| | | Good evening, these are your top stories for Thursday, June 12, 2025. Get up-to-date news any time on our website. | | | | | June 12 , 2025 at 02:21:34 p.m. EDT • : | Unsupervised swimming is now permitted in the lake in central Ottawa after tests showed the water consistently met health and safety standards, the National Capital Commission says. | Read more | | | | June 12 , 2025 at 02:43:58 p.m. EDT • : | The area in Canada burned by wildfires so far this season is the second-largest on record for this time of year, according to government data. | Read more | | | | June 12 , 2025 at 09:09:50 a.m. EDT • : | Ottawa Public Health is defending its shift to weekly water quality testing at its beaches and urging beachgoers to assess "environmental conditions" before swimming. | Read more | | | | | June 12 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | The City of Ottawa says it will examine the potential installation of driver-facing cameras on OC Transpo buses, following a recommendation from a recent coroner's inquest into a fatal 2019 bus crash. | Read more | | | | June 12 , 2025 at 04:00:21 a.m. EDT • : | After months of waiting, workers who operated the LaSalle Causeway lift bridge in Kingston, Ont., have finally received their severance. | Read more | | | | | | June 10 , 2025 at 05:20:50 p.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | June 10 , 2025 at 01:32:09 p.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | June 10 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | June 11 , 2025 at 12:47:12 p.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | June 11 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | |