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Publication Date: March 11, 2026 - 18:01
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Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Wed. March 11th, 2026
March 11, 2026
In the wake of a menacing ice storm, Ottawa’s LRT faced a daunting test of survival. And unfortunately, Line 1 blinked, as an overhead cable snapped just before 1:30 this afternoon. Sophie Vincent, who works at UOttawa, witnessed part of the incident. Sofia Mandoli, a transit rider, felt the ripple effect of Wednesday’s disaster. Both join Kristy Cameron in Hour 2. Plus, for the fourth time in 4 months, a Member of Parliament has crossed the floor to join the Carney Liberals. This time, it’s an NDP MP representing Nunavut. And with a trio of byelections scheduled for 2026, the Red Team only needs two vacant seats to secure a majority rule. CTV’s Mike LeCouteur drops by with the latest developments.
Unpublished Newswire
A Canadian immigration official who refused refugee protection for a 64-year-old survivor of “one of the worst atrocities in recent memory” failed “to adopt a trauma-informed, intersectional approach,” according to a recent Federal Court decision.
Beatha Mutangampundu, a Tutsi survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, took Immigration Minister Lena Diab to court looking for a judicial review of a decision from a member of the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) that dismissed her request for refugee status in Canada.
“The RPD’s decision must be set aside,” Justice Andrew J. Brouwer wrote...
March 12, 2026 - 06:30 | Chris Lambie | National Post
A man who stabbed his girlfriend to death at a shopping centre in British Columbia received a lighter sentence partly because of his race.
Everton Javaun Downey, 35, stabbed his girlfriend, Melissa Blimkie, 15 times in a stairwell at the Metrotown Shopping Centre in Burnaby on Dec. 19, 2021. Downey fled the scene with the murder weapon before later turning himself in to police.
Downey was convicted of second-degree murder and was sentenced last month to life in prison. The Crown was seeking no chance for parole for at least 15 years, but B.C. Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice...
March 12, 2026 - 06:30 | Ari David Blaff | National Post
To be a “good neighbor and a responsible steward of shared resources” is a noble aspiration for anyone, though a claim that sits awkwardly near the border between North Dakota and Manitoba. Riverview, the Minnesota-based agricultural company that made the statement, is set to test the goal as it adds to its network of mega dairies by building two facilities along the North Dakotan stretch of the Red River before it flows north into Canada. One barn, near Hillsboro, will contain 25,000 head of cattle; the other, outside Abercrombie, will house 12,500. Together, the two will contain nearly...
March 12, 2026 - 06:30 | J.R. Patterson | Walrus
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