Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. March 27th, 2024

A new statement from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is calling on the feds to take further action in the war against gambling promotions, arguing that youth mental health is at stake if they don’t. Recently, the Trudeau Liberals had banned athletes and celebrities from making appearances in these ads, but CAMH wants to see an outright ban for any platform that relies on minors as the key audience. That magic number is 25 percent or above. Kristy Cameron opens the debate floor with Dr. Nigel Turner, a scientist at CAMH’s Institute for Mental Health and Policy Research. Meantime, a staple in the ByWard Market is open for business following Tuesday’s major disruption. La Bottega had to abruptly shut down its operations after a black car crashed into the store’s front entrance, which was located right next to a gas line. Fortunately, nobody died and the gas line is intact.