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The 2025 Surrey Nagar Kirtan, also known as the Vaisakhi Parade, welcomed over 550,000 people to the Newton area on Saturday.
April 21, 2025 - 18:03 | Jayden Jhutti | Global News - Canada
Game 1 of the Battle of Ontario is in the books, as the Toronto Maple Leafs draw first blood. On Tuesday, the Senators have a chance to respond. CTV’s Matt Skube, who is a Leafs fan, delivers his first impressions of this renewed playoff rivalry. Plus, we uncover the latest breaking news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
April 21, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
From a historic day of advanced voting, to the future of Canada’s single-use plastics ban, we got a wide range of reactions on the CFRA textboard today. So instead of tackling a singular Question of the Day, Kristy Cameron tackles two of them! Plus, it’s a Monday afternoon, which means it’s time to welcome back our Political Heat panelists. Today’s main course: Fully-costed platforms. Are they important, and how soon should they be released during an election campaign?
April 21, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
If he becomes Prime Minister on April 28th, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre vows to review Canada’s single-use plastic ban. During his Sunday pitstop in Montreal, he claimed that this ban is driving up food prices, and is becoming economically destructive. Should we bring back the plastic straw? Kristy Cameron chats with Cal Lakhan in Hour 2. He is the Director of the Circular Innovation Hub at York University, the largest research initiative that is dedicated to waste across Canada. Meantime, world leaders are paying tribute to Pope Francis, who passed away at the age of 88...
April 21, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
According to preliminary estimations from Elections Canada, nearly 2 million people voted in the advanced polls on Good Friday alone. If that sounds like a record turnout to you, it’s because it is. Over the next few days, the advanced polls will close, and we will have more concrete data to report on Canada’s early birds. Is this a sign that voter turnout for this year’s federal election is on the rise? Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Julie Simmons, an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Guelph. Meantime, Smiths Falls residents could soon be...
April 21, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Durham Region police say officers responded to the scene near Consumers Drive and Brock Street just before 9 a.m. on Thursday to assist with a fire call.
April 21, 2025 - 17:56 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
