa
A Saskatoon police officer is facing an assault charge after the Saskatchewan police watchdog's investigation into an off-duty social gathering from last fall.
October 31, 2025 - 20:49 | Vanessa Tiberio | Global News - Canada
Greg Newby was eight years old when he wrote a letter to Santa Claus and finished it with a simple request: “Make sure other people get things too.”It was that spirit of generosity that drove Mr. Newby throughout his life as he helped spearhead one of the most significant public service projects in modern internet history: Project Gutenberg, a massive online library of more than 75,000 free, public domain texts.
October 31, 2025 - 20:29 | John Last | The Globe and Mail
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