Ottawa Now with Kristy Cameron

Should Canada be a bilingual nation? How much does bilingualism mean to you? Well, it depends on what parts of the country you pose that question to. Kristy Cameron digs through the data in a recent Leger poll. Then, she asks the experts. Meantime, there is a new resource that’s specifically designed to help Canadians decode the ‘real’ best-before dates of certain foods. In a nutshell, use the ‘Lo...

Scott Reid fills in for Amanda Galbraith and chats with Canada’s top newsmakers. Over in Alberta, the biggest newsmaker is the Edmonton Oilers, who are threatening to force a Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Finals. Can they pull off the reverse-sweep against the Florida Panthers? In Hour 1, we ask the experts. And then, we throw that question to our faithful listeners. In Hour 2, the debate floor opens!...

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is calling out the feds over their decision to close Pimisi Station on Canada Day. As a result, O-Train riders are left wondering about their commute plans for yet another big event in our city. Kristy Cameron chats with Beacon Hill-Cyrville councillor Tim Tierney in Hour 1. Starting in August, commuting to certain neighbourhoods in Canada’s Capital will cost you a litt...

Robin Gill is filling in for Vassy Kapelos today. As the Summer heat ramps up, wildfire threats are starting to grow again, with parts of Newfoundland currently dealing with this grim reality. We dig deeper in Hour 1. Plus, it appears that Russia has signed a mutual defense partnership with North Korea. The bigger picture is coming up in Hour 2.

Kristy Cameron is back! Now, who wants to talk trash? To avoid any confusion, we’re talking city garbage pickup, ranging from the finest garbage incinerators to see-through garbage bags. We go 1-on-1 with Duncan Bury, the co-founder of Waste Watch Ottawa. In the latest edition of the Traffic Stop Race Data Collection, an annual report from the Ottawa Police Service, an interesting pattern has begu...

Robin Gill is filling in for Vassy Kapelos today, as the ‘heat dome’ is now hitting the Maritimes. We get the latest Canada-wide weather forecast from CTV’s Kelsey McEwen. Meantime, the Edmonton Oilers are heading back to Alberta, and their season is far from over after last night’s huge victory in Florida. Can they reverse-sweep their way to a Stanley Cup title? Plus, in today’s Explainer segment...

Andrew Pinsent is filling in for Kristy Cameron this afternoon. Effective this Fall, as we all know, public servants will be required to report to their workstations 3 times per week. In turn, this plan could help rescue OC Transpo from its budgetary woes, as it would generate an additional 2.7 million trips per year. River Ward councillor Riley Brockington joins the show in Hour 1. Meantime, as O...

Robin Gill is filling in for Vassy Kapelos today. Over in Calgary, several municipalities continue to face water restrictions, as a massive water main break cuts the city’s water supply in half. We deliver the latest developments as they become available. Sticking with Alberta, Danielle Smith’s government is moving to ban cellphones in K-to-12 classrooms, effective next Fall. You’ll hear from Deme...

Andrew Pinsent is filling in for Kristy Cameron, as she enjoys the friendly confines of the family cottage. The United States’ Surgeon General is calling on American Congress to issue warning labels for social media platforms, labels that are similar to the ones we currently see on cigarette boxes. We dig deeper with Paul Davis, a social media safety expert, in Hour 1. Last weekend, the Ottawa Foo...

David Coletto, the CEO of Abacus Data, joins Vassy Kapelos to sift through the agency’s latest polling stats. As we inch closer to the Summer Break, new data shows that Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives are holding a 20-point lead on second place. Speaking of the Tory leader, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister believes that Poilievre is turning the issue of foreign interference into a partisan matte...

Andrew Pinsent is filling in for Kristy Cameron today, and we have a busy news cycle to sift through. For starters, since late-2022, more than 400 patients have been forced into Ontario nursing homes that they didn’t want to live in. CanAge CEO Laura Tamblyn-Watts said that list of hundreds is a few hundred too many, especially when the refusal to move locations costs such a pretty penny. Meantime...

Scott Reid is filling in for Amanda Galbraith on this week’s Free For All Fridays. As the United States signs a 10-year security pact with Ukraine, Pope Francis has become the first pontiff to address summit members. His message, surprisingly, was a stern warning about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence. CTV News contributor Evan Solomon explains further. Then, it’s time to open the debate flo...

