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CTV News
3 days ago
- General
- CTV News
No Redblacks shuttle bus from Ottawa City Hall to TD Place this season
Redblacks fans are being warned there will be no shuttle bus from Ottawa City Hall to TD Place this season due to anticipated closures on part of Queen Elizabeth Driveway. The Ottawa Redblacks host their first pre-season game tonight at 7 p.m. The first home game is set for June 13. In a note to fans, the Redblacks say there will be no more 'Park and Shuttle' service from Ottawa City Hall to TD Place on game days. Fans have been able to park at City Hall and then use a shuttle bus to get to games at TD Place. 'The City Hall Park & Shuttle service will no longer be available for Redblacks gamedays due to anticipated Queen Elizabeth Driveway closures,' the Redblacks said. Fans can park for free at Canada Post or park at Carleton University lots (P5, P7, P18) for $6 and there will be a shuttle bus to games. Your game day Redblacks ticket includes a free ride on OC Transpo starting three hours before and 90 minutes after the game.
CTV News
3 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
Students and young people in Ottawa struggling to land summer jobs
This summer could be one of the most challenging summers in recent years for young Canadians looking for a job. 'I'm still in school, so I'm just looking for any part-time job,' says Carleton University student MacKenzie Capretta. Like many students, she's struggling to find summertime work and has applied to dozens of jobs online. 'Sometimes you don't even get a response. Or they want people with experience and stuff like that, but when you don't have experience, because you're still in school, that's what's hard.' A recent study by job site 'Indeed' shows summer job postings are down 22 per cent from this time last year, and typical summer jobs like camp councillors, lifeguards, and temporary manual labourers, like painters, are also down. At the YMCA, Employment and Newcomer Services help connect anyone looking for a job in the National Capital Region free of charge. There are three YMCA Employment Access Centres in Ottawa, at 150 Isabella St. downtown, 1624 Merivale Rd. in Nepean, and a new centre that opened a few months ago in Orléans at 240 Centrum Blvd. The job market for students is shifting, says senior director Employment and Newcomer Services, Sebastien Martin. 'The problem right now that we're experiencing is that a lot of the Baby Boomers that are or should be retired, are not retiring right now because the cost of living is skyrocketing,' Martin says. Plus, with the uncertainty of U.S. tariffs, the end of the COVID-era, and recent layoffs at major retailers like Hudson's Bay and in the public sector, students aren't only competing with other students for work. 'Those summer positions that maybe were available, now have been filled in by a different age group that are in need of that paycheck,' says Martin. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says there are more 400,000 vacant positions in small and medium-sized business across Canada. 'There still are a ton of smaller companies that hire through personal contacts and through cold call drop-ins,' says CFIB President Dan Kelly. He strongly encourages students to look beyond only applying for work online. 'If you present yourself, you look the hiring manager or the owner in the eye, your chance of landing a job is so much greater than if you simply just dump a resume through a search engine, or you're just available through one of the online job boards.' Students who apply for jobs in person and make a physical connection with employers have a great chance of securing summer work, he says. 'The challenge is that young people are so used to doing something from behind a screen,' says Kelly. 'If you're trying to land a job, you might have to get out and put the phone aside for a few minutes and hit the street.'
Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Experts say royal visit was meant to send a message to Trump — and to London
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney meant to send a message to U.S. President Donald Trump by inviting King Charles to Ottawa this week, foreign policy experts say — but Trump may not have been the only target audience. Multiple experts in foreign policy say they're convinced Carney arranged the whirlwind royal visit to reaffirm Canada's sovereignty and distinct political culture before a global audience in response to Trump's ruinous trade policy and repeated calls for Canada's annexation. Roy Norton, a fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, said he also doubts Carney would have invited the King had British Prime Minister Keir Starmer not made the controversial decision to invite the president for a second state visit to the United Kingdom. That invitation was formally issued by King Charles but would have been offered on Starmer's advice. 'I think Trump isn't the only audience internationally, but I think Trump's an important one,' Norton said. 'Starmer is also on notice as he's been reminded that the King has these responsibilities beyond simply serving the interests of the United Kingdom.' Carney told Britain's SkyNews in an interview earlier this month that Canadians 'weren't impressed' by London's invitation to Trump, 'given the circumstance.' Norton said the visit also may have been intended to remind the King of his own responsibilities to Canada. While many Canadians were disappointed that the King made no direct statement pushing back on Trump's annexation talk, the throne speech he read in Ottawa emphasized Canada's sovereignty and his close personal relationship with the country. While Trump was relatively quiet about the royal visit itself — which saw the King welcomed by cheering crowds in Ottawa — he called again Tuesday for Canada to become part of the United States. In a post on social media, Trump said Canada would pay billions of dollars to take part in his unbuilt Golden Dome missile defence system if 'they remain a separate, but unequal, Nation, but will cost ZERO DOLLARS if they become our cherished 51st State.' Fen Hampson, a Carleton University professor and an expert on Canada-U.S. relations, said that while he thinks the royal visit was 'all about Trump,' the president remains 'immune to messaging or persuasion of any kind.' 'In extraordinary times, you have to pull out all the stops and call on friends to send a strong message that Canada is not for sale, now, tomorrow or ever,' he said. Hampson said he doesn't think the visit itself did much to unify Canadians beyond the effect Trump is having already. 'It's the threat of Trump that's unifying Canadians, not the King,' he said. This was only the third time a sitting monarch had read the speech from the throne in Canada. Queen Elizabeth II did so in 1957 and 1977. A Liberal government official, speaking on background, told The Canadian Press that the goal of the royal visit was to help Canadians reconnect with their cultural and political roots at a time when the country's sovereignty is being threatened. Daniel Béland, director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, said the visit served as 'a way to draw attention to the distinctiveness of our political institutions.' 'It's also about PR and about raising the profile of Canada and, in a way, of the government's policies,' he said, noting that the visit received international attention. 'It's certainly sending a message about the fact that Canada is in a way not isolated, that it has its own identity.' Asked by reporters Tuesday if he thinks the throne speech will help the federal government in its negotiations with the Trump administration, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said it's hard to tell what moves the president. 'I think it's important that the world recognize that we have those ancient traditions and the Americans recognize that we are an independent and free country that will make its own decisions,' Poilievre said. — With files from Craig Lord This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 28, 2025.
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Business Standard
6 days ago
- Politics
- Business Standard
King Charles visits Canada amid Trump's calls for 51st state status
King Charles III arrived in Canada to open a new parliamentary session at the invitation of Prime Minister Mark Carney, a move designed in part to send a message to US President Donald Trump about the northern country's sovereignty. A greeting party of Canadian officials, Indigenous leaders, schoolchildren and an army regiment known as the Royal Canadian Dragoons met the King at Ottawa's airport Monday, along with a large contingent of TV cameras and journalists. The pageantry of the occasion also came with subtle nods to the fraught politics, coming after Trump's repeated calls for Canada to become the 51st US state. Queen Camilla wore the Queen Mother's Diamond Maple Leaf Brooch, which was first gifted by King George VI to his wife ahead of their 1939 royal tour to Canada. On Tuesday, King Charles will read the throne speech, a document written by Carney's office that will lay out his government's priorities. The speech will give more detail on how the prime minister plans to implement his seven main goals. First on that list is to negotiate a new economic and security relationship with the US, while building stronger ties with 'reliable trading partners and allies around the world' — including the UK. It will be the first time since 1977 that Canada's monarch has read the speech to Parliament. The monarchy's representative in Canada, currently Governor General Mary Simon, usually reads the speech. 'It's a fairly blunt instrument in terms of the signal that's trying to be sent,' said Philippe Lagasse, a professor at Ottawa's Carleton University who specializes in parliamentary governance and institutions. 'But I think it's an effective one if you're trying to communicate to this particular president,' Lagasse said, noting Trump has said he admires King Charles. 'He's visiting us first, he's opening our Parliament and he's also the King of Canada.' Although the King, with his sensitive constitutional position, is unlikely to directly reference Canada's war of words with Trump, Carney's office has been more upfront about the reasons for the visit. 'This historic honor matches the weight of our times,' Carney said in a statement earlier this month. 'Canada has a steadfast defender in our sovereign.' The King, clad in a red tie, toured a packed community festival in Ottawa that featured a street hockey game, a market and music. He also took part in a ceremonial tree planting before holding private meetings with Carney and Simon. After delivering the throne speech Tuesday, King Charles will lay a wreath at Canada's national war memorial before returning to the UK. The King's visit is not just aimed at American and international eyes, Lagasse said. It's also meant to reassure Canadians about their own country's bedrock institutions and system of government. 'I see it as highlighting that we don't have the American system,' he said. 'We have our own unique historical institutions that date back a thousand years. That's the continuity of this. We inherited them from the United Kingdom, but we've adapted them to make them our own.'
