Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. April 1st, 2026 | Unpublished
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. April 1st, 2026

April 1, 2026

Excitement is building all across North America, as NASA’s first crewed Moon launch in over 50 years gets underway. And one of the places you can witness every single second of history is the National Arts Centre. Kristy Cameron checks in with Carl Martin, a Spokesperson and Senior Advisor with the NAC. Meantime, Ottawa's Auditor General has tabled a variety of reports at City Hall. One of them raised questions surrounding OC Transpo’s hiring practices at the management level. CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent delivers the details in Hour 1. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.



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Val De La Cruz and his son Jeb were lining up for a lemonade at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival last April when the two were struck by an SUV ramming through the crowd. One year on, the 2 ½-year-old is back to giggling and singing, but his parents are still dealing with injuries and fear.
April 26, 2026 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Canada
More than 500 people crowded into the Crosspoint Baptist Church in Navan on the evening of Tuesday, April 21, to share their concerns about the Alto high-speed rail project. Read More
April 26, 2026 - 04:00 | Robert Hiltz | Ottawa Citizen
Re: Mark Carney vows to 'never sugarcoat our challenges'; calls ties with U.S. a 'weakness' in speech to Canadians, online, April 19 Read More
April 26, 2026 - 04:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun