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Publication Date: February 16, 2026 - 16:55
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Ottawa Now - Remembering the man who created the 'Island of Sanity'
February 16, 2026
The mighty CFRA Nation is in a state of mourning on this Family Day, as the man who created the 'Island of Sanity' is no longer with us. On Saturday, longtime radio host Lowell Green took his final breaths at the age of 89, leaving behind an impactful legacy all throughout Canada's Capital. He was a man who always stuck to his guns, even if you strongly disliked his two cents. And if you called the station to challenge his views, Lowell responded. Today, tributes and stories are pouring in from past colleagues and politicians, as well as the listeners who spent some of their days tuning in. Kristy Cameron chats with Rob Snow, a former CFRA Afternoon host who took hold of the Midday ranks when Green retired in 2016.
After losing two family members close to her heart, Cambria Harris is finding her path to healing from trauma through art and sewing.
February 26, 2026 - 07:00 | Marney Blunt | Global News - Canada
In December 2025, United States president Donald Trump struck a deal that—uncharacteristically for such a spectacle-driven politician—barely registered among the general public.
The agreement committed the Belarusian government to releasing 123 political prisoners, a significant concession from one of Europe’s most entrenched authoritarian regimes. In return, Washington agreed to lift sanctions on Belarus’s potash exports—sanctions it escalated after the country’s rigged 2020 election and later expanded, in 2022, when Belarus allowed Russia to use its territory to invade Ukraine.
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February 26, 2026 - 06:31 | Carmine Starnino | Walrus
My sister Shauna was listed for a liver transplant, the only potentially curative treatment for her end-stage liver disease, in 2003. All along, I believed that she was going to receive a successful transplant and be able to start a new life. I was attuned to the stories of those fortunate recipients who were able to get one and thrive, and I believed my sister would belong to that cast of heroes and survivors.
But during her eighteen-month wait for the “gift of life,” her health precipitously declined, and she died in an intensive care unit. Redemption was out of reach for her.
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February 26, 2026 - 06:30 | Anita Slominska | Walrus






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