Unpublished Newswire
As we talked about in the previous hour, public consultations into Phase 5 of the Transportation Master Plan are officially underway. It identifies transit network projects that are needed to ‘accommodate planned growth’ and ‘achieve the city’s mobility objectives’ until 2046. How would you rate the present-day transit options in your neighbourhood? Does it help ease your commute into work? What about a trip to your kid’s daycare centre, or even to the nearest grocery store? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question...
April 10, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Public consultations kicked off this week for Phase 5 of the Transportation Master Plan. This phase identifies transit and road network projects that are needed to ‘accommodate planned growth’ and ‘achieve the city’s mobility objectives’. Well, at least until 2046, that is. And with Ottawa’s population expected to grow to 1.4 million over the next 21 years, Canada’s Capital is expected to see a spike in transit demand. We are talking an additional 1.2 million transit trips every single day, coupled with over 620,000 daily trips in vehicles....
April 10, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs could fuel some localized economic consequences, especially for one Ontario business. Sun-Brite Foods Incorporated, a Canadian owned and operated company near Leamington, makes its bread and butter through processed tomatoes. They ship them all around the world. And now, the company’s CEO fears that the price of canned goods will skyrocket, as a lot of their cans are manufactured in U.S. cities. What is 25 cents per can today could soon rise to 40 cents per can tomorrow. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Sylvain Charlebois, better known as the...
April 10, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Canada's former top trade negotiator Steve Verheul says it's likely duties would fall away faster if countries around the world coordinate a response to U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive global trade war. Speaking on a trade panel at the Broadbent Institute conference in Ottawa, he says Trump’s reversal on reciprocal tariffs proves the U.S. administration can be pressured to back off. (April 10, 2025)
April 10, 2025 - 17:50 | | The Globe and Mail
Colossal Biosciences, an American biotech company, made a surprise announcement on Monday. It claimed they had brought the ‘dire wolf’ back from the dead, achieving the company's first successful ‘de-extinction’. CTV’s Matt Skube chimes in with his two cents. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
April 9, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
If the latest data from Nanos Research tells us anything, a lot of Canadians will be waiting until the final days of the campaign to make their final decision. Does this teeter on the edge of political procrastination? How long do you wait before making the call? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, one of the biggest deciders in who could form the next government is U.S. President Trump, who is spearheading a trade war with just about everybody. Today, the European Union is responding to America’s latest economic...
April 9, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
