Unpublished Newswire
Anyone else dripping sweat today? Canada’s Capital is rising above 40 degrees Celsius later this afternoon, and this heatwave is sticking around for at least another few days. If at all possible, how are you staying cool? How are you coping? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, it’s a Monday afternoon, which means it’s time to welcome back our Political Heat Panel. Today’s discussion features, as you might expect, the escalation of the Israel-Iran War. It appears that America has entered the chat. Will the...
June 23, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Canada’s Capital has officially set an all-time weather record, as today marks the hottest June 23rd in our city’s existence. And if you are an A/C company, chances are you’re getting your money’s worth. Tim Suitter, who owns Capital City Heating and Cooling, drops by to discuss his overflowing list of requests. We also turn back time to last Thursday’s storm, as cleanup efforts continue in various areas of the National Capital Region. Joining us with a broader analysis of the situation is Dr. Connell Miller, who is the Acting Director of the Northern...
June 23, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
If you can’t take the heat, you better get out of the kitchen. Sadly, Canada’s Capital is the world’s biggest sauna, as temperatures are set to rise above 40 degrees Celsius this afternoon. Environment Canada meteorologist Steven Flisfeder explains how long the humid pain will last. Shifting gears to more positive topics, we are tipping our caps to inspirational Canadians from coast to coast, all part of our Canada Proud initiative. And we are doing this every single day until the Canada Day fireworks wind down! Our first guest is Brandon Peacock, who used a life-...
June 23, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
It’s been another crazy news week, people! Are you ready to unwind at the nearest movie theatre? If that is your weekend gameplan, Matt Demers has got you covered with his Weekly Movie Picks. Meantime, an Ottawa resident flexed his pop culture knowledge on CTV's ‘Battle of the Generations’, and he’s got the grand prize to prove it. Kristy Cameron goes 1-on-1 with Andrew Franklin in Hour 4. Plus, after local medical specialists detected rabies in a young fox, the Medical Officer of Health for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit is warning the public to keep their...
June 20, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
In Hour 3, Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. How did yesterday's mammoth closure of Highway 417 impact your day? How can we prevent this uncontrolled chaos when we are faced with future scenarios? Text into the show and let us know! Sticking with local news, a Bank Street business owner claims the ripple effects of the ongoing renewal project is ‘worse than COVID’. Everest Locksmith store manager George Nasrallah vents his frustrations. Plus, a massive cyberattack has compromised a whopping 16 billion passwords....
June 20, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
One person has been sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a two-car Eastbound collision on Highway 417, paralyzing traffic late-Thursday morning and stretching into the start of the Afternoon rush-hour. How did all of this mid-day traffic circus impact your commute? And when our city is faced with a serious collision, especially on a major highway, how can we avoid the chaos that ensues? That question was posed to Tim Tierney, the Chair of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, in Hour 2. He believes that better technology, as well as ‘ring roads’,...
June 20, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
