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Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Wed. March 4th, 2026

March 4, 2026

Time is ticking on this year’s Rideau Canal skating season, as operations will be halted completely within the next few hours. CTV’s Jackie Perez delivers the bad news in Hour 4. Then, we preview tonight’s CTV Ottawa supper-hour newscast with Stefan Keyes, as a Hawkesbury resident hits the jackpot. And if news breaks in real time, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.



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OTTAWA — Canada’s immigration department only conducted 4,057 investigations in 2023 and 2024 out of a total of 153,000 cases of potential non-compliance under Canada’s international student program, according to a new report by the auditor general released on Monday. The report said nearly 93 per cent of 700 Canadian learning institutions submitted reports between 2023 and 2024 that flagged the 153,000 cases. But the department only has funding to investigate 2,000 cases annually. Of the investigations the department did conduct, the report said the department took “limited action...
March 23, 2026 - 11:42 | Jordan Gowling | National Post
Return trips by Canadian residents from the U.S. fell 22 per cent in January compared with a year earlier, according to the latest data.
March 23, 2026 - 11:22 | Ariel Rabinovitch | Global News - Canada
Auditor General Karen Hogan says there are critical weaknesses in the integrity controls for the International Student Program.
March 23, 2026 - 11:18 | | CBC News - Ottawa