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Carleton University launches new program aimed at training Indigenous journalists
Three educational institutions in Ontario have teamed up to offer journalism training to Indigenous learners in remote communities who may have faced roadblocks to education in the past. Carleton University in Ottawa, in partnership with Kenjgewin Teg in M'Chigeeng First Nation on Mnidoo Mnising/Manitoulin Island and the First Nations Technical Institute based in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, announced in January the launch of the Certificate in Journalism in Indigenous Communities, funded by $3.2 million from the Mastercard Foundation. "I hope that not only will we be producing a new crop of Indigenous journalists, but also that we will be sending a message to other journalism schools… to start patterning programs that suit Indigenous learners' needs," said Duncan McCue, the director of the program. McCue and several of the program's administrators and instructors are either current or former employees of CBC News. The nine-month, eight-course program will begin in September, with four of the courses offered completely online. The courses will be led by Indigenous instructors working in the field and an advisory committee including elders and industry experts will oversee the program. McCue said he hopes allowing students to study from home will address some of the social, cultural and financial barriers Indigenous learners have when they have to move away from their communities for school. According to 2016 Census data from Statistics Canada, First Nations students living on reserve are 20 per cent less likely to complete post-secondary education than those living off reserve. "We know that one of the major barriers for all Indigenous learners in many different fields is leaving home," said McCue. "It's hard leaving family. They may be leaving behind ceremony or language or being out on the land. All those kinds of things make it difficult for Indigenous students to come down to the cities." Three of the courses will be offered as in-person intensives — one in Ottawa, one on Manitoulin Island and the third yet to be determined — to foster community within the program and train hands-on skills, said McCue. The cost of travel, accommodation and food for these will be covered. The tuition fee structure will follow that of Carleton's Bachelor of Journalism program. "We can take back the mic," McCue said. "People have been telling our stories for a really long time… what we're offering is just a little bit of training and kind of the foundations of media work." The program will also have a student success facilitator to support students that may need help with funding applications or liaising with teachers, as well as a dedicated cultural advisor to help support students along their learning journey. Francine Compton, head of the Indigenous Journalists Association and the program's internship co-ordinator, said the use of Indigenous pedagogy — a holistic approach to learning that takes into account Indigenous world views — will make the program one of a kind. "I think it's going to change the game," Compton said. "Storytelling in our cultures and our communities is not anything new. We've been sharing our stories since time immemorial. Our oral histories have been passed down through generations. So that's the importance of the craft, which is storytelling and journalism." McCue said the program also includes a $3,000 graduation incentive award upon certificate completion to assist with financial barriers. Graduates of the program would be able to enter the second year of Carleton's Bachelor of Journalism or Bachelor of Arts programs. A spokesperson for The Mastercard Foundation said in a written statement to CBC Indigenous that it is proud to partner on a program that will help all Canadians better understand Indigenous peoples' perspectives, priorities and realities.
