Unpublished Newswire
When was the last time an employee of a grocery store bagged your groceries? Now that customers are starting to bag their own groceries, folks on social media have noticed this upward trend, and argue that this feature isn’t what they signed up for. Kristy Cameron gathers your feedback and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, changes are coming to Canada’s temporary foreign workers program. How will it impact our country’s immigration levels? That story is coming up in Hour 3.
August 27, 2024 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
As you might have seen first-hand, today’s vehicles come with an assortment of bells and whistles. But are these bells and whistles really what drivers want? According to the recent JD Power U.S. Tech Experience Index, not really. We dig deeper in Hour 2. Meantime, the Sexual Assault Clinic at the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic Campus has seen a spike in patients. And as we play out the final months of 2024, they anticipate to see even more patients.
August 27, 2024 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Have you found yourself bagging your own groceries these days? Folks on social media certainly have, and they are fueling an interesting debate. Should grocery stores employ designated baggers? Kristy Cameron chats with Mike von Massow, a food economist and a professor at the University of Guelph. Meantime, an Ottawa resident named Philip Baker is taking charge of his life and inspiring others to do the same. At 71 years of age, the former Phys-Ed coach is battling Multiple Sclerosis, and still managed to complete a tandem skydiving lesson earlier this month.
August 27, 2024 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The CFRA textboard has been red-hot all afternoon! We sift through your texts and emails in Hour 4. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news, right here on CFRA's Ottawa Now.
August 26, 2024 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
If you’ve ever dealt with workplace burnout before, how exactly did you deal with it? And if you were offered a burnout coach today to help you get through it, would you take it? Kristy Cameron tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, the Trudeau Liberals are in Halifax for their annual Cabinet Retreat. And while Canada-US relations might be top of mind, so is the ongoing railway dispute. We dig deeper with our Political Heat Panel.
August 26, 2024 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Effective today, transit service on Ottawa’s LRT is changing during off-peak hours, with 10-minute wait times now being displayed instead of the usual 5-minute promise. The discontent is still being felt, from everyday commuters to city councillors. River Ward councillor Riley Brockington explains what is grinding his gears in Hour 2. Plus, as more cataract surgeries are being moved to Ontario’s private clinics, more low-income Ontarians are feeling left behind.
August 26, 2024 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
