Unpublished Newswire
Transit riders are preparing to navigate a radically new bus network later this month, with some celebrating shorter commutes while others fret over complicated trips with multiple transfers.
April 11, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
A group of Black psychologists are fearful of rollback to equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives within the Canadian Psychological Association following proposed changes to the strategic plan, while the CPA’s leadership insists those goals remain foundational.
April 11, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Reports say that a helicopter has crashed in the Hudson River, not too far from Manhattan. We deliver the latest developments as Hour 4 rolls on. Plus, we deliver the latest local news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
April 10, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
As we talked about in the previous hour, public consultations into Phase 5 of the Transportation Master Plan are officially underway. It identifies transit network projects that are needed to ‘accommodate planned growth’ and ‘achieve the city’s mobility objectives’ until 2046. How would you rate the present-day transit options in your neighbourhood? Does it help ease your commute into work? What about a trip to your kid’s daycare centre, or even to the nearest grocery store? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question...
April 10, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Public consultations kicked off this week for Phase 5 of the Transportation Master Plan. This phase identifies transit and road network projects that are needed to ‘accommodate planned growth’ and ‘achieve the city’s mobility objectives’. Well, at least until 2046, that is. And with Ottawa’s population expected to grow to 1.4 million over the next 21 years, Canada’s Capital is expected to see a spike in transit demand. We are talking an additional 1.2 million transit trips every single day, coupled with over 620,000 daily trips in vehicles....
April 10, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs could fuel some localized economic consequences, especially for one Ontario business. Sun-Brite Foods Incorporated, a Canadian owned and operated company near Leamington, makes its bread and butter through processed tomatoes. They ship them all around the world. And now, the company’s CEO fears that the price of canned goods will skyrocket, as a lot of their cans are manufactured in U.S. cities. What is 25 cents per can today could soon rise to 40 cents per can tomorrow. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Sylvain Charlebois, better known as the...
April 10, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
