Unpublished Newswire
Parents across Ontario have been patiently waiting for answers on childcare fees. Today, they got some short-term clarity, and a little bit of relief. However, questions about present-day spaces and staffing still linger. CTV’s Katelyn Wilson joins us in Hour 4 with the latest developments. Then, we preview tonight’s CTV Ottawa supper-hour newscast with Jackie Perez and Kimberley Fowler. And finally, if news breaks in real time, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
December 4, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Ottawa’s Mayor has introduced the Public Safety Action Plan, a directive that is aimed at preserving public safety all across Canada’s Capital. It starts with $1 million in brand-new funding for the ByWard Market, which will be used to recruit security guards. Will this strategy be effective enough to deliver promising solutions? Do these guards have the authority to resolve today’s problems? We posed that question to former Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau. We asked the same question in Hour 2, as Rideau-Vanier councillor Stephanie Plante stopped by for a visit....
December 4, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Expect tomorrow’s food to take up a bigger share of household budgets. That’s according to the latest Food Price Report, which is collectively produced by several Canadian universities. It’s projecting that an average family-of-four will pay an additional $994.63 in food for 2026 compared to 2025. The main culprits behind the expected price hike: Trade and Climate Change. Kristy Cameron sifts through the data with Mike Von Massow, a food economist at the University of Guelph. Meantime, recent data analysis from the Ottawa Citizen says that over half of public servants...
December 4, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
In July of 2024, Ottawa Police inserted an operations facility in the Rideau Centre, a key part of a multi-leveled strategy to address crime and safety in the ByWard Market. Earlier today, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe announced a plan to spend $1 million in new funding over 2 years to hire private security guards for The Market. It’s a portion of what he calls a ‘Public Safety Action Plan’, a city-wide approach that aims to improve safety all across Canada’s Capital. But are security guards the answer to this lingering and complicated problem? Charles Bordeleau, a former...
December 4, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
It's not just families facing the growing sticker shock at grocery store these days: Food banks like the Barrhaven Food Cupboard are staring down the prospect of ever-growing grocery bills, too.
December 4, 2025 - 17:51 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Former Assembly of First Nations national chief RoseAnne Archibald says her $5-million lawsuit against the national advocacy organization is moving forward, after settlement talks “were stalled and stonewalled” for 18 months.
December 4, 2025 - 17:38 | | CBC News - Canada
