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For a second straight year, the Algonquin College Board of Governors has approved a significant series of programming cuts. This time, 30 programs have been halted. Monday’s judgement day comes as the Ottawa-based post-secondary institution continues to grapple with funding shortfalls and a decline in International enrollment. Judy Puritt, the first Vice-President of OPSEU Local 415, represents roughly 900 of Algonquin’s faculty members. She also teaches Business Communications at the college, and joins Kristy Cameron on Ottawa Now.
March 3, 2026 - 18:35 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
March 3, 2026 - 18:33 | Simon Houpt | The Globe and Mail
Despite new funding from the Ontario government, and Premier Ford lifting a gut-punching tuition freeze, Algonquin College’s Board of Governors has decided to execute another series of program suspensions. Just one year after the last round of cuts, another 30 programs will be on the chopping block this time, with the college citing ‘financial mitigation measures’ as the reason why. Aarushi Aarushi is a 2nd Semester student at Algonquin’s Horticulture Program, which is one of the programs biting the dust. She vents her frustrations on today’s Ottawa Now.
March 3, 2026 - 18:30 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Parts of Canada will be ‘springing forward’ this coming Sunday, but it will be the final time that British Columbia will observe the time change. Once November rolls around, they won’t be moving their clocks 60 minutes backwards. They’ve officially broken up with Daylight Savings Time, and will share the same time zone as the Yukon Territories. Now, this also means that B.C. will be one hour behind Washington State, Oregon, and California once Winter arrives. However, Eby is hoping that their American neighbours will eventually join the movement. So what about...
March 3, 2026 - 18:25 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Can today’s A.I. help reduce the number of E.R. mental health visits? Researchers at CHEO are looking into it. According to hospital officials, CHEO has a higher rate of emergency visits for mental health needs than any other comparable pediatric institution in Canada. Not only that, a high number of those patients are returning to the E.R. within a six-month period. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Dr. Kathleen Pajer on today’s Ottawa Now. She is the Director of the CHEO Research Institute’s Precision Child and Youth Mental Health Collaboratory.
March 3, 2026 - 18:20 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
An Ottawa woman who has been selling her custom spice blends since she was 13 says she's being forced to change her company's name after lawyers for the pop band Spice Girls threatened to sue her.
March 3, 2026 - 18:09 | | CBC News - Ottawa
