Unpublished Newswire
Canadian motorists and households are showing signs of financial strain due to the rising cost of living. In fact, many of them are barreling towards a breaking point, especially when it comes to vehicle insurance prices. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Matt Hands, a Vice-President of Insurance at Ratehub.ca, in Hour 2. Shifting gears to the world of Tourism, Canadians who are vacationing and living in Jaslico have been urgently ordered to shelter in place. This warning goes double for anyone who is currently visiting Puerto Vallarta, a popular tourist destination in Mexico. It follows...
February 23, 2026 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
OC Transpo Interim GM Troy Charter says work is still being done to address the primary LRT problems on Line 1. For those curious, 26 cars are needed to run the LRT service at peak demand. Right now, with the 3-to-4 minute intervals still in effect during peak periods, only 21 of them are running. We don’t have an exact timeframe as to when the service will return to full strength. On top of that, the problems with Ottawa’s bus network are still persisting. Add it all up, and you’ve got a lot of frustrated commuters to deal with. That’s why one city councillor is...
February 23, 2026 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
OTTAWA — Conservative amendments to provide more guardrails to a provision in the federal budget that would allow cabinet ministers to exempt entities from federal laws was passed by the finance committee on Monday, with support from the Liberal government.
Buried in the federal government’s 600-page Bill C-15 is a provision that gives cabinet ministers discretionary power to exempt a company or individual from any act of Parliament for a three-year period, except for the Criminal Code, for the purposes of what’s called a “regulatory sandbox.”
The provision is proposed under...
February 23, 2026 - 17:38 | Jordan Gowling | National Post
February 23, 2026 - 17:20 | Lisa Johnson | The Globe and Mail
The Senate social affairs committee has heard from witnesses who warned the legislation could violate human rights and lacks procedural fairness.
February 23, 2026 - 17:19 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
February 23, 2026 - 16:58 | Lyndsay Armstrong | The Globe and Mail
