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We have five Canadian teams taking part in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Three of those markets will be squaring off against American teams. Will Canadian fans be flocking to the U.S. to watch their team play? In light of recent times, probably not as many. That story is coming up in Hour 4. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
April 17, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
We are just hours away from the start of tonight’s English Debate. Will you be tuning in? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, the Ottawa Senators are gearing up for their first playoff matchup since 2017. We take a gander at how die-hard fans and hard-working business owners are preparing for the Battle of Ontario.
April 17, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Amid growing fears of crossing the U.S. border, the head of an Ottawa-based startup says he has cancelled his business conventions to America. Oscar Acosta, the man behind Body Mechanics, was planning to visit American cities in May and July. He was also registered for a conference in early-2026. He has cancelled all of them. Acosta joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 2. Speaking of land border crossings into the United States, new data shows that numbers are down by hundreds of thousands. We sift through the details and analyze the latest travel advisory with Barbara Barrett, the Executive...
April 17, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Did you catch Wednesday’s Leaders Debate en français? It was the appetizer to tonight's English Language Debate, which is also being held in Montreal. Will you give it the time of day? CTV’s Jeremie Charron recaps yesterday’s barbs and previews today's 'festivities'. Later in Hour 1, CTV Ottawa’s Josh Pringle tries to explain why the money from the city’s red-light cameras wasn’t solely allocated to road safety initiatives. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
April 17, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
OTTAWA — What is going on with the polls this
federal election
campaign?
Click here to review the Q&A with Leger pollster Andrew Enns.
Things are looking tighter between Mark Carney’s Liberals and...
April 17, 2025 - 10:35 | Stuart Thomson | National Post
OTTAWA — The microphone was cut only once during the French-language debate on Wednesday night, and it was to stop NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh from speaking.
Near the end of the debate, Singh accused other leaders of wanting to cut health care when Radio-Canada veteran anchor Patrice Roy, who was moderating the event, said he needed to move on to other subjects because time was limited.
Roy called Singh’s name two times, before counting to three. Singh didn’t stop.
“Cut the mic,” Roy told his producers. Turning to the NDP leader, he said he had let him go on a little longer earlier in...
April 16, 2025 - 21:38 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
