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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. April 2nd, 2026

April 2, 2026

An Ottawa city councillor is calling for a private bus service in rural sections of Canada’s Capital. In his neck of the woods, David Brown says transit service is spotty, and he wants to examine transit options beyond OC Transpo. On Thursday, he put forward a motion that asks City Hall to look into private mass transit providers to supplement rural service. Kristy Cameron chats with the voice of Rideau-Jock Ward in Hour 1. Later in the show, we check in with Noah Vineberg, the President of Amalgamated Transit Union 279. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.



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An Ontario man facing 14 murder charges will have those charges dropped by Crown prosecutors and will in turn plead guilty to the lesser charge of counselling or aiding suicide, his lawyer told National Post. Kenneth Law was arrested in May 2023 following a Times of London  investigation  ...
April 18, 2026 - 11:10 | Chris Knight | National Post
A woman was taken to hospital in serious condition Saturday morning following a single-vehicle crash in the Barrhaven area. Ottawa paramedics said they were called to the area of Strandherd and Longfields drives at about 8:30 a.m. where a vehicle had crashed into a utility pole. The victim, in her 20s, was freed from the […]
April 18, 2026 - 10:49 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen