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Publication Date: February 17, 2026 - 18:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. February 17th, 2026
February 17, 2026
An Ottawa city councillor wants to ban feeding wild animals, and plans to introduce her motion to City Committee this Thursday. Laura Dudas is the voice for Orleans West-Innes. She argues that feeding wildlife can attract rodents, hence her request to tighten the present-day legislation. Dudas joins Kristy Cameron to explain further. Later in the show, we pick the brain of Nathaniel Heppell, a wildlife control specialist who also operates Ace Wildlife and Pest Control. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
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When the Toronto Raptors announced their starting lineup against the San Antonio Spurs, there was a small surprise at centre with rookie Collin Murray-Boyles taking the tipoff instead of veteran Jakob Poeltl.
February 26, 2026 - 05:02 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
Something about living in the national capital helps desensitize us to politicians being overly political and doing annoyingly political things like taking credit multiple times for the same lack of accomplishment. I just didn’t expect a leader who won precisely because he wasn’t a typical politician to do it, too. Yet here’s Mayor Mark Sutcliffe taking credit for promising to revamp the ByWard Market. Again. Read More
February 26, 2026 - 04:10 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
Construction is underway in the U.S. on Canada’s first P-8 surveillance aircraft but the delivery of the plane has already slipped slightly behind schedule. Read More
February 26, 2026 - 04:00 | David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
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