Unpublished Newswire
For years, Elgin Street has been a well-travelled road in Ottawa’s Downtown Core. It has also transformed into a sports sanctuary for Sens fans, with the team’s run to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2007 etched in the memories of Sens fans everywhere. But since Game 7 of the 2017 Eastern Conference Finals, it hasn’t hosted a Sens Mile watch party. That is about to change in a matter of weeks, as the Ottawa Senators have punched their ticket to the 2025 NHL Playoffs. And that potentially means a big boost for nearby businesses. John Couse, the owner of Lieutenant's Pump,...
April 11, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Duty-free shops across the country, still recovering from pandemic travel restrictions, are reporting massive drops in business in recent months as Canadians increasingly avoid travelling to the U.S.
April 11, 2025 - 17:57 | | CBC News - Canada
In a video posted by a popular TikTok account called @TorontoTide, which conducts man-on-the-street interviews around the city, a young man asks another what he thinks of the Toronto accent. The younger man leans onto the ledge behind him and says, in said accent, “Nothing wrong with it like, you know? Mans are moving like I talk like I’m from Baltimore.” He then laments, “Ahlie, they’re gonna say I’m copying the UK you know? Stupidddd.”
https://www.tiktok.com/@torontotide/video/7369251531792649477?_r=1&_t=ZM-8v2jvxdhmaM
The video, which has amassed over 3 million views, was mocked...
April 11, 2025 - 06:30 | Maia Wyman | Walrus
Reports say that a helicopter has crashed in the Hudson River, not too far from Manhattan. We deliver the latest developments as Hour 4 rolls on. Plus, we deliver the latest local news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
April 10, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
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
