Unpublished Newswire
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
December 4, 2025 - 16:16 | | CBC News - Canada
A cyclone that has hammered several Asian countries has claimed the lives of over 1,300 people. And now, Ottawa’s Sri Lankan community is standing up to lend a helping hand. CTV’s Katie Griffin delivers the details in Hour 4. 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 3, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Paul Calandra says Ontario’s latest EQAO test results are not good enough, despite slight gains in multiple areas. It’s gotten to the point where Ontario’s Education Minister is planning a thorough review of how the province conducts Standardized Testing. How do you interpret the latest test results? What is the cause for these struggles? Is a thorough review a bit overkill? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Over in Cornwall, an 83-year-old crossing guard is turning heads with a now 50-year promise, as she...
December 3, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
As we mentioned in Hour 1, Ontario’s Education Minister is noticing the minor gains in the latest string of EQAO test results. However, Paul Calandra says they are still not good enough, and he is mulling over a thorough review of how the province conducts Standardized Testing. Kristy Cameron keeps the conversation going with Stephen Skoutajan, the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario President for Ottawa-Carleton. Meantime, the number of vehicle thefts have gone down in Canada’s Capital, which is a good statistical decline. Is it the new norm, or a short-term decline...
December 3, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Ontario’s Education Minister is preparing for a thorough review of how the province conducts Standardized Testing. Paul Calandra made that promise in the wake of the province’s latest EQAO test results, which were officially released Wednesday morning. And while the results do show slight gains in Reading, Writing, and Math, he argues those gains aren’t good enough. Kristy Cameron chats with Rene Jansen in de Wal, the President of the English Catholic Teachers Association of Ontario. Plus, as the holiday travel season ramps up, Julie Beun from CAA North and East Ontario...
December 3, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
