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Publication Date: February 9, 2026 - 18:03
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Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Mon. February 9th, 2026
February 9, 2026
Until further notice, Air Canada says it will be suspending all flights to Cuba. This is due to an ongoing shortage of aviation fuel on the island. Kristy Cameron chats with Martin Firestone, the President of Travel Secure, in Hour 4. Plus, while the U.S. President wasn’t happy with Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, the general public is praising the Puerto Rican musician. CTV’s Stefan Keyes delivers his honest review. And finally, if news breaks in real time, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
Two more Toronto-area synagogues were hit by gunfire early Saturday, hours after the city’s Jewish community was warned to exercise extra caution as Israel and the United States wage war on Iran.
“Both incidents took place at a time when the buildings were empty and no community members were present,” the city’s Jewish Security Network (JSN) said in a community security update.
The targets were the BAYT synagogue on Clark Avenue in Thornhill and Shaarei Shomayim synagogue in Glencairn Avenue in the Toronto neighbourhood of North York, the JSN said.
Earlier in the week, a North York...
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An Ontario man with a history of drug abuse who was found not criminally responsible for murdering his mother by striking her “numerous times on the head, back, neck, and arms with several weapons, including a large bladed knife, a smaller paring knife, a claw hammer and a large pry bar,” has seen his cannabis prohibition removed as a test to see how he handles it.
Michael Stewart, now 46, was deemed not criminally responsible on account of a mental disorder in May 2003 on a charge of second-degree murder for killing his mom, June Stewart, in Renfrew, Ont., the previous year.
“Mr....
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