Unpublished Newswire
Transit funding, a revitalization of the Downtown Core, and a minister to oversee the National Capital Commission. Those are just some of the election priorities that are being laid out by the mayors of Ottawa and Gatineau. CTV’s Josh Pringle delivers the details in Hour 1. Meantime, parts of Eastern Ontario are still picking up the pieces after a weekend ice storm. Over 390,000 homes remain without power just 3 days after the storm hit. CTV’s Jack Richardson has more on that.
March 31, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Well, it’s been another crazy news week, hasn’t it? Perhaps it’s yet another excuse to head to the local cinema and catch the latest flicks! If that is on your radar for the final weekend of March, Matt Demers has got you covered with his Weekly Movie Picks. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
March 28, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Canada’s Capital is bracing for a surprise Spring snowstorm, which is scheduled to start tonight and wrap up by Sunday evening. We are expecting 10 to 15 centimetres of snow to hit the ground, with the bulk of it falling by end-of-day Saturday. And then, the freezing rain will come knocking on Sunday. Have you changed your preparation plans to better adapt to today’s unpredictable storms? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Shifting gears back to the Canada-U.S. trade war, a local doctor was getting ready to leave the...
March 28, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
According to new analysis from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. cities who are most likely to feel the burn of a Canadian tariff counterattack are the ones who are largely responsible for Trump’s resurgence. It’s yet another concerning sign of the political gambles that America’s leader is making by attacking Canadians through economic force. Out of the 41 U.S. metro areas, San Antonio (Texas) and Detroit (Michigan) are feeling the biggest portion of Canada’s pushback. Andrew DiCapua, a Principal Economist at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, wrote this...
March 28, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
A surprise Spring snowstorm is slamming straight into Canada’s Capital this weekend, with 10 to 15 centimetres of snow and up to 10 millimetres of freezing rain expected over the next 3 days. It all begins in a matter of hours, as the heavy snowfall arrives tonight and then drags into Saturday. Once that part of the storm has passed, the freezing rain batters the roads and highways on Sunday. We get the latest meteorological outlook from Environment Canada senior climatologist David Philips. Meantime, U.S. President Donald Trump says he had a productive phone call with Mark Carney...
March 28, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Brace yourselves, Ottawa. Winter is coming. Wait, it’s almost April? Shouldn’t the snow and freezing rain be shovelled into next November by now? CTV’s Matt Skube takes a look at the upcoming forecast for this weekend, and tries to determine how bad things could get on the roads once we enter Saturday. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
March 27, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
