Unpublished Newswire
Attendees of the first Ottawa open house on the federal government's plan for a multi-stage high-speed rail network weighed in on everything from where the Ottawa station should be located to how the Crown corporation overseeing the project should proceed next.
January 21, 2026 - 19:21 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The Canadian Council for Refugees says the humanitarian situation south of the border has deteriorated rapidly, with many refugees and migrants facing 'enormous danger.'
January 21, 2026 - 19:06 | Alessia Simona Maratta | Global News - Canada
Until further notice, it seems likely that some of OC Transpo’s peak-travel customers will have to wait a little longer to catch their train, as operations on the tracks revert back to a reduced service. And it’s not the first time we’ve heard this, either. On Wednesday afternoon, Interim OC Transpo GM Troy Charter held a press conference to address the latest issues surrounding the Line 1 trains. They identified an issue with the cartridge bearing assemblies on Line 1 vehicles, meaning all trains with a mileage over 100,000 kilometres are being removed from service to...
January 21, 2026 - 18:20 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
After seeing phone messages and videos that kibbutzim were being ravaged on October 7, Eli Sharabi thought surrendering himself to Hamas terrorists would save his British-born wife and two daughters. Instead, he spent 491 days as a hostage in Gaza and, upon his release in February 2025, learned they had been murdered minutes after he was dragged from their Kibbutz Be’eri home.
In Hostage, the first full-length memoir by a released hostage from that day’s massacre, the Yemenite-Moroccan Israeli recounts starvation, beatings and underground captivity in Hamas’s tunnels, alongside...
January 21, 2026 - 18:13 | Special to National Post | National Post
Just moments ago, Interim OC Transpo GM Troy Charter addressed the latest issues surrounding Ottawa’s LRT service. They identified an issue with the cartridge bearing assemblies on Line 1 vehicles, meaning all trains with a mileage over 100,000 kilometres are being removed from service to have their CBAs replaced. Until those repairs have been made, Line 1 will operate with single-car and double-car trains. CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent tries to make sense of it all. Meantime, an Ottawa city councillor has appeared in court, and has pleaded not guilty to impaired driving charges. CTV...
January 21, 2026 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Some of OC Transpo’s peak-travel customers will have to wait a little longer to catch their train, as operations on the Line 1 tracks revert back to a reduced service. We get the latest developments in Hour 3, as Interim OC Transpo GM Troy Charter speaks to the media. Then, we gather instant reaction from River Ward councillor Riley Brockington and Beacon Hill-Cyrville councillor Tim Tierney.
January 21, 2026 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
