The 25th Hour: At the heart of the problem
Julia DeJong explores how women have been excluded from research on heart disease in the past and how this has severe impacts on their health and futures.
The 25th Hour: Night changes in Ottawa
The 25th Hour explores nightlife commissioners around the world and what it looks like in Ottawa.
The 25th Hour: Is Carleton one of Canada’s most accessible campuses?
Journalist Caelan Monkman investigates the physical accessibility of Carleton University's campus.
The 25th Hour: Beadwork – Buying with purpose
Journalist Ely Pittman wants to discover what gets lost when consumers don't buy authentically sourced Indigenous beadwork.
The 25th Hour: Fall 2024, Episode 2, Doing Better?
In the second Fall 2024 episode of The 25th Hour, our journalists explore the worlds of knockoff artwork, heart and brain research, campus accessibility, and Ottawa's nightlife.
Naloxone, safe-injection sites may be helping bring down fatal opioid overdose deaths
The devastation of the opioid epidemic has taken the lives of many Canadians, but experts say access to safe, clean spaces for users — and naloxone — are among the possible reasons for a change in trajectory.
With football season over, Carleton Ravens athletes get back to work for a chance at the CFL
While the U Sports football season officially ended with the Vanier Cup game on Nov. 23, a number of Carleton athletes are returning to the gym to get ready for a shot at the Canadian Football League draft combine.
At Petrie Island, a community maximizes survival odds for imperiled baby turtles
With Friends of Petrie Island gathering often-imperiled eggs around the island and Ottawa Riverkeeper hatching them safely in the NCC River House’s science lab, hundreds of baby turtles are already defying their odds of survival before even hitting the water.
Kebaowek First Nation benefit concert raises $14K to help fight nuclear waste facility
Members of the Kebaowek First Nation are buoyed by a successful concert fundraiser they say will help them continue their fight against a proposed nuclear waste facility that would be located near the Ottawa River.
Affordable housing advocates demand action on rising ‘renovictions’ and ‘demovictions’
Housing activists in Ottawa have been deploring the use of bad-faith N13s by landlords who want to force out their renters to increase rent for the next ones and make more profit. They call this phenomenon “renoviction” or “demoviction.”
Tax experts question Canada’s expensive and overly broad GST ‘holiday’
As the holiday season approaches, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's GST tax break promises to provide some financial relief to Canadians, but critics argue it’s a short-term solution with political motives.
Vendors welcome a longer-running Christmas Market at Lansdowne Park
The crackle of fire under joyful Christmas music meant one thing for visitors to Lansdowne Park on Nov. 22: the annual Ottawa Christmas Market had begun.