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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.
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March 15, 2026 - 12:31 | Sean Previl | Global News - Canada
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The Halifax mother who opened the door to a Walmart walk-in oven to find her 19-year-old daughter burned to death inside roughly 18 months ago has broken her silence on the young woman’s tragic death.
“I opened the door and she was there” Mandip Kaur told
The Daily Mail
about the terrible night she discovered the charred and unrecognizable body of her only daughter, Gursimran Kaur, inside the bakery’s commercial oven at the department store where they both worked.
“I couldn’t handle myself. I was there on the floor with her for five or ten minutes. I didn’t know what had happened...
March 15, 2026 - 12:19 | Kenn Oliver | National Post





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