Ottawa Now with Kristy Cameron

Thousands of evacuations continue in Manitoba as wildfires rip through parts of the province Flin Flon resident Dawn Hlday tells guest host Stefan Keyes about her experience evacuating as fire crews battled a blaze burning near the city. On today's show: • CTV political analyst Scott Reid re-caps Monday's premiers meeting. • Economist Moshe Lander breaks down the latest global outlook from the Org...

Guest host Stefan Keyes speaks with CTV's Colton Praill to tee up today's First Ministers Meeting, what to expect, and what the ramifications might be. On today's show: • Lori Turnbull, Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University • Grand Chief Kyra Wilson, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, on the ongoing evacuations in that province due to wildfires and calls for shelter and hotels for First...

On today's show: - Jason Kenney, Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones and Former Premier of Alberta. - You have your say on if you're confident Canada can get moving quickly on energy projects and infrastructure? Do you have concerns about glossing over environmental regulations? - History, Herstory, Ourstory: Joan of Arc; The White Album by The Beatles; US President Donald Trump convicted on 34 counts...

Vassy Kapelos speaks with Sheryl Matheson, Deputy Mayor of Sherridon, MB, on how residents are faring after evacuating on short notice due to one of the many large wildfires in the province right now. On today's show: • Grand Chief Brian Hardlotte of the Prince Albert Grand Council which represents 12 First Nations in Saskatchewan on a joint statement calling for greater firefighting resources for...

Philippe Lagassé, an expert in the role of the monarchy in Canada’s political system for his take on the significance of the throne speech as both political statement and symbolic gesture. On today's show: • Barry MacKenzie, Royal Historian at St. Francis Xavier University, on the historic ties between Canada and the monarchy and how the throne speech addresses them • Eric Ham, CTV US Political An...

King Charles and Queen Camilla are in Ottawa today! CTV Ottawa reporters update us on the latest royal sightings.  With the Royals in town, the RCMP Musical Ride will be part of the procession. Should cadets be mandatory for young Canadian newcomers?  A former honorary colonel of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Donald Cranston, told the National Post that he believes it would help young newcome...

Vassy Kapelos speaks with Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon and Opposition House Leader Andrew Scheer about policy priorities, collaboration, energy policy, national unity, and more. On today's show: David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada, on what we can expect from  The Daily Debrief Panel with Zain Velji, a political campaign strategist and partner at Northweather. He fo...

Guest host Tim Powers gets the latest reaction on the labour dispute from Canada Post’s vice president of communications, Jon Hamilton and CUPW Toronto local president, Mark Lubinski.   On today's show: Thomas Juneau, political science professor at the University of Ottawa explains the latest developments in tensions in the Middle East. Jesse Rogerson, assistant professor of science at York Univer...