March 23 2019 7:26pm An Ontario mother has become a vocal advocate for vaccines, after her two-year-old son died from the flu. But as Mike Drolet explains, the bereaved mother says she’s now become the target of attacks from anti-vaxxers.…
Category: Ottawa
Protesters on Parliament Hill call for scrapping carbon tax
CTV Ottawa Published Saturday, March 23, 2019 6:25PM EDT Last Updated Saturday, March 23, 2019 6:31PM EDT A crowd of more than 100 protesters rallied to scrap the carbon tax Saturday afternoon on the steps of Parliament Hill. Students, truckers…
Seminar teaches anti-terror tactics
A special seminar was held Saturday on anti-terror strategies. The course taught the Israeli martial art of Krav Maga, covering tactics to survive terrorist attacks. The seminar happening more than one week after the terror attacks in two mosques in…
26-year-old charged with attempted murder in Montreal priest stabbing
Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press Published Saturday, March 23, 2019 4:44PM EDT Last Updated Saturday, March 23, 2019 5:17PM EDT MONTREAL — A 26-year old man has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of a Catholic priest during…
Police seeking witnesses after elderly man in distress on Mackenzie King Bridge
Ottawa Police are releasing details about an incident on the Mackenzie King Bridge, late Friday afternoon. They say a 68-year-old man was in distress on the bridge just before 5:00 p.m. He had sustained life-threatening injuries as the…
Police seeking witnesses after elderly man found in distress on Mackenzie King Bridge
Sara Cimetta, Newstalk 580 CFRA Published Saturday, March 23, 2019 2:56AM EDT Last Updated Saturday, March 23, 2019 11:16AM EDT Ottawa Police are releasing details about an incident on the Mackenzie King Bridge, late Friday afternoon. They say a 68-year-old…
More than 1,000 people show up to meet Prime Minister at Thunder Bay town hall
March 22 2019 11:38pm The Prime Minister kept busy on the pre-election trail Friday — peddling his budget across Ontario. But as he headed north to Thunder Bay…the ever-growing SNC Lavalin saga continued to follow him. Jamie Maraucher reports. ‘…
Wilson-Raybould provides evidence to justice committee
Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says she has more proof there was political interference in the SNC-Lavalin affair. Wilson-Raybould is providing text messages and emails as evidence to the parliamentary committee, which has just shut down the probe. Mercedes Stephenson…
Canada’s canola industry calls on government for help
March 22 2019 6:43pm Chinese importers have stopped buying Canadian canola seeds. Canada exported $2.7-billion worth of canola to China in 2018 alone. Mike Le Couteur has reaction from Ottawa and what the government is planning to do about it.…
Ottawa Muslims remember those killed in New Zealand as they gather for Friday prayers
The 50 souls who died in a bloody massacre in New Zealand a week ago were on the minds of Muslims everywhere as they gathered today for Friday prayers. For many, it was the first opportunity to grieve as a…