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Publication Date: April 2, 2026 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. April 2nd, 2026
April 2, 2026
Rideau-Jock councillor David Brown finds it frustrating that buses from Russell, Carleton Place, and Smiths Falls pass right through Rural Ottawa without ever making a stop. He calls that a missed opportunity, and he is calling on City Hall to change that. Is it a fair point, or is it unrealistic given the current transit situation? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Later in Hour 3, we shift gears to a CTV News exclusive, which highlights the dangers of Lithium-Ion batteries in a devastating way. CTV’s Katie Griffin pays us a visit and delivers the details. Then, we check in with Nick DeFazio from Ottawa Fire Services.
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Refugee groups are worried recent job cuts at the federal board that hears asylum claims will bog down a system facing a significant backlog. Read More
April 22, 2026 - 04:00 | Ben Andrews | Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa’s medical officer of health is warning that it is going to be a “challenging summer” in Ottawa with the closure of two downtown supervised drug consumption sites just as busy tourist season moves into full swing. Read More
April 22, 2026 - 04:00 | Elizabeth Payne | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — The federal border agency says it began tracking who uses its databases the same year it discovered one of its senior employees had improperly passed on confidential information to immigration applicants, some of whom would become clients of his real estate side gigs.
“Since 2016, database usage — including all adds/moves/changes/deletes — are captured, logged, and stored to a repository which is accessible for internal auditing functions. Any new or updated systems are required to record to this system for auditing purposes,” Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) spokesperson...
April 22, 2026 - 04:00 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
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