NDP MP Nikki Ashton was first elected to Parliament in 2008, and she has represented her Manitoba riding of Churchill-Keewatinook Aski ever since. However, while she does join Parliamentary proceedings on a regular basis, she often does it remotely. Should Canadian MPs have a mandatory in-person attendance quota? We dig deeper with our Political Heat Panel. Then, we open the debate floor to you, a...

Canada’s House of Commons is expected to pass a foreign interference bill, as civil liberties groups sound the alarm bells. Vassy Kapelos paints the bigger picture with Kenny Chiu, a former Member of the House of Commons, in Hour 1. Meantime, an Ontario mother wants authorities to investigate her child’s ICU visit to a Hamilton hospital. Sarah List says her daughter almost died following a tonsill...

If you are dying to land your dream job, or perhaps your first job ever, you know that the make-or-break moment is the job interview. But how would you feel if that interview wasn’t being conducted by a real person? What if that face-to-face interaction was led by Artificial Intelligence? Kristy Cameron weighs the pros and cons with Travis O’Rourke, the President of Hays Canada. Earlier today, we...

After a lengthy House of Commons vote, the Capital Gains changes have been approved, and are set to launch later this month. You’ll hear from Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in Hour 1. Later in the show, Vassy Kapelos takes your calls and texts. Then, we get a wide range of reaction from our Daily Debrief panelists. Just before the start of Hour 2, we tackle this week’s Explainer topic with BNN...

The Canadian Pharmacists Association wants to transfer more prescribing powers to pharmacists across the country, with some of them deeply fixated towards Alberta’s ‘gold standard’ model. Kristy Cameron goes 1-on-1 with Justin Bates, the CEO of the Ontario Pharmacists Association. Meantime, we have an update to Ottawa’s ‘rat debate’, as the city councillor for College Ward tables a motion to intro...

Weeks after former U.S. President Donald Trump was found guilty on all charges in the hush money trial, the son of active President Joe Biden is facing a similar reality for his alleged gun offences. That story is coming up in Hour 1. Meantime, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister has presented a Capital Gains proposal to Parliament, setting up a pivotal vote in the immediate future. We deliver the bigg...

Have you ever heard of ‘The Great Exhaustion’? If you haven’t, then perhaps you’ve been able to somehow avoid it for this long. It’s being branded as a phenomenon of intense burnout, hitting Canada’s youngest professionals pretty hard. And according to a new report from a Canadian staffing agency, all workers from all industries are feeling the burn. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Jennifer Dimoff...

Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister says the broad strokes of the incoming Capital Gains changes haven’t been altered, which has angered a lot of people. We get instant reaction from Dr. Kathleen Ross, the President of the Canadian Medical Association. Later in Hour 1, we open up the phone lines and read your texts. Meantime, no agreement has been reached among Canada’s political parties, as the ‘witti...

CHEO treats thousands of kids each year all over Eastern Ontario – not just Canada’s Capital. We hear from Amanda Walker, a mother from Chapleau who relied on this beacon of light to help her sick son recover. A friendly reminder that this year’s CHEO Telethon airs this Saturday on CTV Ottawa, starting at 4pm. Plus, we have a stunning provincial Cabinet Shuffle on our hands, as Queen’s Park clears...

Guest host Scott Reid fills in for Amanda Galbraith and dissects today’s top stories with Canada’s biggest newsmakers. In Hour 2, the debate floor begins, as we give a warm welcome to CTV News political analyst Tom Mulcair and Gordon Strategies co-founder Karen Gordon. On the menu this week is Doug Ford’s massive Cabinet Shuffle, the impending Summer Break at Queen’s Park that drags into late-Octo...

The issue of violence in schools keeps getting bigger every year. How can we reduce these incidents in the classroom and make our school communities safer? And if they happen, how can we navigate around them? Kristy Cameron chats with OSSTF President Karen Littlewood in Hour 1. Meantime, as we continue to tackle the housing crisis, we are exploring different ways to tackle it. Should Ottawa add pr...

Liberal MP George Chahal has expressed his opposition to the looming deportation of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the truck driver who was responsible for the tragic 2018 bus crash that derailed the Humboldt Broncos. In Hour 1, Vassy Kapelos goes 1-on-1 with the Calgary-based Member of Parliament. Plus, today marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a pivotal battle that would help end World War II. We chat w...

At long last, the Bank of Canada has cut its key interest rate. It now stands at 4.75 percent, remaining stuck at 5 percent for almost a full year. Should we expect future cuts, or a similar waiting game from Canada’s top money vault? Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Ted Mallett, a Director of Economic Forecasting for the Conference Board of Canada. Meantime, a reliable wastewater lab is going to b...