Unpublished Newswire
Back in April, in what seemed like an honest attempt to right the ship, the City of Ottawa overhauled OC Transpo's network of bus routes. However, a scathing report from Ottawa's Auditor General says the new formula was based around outdated data. Do you trust the statistics and figures that OC Transpo is offering? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today's Question of the Day. Plus, it's been almost exactly one week since Ottawa's final supervised consumption sites shuttered their doors, as the Ford government cut off their funding last Saturday. How are...
June 19, 2026 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
A new audit of OC Transpo’s bus service says the ‘New Ways To Bus’ plan was launched in 2025 with outdated data. Furthermore, the audit says the master plan was cost-savings focused, leading to late buses and other impacts to service. River Ward councillor Riley Brockington pays us a visit in Hour 2. Later in the program, we open the floor to the mighty CFRA Nation. Plus, the skies aren’t looking too friendly in Ottawa, and Kristy isn’t even hitting the cottage this weekend.
June 19, 2026 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
A family-owned driving school has shuttered its doors, leaving a crowd of future Ottawa-Gatineau drivers in a pretty tough spot. In Hour 1, Kristy Cameron chats with Jennifer, whose 16-year-old son was enrolled in Beep Beep Driving School. However, he wasn’t able to secure his license before the closure happened, and he’s unsure if he’ll have to start from scratch. Plus, it was a massive triumph for Canadian soccer last night, as Canada dominated Qatar for its first-ever win at the FIFA World Cup. We bring you up to speed on the global spectacle, as well as today’...
June 19, 2026 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
A judge has cited a B.C. man’s Indigenous heritage when sentencing him for the violent murders of his wife and teenage son. Orlan Marcel Dennis has been sentenced to life in prison and will be eligible for parole in 10 years, according to a recent decision from the B.C. Supreme Court. The Dennis home was the scene of multiple murders in early April 2024. After accusing his wife Darlene of cheating on him, Dennis shot her in the face. Then, when his 18-year-old son, Dorian, responded after hearing the gunshot, Dennis shot him too. Police found the bodies, while an RCMP negotiator tried...
June 17, 2026 - 16:34 | National Post Staff | National Post
A Tunisian national living in Quebec has received a conditional discharge and three years’ probation for a violent domestic assault and subsequent harassment, in a sentence the judge admitted was “lenient” and unlikely to satisfy the victim. Mohamed Aziz Ben Ishak, who had arrived in Canada a year earlier as a temporary resident, attacked Fatma Abada because she had lit a cigarette before nightfall during Ramadan on April 30, 2021. He kicked her in the ribs. She contacted a friend by phone, but he took it, pushed her to the ground and punched her repeatedly in the head. He grabbed the...
May 30, 2026 - 09:12 | National Post Staff | National Post
Hundreds of millions of dollars have already been spent on the construction of the new White House ballroom, according to President Donald Trump. To date, it has mostly occurred below ground level. During a press conference at the site on Tuesday, Trump explained that the new 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom will have a massive military complex under it. It will include a military hospital, research facilities and various meeting rooms in the floors below the ballroom, Trump said. The construction goes down “six stories deep,” he said, describing the building as “well-knit” in...
May 20, 2026 - 23:05 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
