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Publication Date: July 29, 2026 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Wed. July 29th, 2026
July 29, 2026
Not long after the feds ruled out a potential expansion of Billy Bishop Airport, the Ford government announced that it’s rethinking a previously-given thumbs-up for Canada’s high-speed rail network. Some say that this change-in-tone from Queen’s Park is a tit-for-tat measure. Whose side are you on? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, a new city-commissioned study says Ottawa will need to accommodate more than 257,000 new households by 2051 to keep up with the municipality’s expected population growth. CTV’s Katelyn Wilson delivers the data in Hour 3.
POINTLESS FIRE PROPOSAL Read More
August 20, 2026 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
In a remarkable election-year turn of events, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is spending money the city doesn’t yet have in its coffers to pay for a 30 per cent fare cut in the monthly adult transit pass. Read More
August 20, 2026 - 05:00 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
Randall Denley's op-ed (Ottawa Citizen, Aug. 15, 2026) analyzes the recent Government of Ontario's population projections for Ottawa, where our city is expected to expand from the current 1.19 million population to 1.83 million in 2051, an increase of over 600,000 people. He asks where future development should occur, and suggests that the National Capital Greenbelt should be considered to meet the projected housing needs. Read More
August 20, 2026 - 04:33 | Doug Menary | Ottawa Citizen





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