Unpublished Newswire
Residents of Sandy Lake First Nation in Northwestern Ontario have been evacuated due to lingering wildfires. Until the blaze fades away, the City of Cornwall will be offering a helping hand to all displaced residents, providing support systems and a shoulder to lean on. Kristy Cameron chats with Layton Woods, Cornwall’s Deputy Fire Chief, in Hour 2. Meantime, Canada’s Auditor General has unveiled a long-awaited report on the ArriveCan app, and the results might not surprise you. It has ruled that the Trudeau government failed to follow its own procurement and security rules....
June 10, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
It’s not just fewer Canadians travelling to the United States, but also fewer Americans travelling to Canada. According to StatsCan, the number of car trips that Americans took to visit Canada declined by 10.7 percent in April and 8.4 percent in May. Those data drops are compared to what we saw in April and May of last year. And when we look at air travel through the same lens, the trend continues. Naturally, as a testy trade war unfolds, Canadian tourism associations are worried that the perception of an anti-American environment is keeping our Southern neighbours away from the...
June 10, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Canada’s National Holocaust Monument has been defaced with red paint, as cleanup efforts get underway. This afternoon, Ottawa Police is trying to find out who did it. CTV’s Josh Marano has more on that story in Hour 4. Over in Smiths Falls, the arrest of a 28-year-old woman has gone viral, as that town’s law enforcement finds itself in a sticky situation. CTV’s Austin Lee explains. And finally, we deliver the latest breaking news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
June 9, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Cataract surgery is classified as a medically-necessary surgery in Ontario. But thanks to rising wait times, today’s patients are turning to private clinics for surgical options. Those results have come with several asterisks, as some patients allege they were being upsold. This report from the Toronto Star comes at a time where the Ford government has continued to expand the number of privately-run surgical and diagnostic cataract centres. And with each passing month, the Ontario Health Coalition says complaints have gone from bad to worse. Have you ever been ‘upsold’...
June 9, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
As we head closer and closer to the June scorchers, are we ready for the next heatwave? According to the City of Ottawa’s Climate Resiliency Strategy, more than 1-in-3 residents lack the means to stay cool when we get hit with one. As a result, health-related risks for those residents go up. Here in Canada’s Capital, landlords are required by law to ensure that indoor temperatures stay above a minimum Celsius reading in the Winter months. Today, health advocates say we need to implement a similar approach during those humid Summer months, and prevent apartment rooms from...
June 9, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Here in Ontario, cataract surgery is considered a ‘medically-necessary’ operation. However, in some cases, lengthy wait times are pushing patients to seek surgical options at private clinics. Today, we are hearing from some of those patients who picked the private healthcare gameplan, and it’s not good news. They allege that some clinics tried to upsell them on surgery prices and assessments. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Natalie Mehra, the Executive Director of the Ontario Health Coalition. They are an advocacy group that focuses on protecting public healthcare...
June 9, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
