Unpublished Newswire
For the first time since 2017 – that was 8 years ago – the Ottawa Senators are back in the Stanley Cup Playoffs! Will you be watching? Will you be at Sens Mile? And if you get the chance, will you go to one of the upcoming playoff games? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, as school boundaries change, Ottawa’s largest school board says there are plenty of opportunities to ‘grandparent kids’ at their current schools. OCDSB Trustee Lynn Scott explains further in Hour 3.
April 11, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Speaking at the city’s Transit Committee meeting on Thursday, the Head of OC Transpo says the service isn’t reliable enough. In 2024, Ottawa’s transit system posted a service delivery rate of 98 percent, which is the average over a 12-month period. But if you look at October, to name one example, that rate dipped down to 95.8 percent. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Noah Vineberg, the President of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279. It represents OC Transpo bus drivers and maintenance workers. Meantime, traffic on Highway 417 is going to be packed like a sardine can in...
April 11, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
For years, Elgin Street has been a well-travelled road in Ottawa’s Downtown Core. It has also transformed into a sports sanctuary for Sens fans, with the team’s run to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2007 etched in the memories of Sens fans everywhere. But since Game 7 of the 2017 Eastern Conference Finals, it hasn’t hosted a Sens Mile watch party. That is about to change in a matter of weeks, as the Ottawa Senators have punched their ticket to the 2025 NHL Playoffs. And that potentially means a big boost for nearby businesses. John Couse, the owner of Lieutenant's Pump,...
April 11, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - 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
