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Publication Date: March 9, 2026 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Mon. March 9th, 2026
March 9, 2026
The latest war in the Middle East has entered Day 10, as the United States and Israel team up to eliminate Iranian threats. Meantime, oil and gas prices are ballooning. By how much, you may ask? Here in Canada’s Capital, over a 2-week period, the average gas price has gone up by 19 cents per litre. How has it impacted your bottom line? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, it’s a Monday afternoon, which means it’s time to talk politics with our Political Heat Panel. And as we get ready for Spring, we will need to fill 3 seats in Canada’s House of Commons. Today, we learned when those byelections will be held.
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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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