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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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New legislation, titled the Protecting Ontario’s Food Independence Act, was introduced by Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness Minister Trevor Jones on Wednesday.
April 22, 2026 - 18:37 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
As Canada sent its first astronaut to the Moon, it was a Canadian company that was tasked with bringing all of the astronauts back to Earth safely. Well, except they didn’t know it at first. That prestigious honour belongs to HFI Pyrotechnics, a Prescott-based pyrotechnics company. It supplied the marine marker used to outline the target-landing zone and its conditions during Artemis II’s splashdown. However, the usage of this marker came as a complete surprise to everyone at the company, to the point where the company’s President did a double-take when she watched the...
April 22, 2026 - 18:20 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The inquest jury examining the death of Heather Winterstein has found the Indigenous woman's death in a St. Catharines, Ont., hospital was from septic shock and accidental, and has issued 68 recommendations. The 24-year-old collapsed in the emergency department in 2021 after trying to get help over two days. The family had sought a homicide finding.
April 22, 2026 - 18:13 | | CBC News - Canada
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