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Publication Date: March 17, 2026 - 18:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. March 17th, 2026
March 17, 2026
It is illegal to use the HOV lanes if you’re driving alone. However, that road rule could soon be changed by the Ford government. The province is proposing changes to the Highway Traffic Act, which would allow single-occupant vehicles to use the HOV lanes during off-peak hours. CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent has more on that story. Meantime, today’s snow squall has left thousands of Ottawa residents in the dark. And in the case of thousands of students at Algonquin College, they have been told to stay home. CTV’s Tyler Fleming delivers the details in Hour 1. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
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March 28, 2026 - 07:00 | David Ebner | The Globe and Mail
“There’s a boy here, of course.”
It was my first day. I’d been hired to help with the holiday-season rush at a small historic house museum located in a tiny nature preserve tucked alongside a Toronto expressway. That morning, as the city was hushed by the year’s first snowfall, I took the subway and a bus and then walked down a steep hill, half slipping on the slick pavement. I arrived, eventually, at Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre, home to a weathered nineteenth-century brewery, a paper mill, and two small historic houses, one yellow and one grey.
“A boy? Like ....
March 28, 2026 - 06:30 | Ann McDougall | Walrus
Scottie Barnes is, theoretically, a power forward. But 73 games into the Toronto Raptors season, he's played extended time at every position.
March 28, 2026 - 06:02 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
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