Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. June 25th, 2026

The opening of a new Chick-Fil-A location in Orleans is causing worries about potential drive-thru disruptions. Ottawa city councillor Catherine Kitts is among the concerned crowd, and she is calling on the municipality to take a broader examination of today’s drive-thrus and the traffic chaos they could cause. The voice for Orléans South-Navan joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 1. Meantime, getting tested for HIV and other STI’s in Ontario just got a lot easier. And you don’t even need to visit a clinic. Dr. Patrick O’Byrne, a Nurse Practitioner at Ottawa Public Health and a UOttawa Professor, pays us a visit ahead of National HIV Testing Day. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.