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Today's top headlines from CBC Ottawa - 2025-07-04

Good evening, these are your top stories for Thursday, July 03, 2025.
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Drowning victim was caring father, says grieving widow

July 3 , 2025 at 01:52:50 p.m. EDT • :

Amanda Laflair said her husband Rowell Navarro helped save their eight-year-old son before drowning near Westboro Beach on Wednesday afternoon.

Cirque du Soleil returns to Ottawa to present 'OVO'

July 3 , 2025 at 03:45:52 p.m. EDT • :

Cirque du Soleil is launching a five-day run at the Canadian Tire Centre, reprising one of its most enduring shows.

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Ottawa will fly American flag at city hall on July 4, citing protocol

July 3 , 2025 at 10:29:33 a.m. EDT • :

The City of Ottawa is still planning to fly the Stars and Stripes on Independence Day this Friday, regardless of trade tensions between the United States and Canada.

Army investigating members allegedly involved in 'abhorrent' Facebook group, Canada's top soldier says

July 3 , 2025 at 05:28:25 p.m. EDT • :

The Canadian Army is investigating members who allegedly shared what the country's top soldier called "abhorrent" content within a private Facebook group.

New charge laid against Quebec mother accused of abandoning toddler last month

July 3 , 2025 at 11:26:00 a.m. EDT • :

The mother, who cannot be identified because of a publication ban that protects the identity of her daughter, had previously been charged with child abandonment. Prosecutors on Thursday laid a new charge of criminal negligence causing bodily harm to the child.