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Publication Date: January 30, 2026 - 18:01
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Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Fri. January 30th, 2026
January 30, 2026
Replacement buses are running in place of trains at Ottawa’s Line 2 station, as Southern commuters are biting their tongues in frustration. It’s insult to injury for OC Transpo staff members after a shortage of Line 1 buses and LRT cars turned their January into a waking nightmare. Joining the show in Hour 2 is Stittsville councillor Glen Gower, who also serves as Chair of Ottawa’s Transit Commission. Meantime, another school board in Ontario is receiving a provincial takeover notice from the Doug Ford government. We get the details from CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent.
Unpublished Newswire
OTTAWA — The federal justice department has widened its use of heat and motion sensors installed under staff’s desks, raising further concerns from staff and a union that they could eventually be used to monitor office attendance even if their employer swears it won’t.
In a memo to impacted staff, Justice Canada officials said it was launching a new phase of a controversial project started in 2023 to gather data about office space utilization using heat and motion sensors.
The devices are installed under employees’ desks as well as in common workspaces. According to the memo, the...
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