Unpublished Newswire
Ottawa’s tourism organizations want to see high-speed rail bring passengers to a station in the city’s Downtown Core, arguing that it ‘deserves to arrive in the heart of Ottawa’. The Crown corporation Alto has been tasked with building high-speed rail between Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City. The main voices behind the Ottawa Board of Trade, Invest Ottawa, and Ottawa Tourism have penned a letter to Alto President Martin Imbleau about the idea. However, critics say there are bigger fish to fry. Rideau-Vanier councillor Stephanie Plante is raising numerous...
April 27, 2026 - 18:20 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Lawyers for climate activists are challenging the B.C. government’s ruling last year that backs a contentious pipeline project for transporting natural gas.
April 27, 2026 - 18:10 | Brent Jang | The Globe and Mail
The company said it made every effort to maintain operations and jobs but could no longer continue in a market "where the rules of the world trade organization are not respected."
April 27, 2026 - 18:04 | Alessia Simona Maratta | Global News - Canada
Ottawa’s English Public School Board is preparing to cut 83 teaching positions over the course of the next school year due to declining enrollment. However, the Catholic School Board is anticipating a 2.7 percent uptick in students this Fall. CTV’s Leah Larocque delivers the details in Hour 4. Then, we preview tonight’s CTV Ottawa supper-hour newscast with Jackie Perez and Stefan Keyes. And if news breaks in real time, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
April 27, 2026 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
As discussed in Hour 1, Ottawa’s main businesses and tourism organizations want to see Alto’s high-speed rail project bring passengers to the Downtown Core. The main voices representing the Ottawa Board of Trade, Invest Ottawa, and Ottawa Tourism recently penned a letter to Alto President Martin Imbleau about the idea. However, not everyone is convinced by this sales pitch, as the councillor for Rideau-Vanier had some choice words for the letter’s authors. So where should Alto build its high-speed rail station? Does it have to be in the city’s Downtown Core?...
April 27, 2026 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Conservative MPs are calling on the auditor general to probe the federal government's handling of a $250-million program which reportedly is set to be scrapped next month.
April 27, 2026 - 17:54 | | CBC News - Canada
