Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Mon. April 27th, 2026

Ottawa’s tourism organizations want to see high-speed rail bring passengers to a station in the city’s Downtown Core, arguing that it ‘deserves to arrive in the heart of Ottawa’. The Crown corporation Alto has been tasked with building high-speed rail between Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City. Public consultations for Phase 1 of the project wrapped up on Saturday. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Sueling Ching, the President and CEO of the Ottawa Board of Trade. Meantime, Ottawa's controversial Bubble Bylaw is expected to come into force this August after it passed at City Council last week. CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent delivers the details in Hour 1. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.