Source Feed: CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Publication Date: June 4, 2026 - 18:00
Stay informed
Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. June 4th, 2026
June 4, 2026
Ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup, the Ontario government is more than doubling the maximum fine that can be handed out for selling tickets above their original value. In a news release issued this morning, the province said that businesses and individuals who violate this legislation could face fines of $25,000 – up from $10,000 previously. The question, of course, is will they listen? Kristy Cameron goes 1-on-1 with Stephen Crawford, Ontario’s Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement. Later in the program, we pick the brain of music expert and publicist Eric Alper, who is quite skeptical about Ontario’s approach. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
Unpublished Newswire
July 25, 2026 - 06:30 | Jesse Winter | The Globe and Mail
We learned this week the outcome of Canada’s gunpoint re-negotiation with the United States over revenue from the new Gordie Howe International Bridge, an impressive $6.4-billion cross-border span that Canada paid for and is now finally able to open for traffic on Monday. The reality of the forced amendments — hammered out under threat from U.S. President Donald Trump who demanded changes to a long-standing binational contract at the eleventh hour — is not so much that it makes the new bridge a terrible deal for Canada, it’s that the changes made a bad deal even worse, according to a...
July 25, 2026 - 06:00 | Adrian Humphreys | National Post
Mark Carney's "Con" (short for Conservative) job of cherry-picking ideas from the Conservatives is, for the most part, intended to appease both sides of the spectrum, but in reality it is only putting lipstick on a pig. Read More
July 25, 2026 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
Comments
Be the first to comment