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After a season of progress and promise, the joyride has ended for this year’s Ottawa Senators. They fell 4-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday night, dropping the best-of-seven series in 6 games. Despite a tearful ending to their first playoff appearance since 2017, fans cheered in unison and waved their towels with pride, as the focus shifts to October. TSN 1200’s Dean Brown joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 2. Shifting gears to public transit, OC Transpo has recently rolled out its ‘New Ways To Bus’ network, an overhaul of the transit...
May 2, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Can technological advancements help cure the loneliness epidemic? Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is doing his part to help crack the code, believing that the creation of A.I. friends is the magical elixir that humanity needs. During a recent appearance on Dwarkesh Patel’s podcast, Zuckerberg says the average American has fewer than 3 people they would consider friends. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Steve Joordens, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto in Scarborough. Shifting gears to Canadian politics, newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney has...
May 2, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
May 2, 2025 - 09:39 | | CBC News - Canada
Earlier in today’s show, we revisited the cloudy future of a Canadian staple, as Hudson’s Bay prepares for what seems to be its inevitable demise. However, a handful of bidders are trying to save the company. One of them is Canadian Tire. Did you know that CFRA’s Chris Holski called that weeks ago? He joins us in Hour 4 for his ‘told you so’ moment. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
May 1, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
How do you beef up a cellphone ban in a school classroom? You don’t give any exemptions, or hand out any mid-day ‘breaks’. From the start of the day, until the final bell sounds, no students have access to their cellular devices. And it appears the Quebec government is eager to implement this approach as soon as possible. The enforcement of these rules, however, will be decided by each and every school. Should Ontario entertain this full-blown approach as well? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, the Battle of...
May 1, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The Ford government is examining involuntarily treatments for drug users, according to a pair of unnamed senior government sources. These mandatory drug treatments, per reports, would be available to addicts on probation, on parole, or in jail. The province has entered the costing process of this idea, and will start talking to the feds about how these measures could be enacted. When asked about her assessment of Premier Ford’s gameplan, NDP Leader Marit Styles says there needs to be more funding for the provincial courts, a must-have measure to keep violent offenders behind bars....
May 1, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
