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Publication Date: February 20, 2026 - 18:01
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Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Fri. February 20th, 2026
February 20, 2026
Thursday night’s stabbing on Rideau Street has turned into a homicide. And while a Downtown city councillor believes that things have slightly improved in the Downtown Core, we still need to invest more time and money before its ultimate form is achievable. Rideau-Vanier representative Stephanie Plante joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 2. Meantime, Canada will be going for Olympic Gold in Men’s Hockey this weekend, as the boys stormed back to take Friday’s Semi-Final match against Finland. But on Sunday morning, nerves will be at an all-time high. How can you watch the game without actually watching it? CFRA’s Chris Holski delivers a few pointers.
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Tens of thousands of customers are without power and four parts of Highway 401 are closed Tuesday morning as blasts of blowing snow hit the Ottawa-Gatineau area.
March 17, 2026 - 07:29 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Seven out of 10 Kingston, Ont., residents want their statue of Sir John A. Macdonald back, according to a new poll.
Authorities removed the statue of Canada’s first prime minister from a Kingston park in June 2021. That came after city council voted 12-1 to take his effigy down amid controversy over Macdonald’s role in creating the Indian Residential School system.
Mark O’Farrell, who chairs Kingston Friends of the Canadian Institute for Historical Education, was “pleasantly” surprised by the poll result.
“Kingston City Council, we are hoping, is going to put it to a vote,” O’...
March 17, 2026 - 07:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
At least two Canadian hospital research labs have imported dogs for scientific research from a U.S. breeder cited for repeated animal care violations, the Investigative Journalism Bureau has found.
The University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, which says it no longer uses dogs for research, and the
Lawson Health Research Institute...
March 17, 2026 - 07:00 | Investigative Journalism Bureau and New York City News Service | National Post
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