Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. July 31st, 2026

Last month, Prime Minister Carney announced plans to renovate 24 Sussex Drive. Since then, over 3,000 Canadians have submitted donations to the cause. However, the Rideau Hall Foundation is gunning for a bigger number. How big? How about a whopping $50 million! Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Marc Denhez, a former President of Historic Ottawa Development. He is also a past member of the NCC’s Official Residences Advisory Committee. Meantime, new data from the Traffic Injury Research Foundation says that drug impairment has overtaken the bottle in driving deaths. We check in with Valerie Keyes, the President for the Ottawa Chapter of MADD Canada. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.