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Publication Date: March 24, 2026 - 18:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. March 24th, 2026
March 24, 2026
An Ottawa crossing guard has died after he was struck by a teenage driver near a Barrhaven elementary school. Meantime, families in Barrhaven are calling for immediate safety improvements around St. Juan Diego Catholic School after a child was seriously injured during pick-up and drop-off hours. Barrhaven West councillor David Hill joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 1. Turning our attention to Parliament Hill, the Future of Sport in Canada Commission has unveiled its final report. And it says, among other things, that Canadian sport needs an overhaul. CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent delivers the findings and the recommendations. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
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Good morning. Three by-election wins last night delivered Mark Carney’s Liberals a majority government – more on that below, along with Ontario’s big changes to its school boards and Donald Trump’s beef with the Pope. But first:
April 14, 2026 - 06:41 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
On December 19, 2025, 3I/ATLAS—a comet from another solar system—quietly made its closest pass to Earth at a distance of 270 million kilometres, nearly twice as far away as the sun. It was my son’s birthday. I thought about the interstellar visitor as my daughter, wife, and I took turns dragging his wandering monster truck balloon back to the table and again, later that day, as he exhaled a wish through the golden candle on his birthday brownie.
For months, speculation had swirled about this strange comet, with its peculiar features and behaviour, including the fact that its tail pointed...
April 14, 2026 - 06:30 | Andrew Seale | Walrus
The public transit clique on Ottawa city council showed their true colours when presented with a proposal to improve transit in rural areas. A sensible plan to enhance rural service was defeated on a tie vote because some councillors would rather have no service at all than see public transit contaminated by the evils of the private sector. Read More
April 14, 2026 - 06:00 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
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