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Publication Date: March 6, 2026 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Fri. March 6th, 2026
March 6, 2026
According to the City of Ottawa, city staff doesn’t have the resources to enforce ‘school streets’. Neither does Ottawa Police. Advocates for these streets say not enough heavy-lifting is being done. Where do you stand on this debate? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, Quebec’s dairy industry has been advocating to recognize cheese curds as a controlled designation. On the surface, this type of poutine protectionism seems old-fashioned. However, there are serious implications for a crowd of excluded Ontario businesses that make their own cheese curds. Eric Lafontaine, the General Manager of St. Albert’s Cheese, pays us a visit in Hour 3.
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Good morning. Canadians who manage to step onto the property ladder are finding that second rung further and further away – more on that below, along with Donald Trump’s latest plans for Cuba and Ottawa’s ramped-up ammunition spending. But first:
March 18, 2026 - 06:36 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
Alberta’s separatist rumblings are often framed as the latest chapter in a decades-old constitutional quarrel with Ottawa. But let’s be honest: the current rhetoric has little to do with fiscal policy or a West-versus-feds division of power. The noise is largely coming from a small cohort (only 8 percent of Albertans “would definitely vote to leave”) steeped in conspiracy-theory-fuelled grievance.
Key points
Alberta separatists rely on rhetoric which scapegoats immigrants as a source of social problems
Arguments about immigrant-caused systemic strain are not supported by data
The myth...
March 18, 2026 - 06:30 | Timothy Caulfield | Walrus
IN THE LEAD-UP to Christmas 2025, Elise Moser was all set to deck the halls. Also buy the gifts, do the grocery shopping, cook the meals (etc., etc., ETC!!!). These tasks, her holiday traditions really, didn’t feel like chores so much as goals—mostly things she enjoyed doing. She never considered otherwise until she got sick. So sick that she had to spend the night at the hospital. When her family suggested they skip the turkey dinner, she was hesitant. But then they offered to handle everything (the food, the fun, the cleaning up). In her weakened state, she accepted the offer.
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March 18, 2026 - 06:29 | Courtney Shea | Walrus
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