Unpublished Newswire
Should the name of Ottawa’s Trump Avenue be changed? If so, to what? Guest host Chris Holski sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, Canada needs to be doing more to attract some of America’s top minds. And as the United States wages economic warfare on us, perhaps one of the best ways we can fight back is by taking part of the American economy that the White House is already turning its back on. That prized amount of real estate is knowledge – it innovates and it creates opportunities. Today, the feds announced that 64...
August 27, 2026 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
A new report suggests that the fearsome and powerful Canada Day storms, which hit parts of Ontario and Quebec, caused a total of $439 million in insured damages. Guest host Chris Holski digs deeper with Maximilien Roy, the Vice-President of Strategy at the Insurance Bureau of Canada. Meantime, Ottawa and Gatineau have signed an economic agreement as today’s tariff uncertainty grows. What should, or what can, the City of Ottawa do to brace for what comes next? How can we hit back? We open the debate floor to our Reality Check panelists in Hour 2.
August 27, 2026 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
U.S. President Donald Trump has renamed Lake Ontario. Well, on the American side of the landmarks, at least. On the U.S. side, it will now be known as Lake America. But here in Ontario, the name Lake Ontario still lives. Speaking of renaming things, River Ward councillor Riley Brockington wants to rename Ottawa’s Trump Avenue, an idea that residents are getting behind. So what should it be renamed to? Guest host Chris Holski starts the conversation with CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent. Meantime, a partial Lunar Eclipse will be visible all across Canada tonight. Unlike a Solar Eclipse,...
August 27, 2026 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
August 27, 2026 - 17:59 | Lynn Chaya | The Globe and Mail
Moodie Station on the city’s beleaguered LRT west extension may need a complete redesign, transit riders were told this week. Read More
August 27, 2026 - 17:44 | Doug Menary | Ottawa Citizen
Air Canada says it has suspended the two employees arrested by the RCMP on Wednesday in connection with alleged cocaine and cannabis trafficking out of Montréal-Trudeau Airport.
August 27, 2026 - 17:40 | Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman | The Globe and Mail
