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Publication Date: July 31, 2026 - 18:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. July 31st, 2026
July 31, 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.
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Extensive flooding from the Canada Day storm has damaged the Western O-Train Extension, leading OC Transpo to consider opening the line in stages instead of all at once. While test trains have recently reached Algonquin Station, critical damage between New Orchard Station and Moodie Station is expected to delay the project’s completion until early-2027. Some tracks were submerged in water, while infrastructure near Corkstown Yard has been destroyed. Kristy Cameron goes 1-on-1 with Patrick Dumond, a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa. He says, if there...
August 6, 2026 - 21:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The Alberta government has shuttered a trucking company linked to a recent fatal collision after an investigation found violations, including deliberate and prolonged regulatory non-compliance.
August 6, 2026 - 20:59 | Sara Mojtehedzadeh | The Globe and Mail
Twyla Shannahan said she had all of the proper documentation to transport her husband's ashes, but at the airport, she was told she’d have to put them in a checked bag.
August 6, 2026 - 20:40 | Rachel Morgan | Global News - Canada
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