
A crowd of groups, organizations, and businesses have sent letters of disappointment and concern to Algonquin College. It follows another series of staggering course cuts from the post-secondary institution, the second significant wave in as many years. They fear that the outright dismissal of these programs will result in a shrinkage of Ottawa’s talent pipeline, and even a drought in local entrepreneurship. We dig deeper with Sarah Chown, a Managing Partner at the Metropolitan Brasserie and a Board Member of Restaurants Canada. Meantime, an Ottawa-based entrepreneur has been...
March 5, 2026 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Last week, Ontario’s Minister of Education admitted that too many people don’t know how to download a digital report card. And that might have been the catalyst for an old-school comeback, as paper report cards will soon be brought back from the dead. Kristy Cameron chats with Colin Matthew, the Vice-President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation. Later in today’s program, we also check in with Stephen Skoutajan, the President of the Ottawa-Carleton Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. Meantime, we are on a tireless journey to locate the worst bus...
March 5, 2026 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
A group representing Quebec’s dairy industry wants to get a special designation for the province’s cheese curds. But as Jodie Applewaith reports, cheesemakers in Ontario worry about how that label will affect their products’ standing on the world stage.
March 5, 2026 - 17:51 | | CBC News - Ottawa
After weeks of repetitive written statements and declined interviews with CBC News, Algonquin College is finally shedding light on the recent program cuts that are getting significant pushback from students, faculty and politicians.
March 5, 2026 - 17:44 | | CBC News - Ottawa
March 5, 2026 - 17:36 | Jeff Gray | The Globe and Mail
For more than three decades, Ottawa Citizen photographer Bruno Schlumberger wandered the city’s streets in search of angles, colour, lines and reflections — essentially looking for the ideal background for a photo whose subject he had not yet found. Read More
March 5, 2026 - 17:25 | Bruce Deachman | Ottawa Citizen
