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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. March 11th, 2026

March 11, 2026

Most of the freezing rain has already fallen in Canada’s Capital, but another band of frozen chaos is still on the way. We get the latest forecast from The Weather Network’s Doug Gillham. Meantime, Ottawa City Council has approved the $200 million plan to revitalize the ByWard Market. CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent pays us a visit in Hour 1. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.



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The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has signed a deal with Prologis Inc. to form a joint venture focused on acquiring, developing and operating logistics properties in Europe.
April 9, 2026 - 07:25 | | The Globe and Mail
Elected a year ago, the Mark Carney government made housing a priority and rolled out a $13-billion plan with a goal of building 500,000 houses a year for the next decade. Yet there is one house no one in the government seems willing to touch or even talk about. Just over two kilometres...
April 9, 2026 - 07:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
A woman from British Columbia is facing drug-smuggling charges in South Korea, but her family says she is the victim of a romance scam and had no idea that she was being used as a drug mule. Spring Parks, 59, lives in Surrey, B.C., but left Canada at the end of January to meet a man who had wooed her online. He allegedly instructed her to stop in South Africa and collect a suitcase there before continuing on to South Korea. But when she arrived at her destination, border guards found close to four kilos of methamphetamine in her luggage. She was arrested and remains in custody....
April 9, 2026 - 07:00 | Chris Knight | National Post