Unpublished Newswire
Public service unions are sounding the alarm bell over present-day conditions inside federal office buildings. This follows Friday’s directives from the feds, in which public service employees will soon be ordered back to their workspaces for 4 days a week. That agreement is slated to take effect July 6th. The unions argue that workers shouldn’t be ordered back to their workspaces if there isn’t enough workspace available. Health issues, such as pests and bed bugs, are other important and ‘horrendous’ concerns they have raised in the past. And as we are...
February 9, 2026 - 18:30 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Ottawa police Chief Eric Stubbs says he welcomes an independent, provincewide review into police forces that was announced by the province's police inspector Monday morning. Read More
February 9, 2026 - 18:26 | Paula Tran | Ottawa Citizen
Effective this July, federal public servants will be ordered back to their workstations 4 days a week, with executives receiving a full work-week order. Just days after the Carney government unveiled this plan, Carleton MP Bruce Fanjoy is calling on his own party to reconsider the RTO mandate. Tyler Chamberlin is an Associate Professor at UOttawa’s Telfer School of Management. He dissects the public transportation effects of this mandate, as OC Transpo tries to address recent LRT repairs and bus fleet delays. And if it's too inconvenient for some workers, they might have to move...
February 9, 2026 - 18:25 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Air Canada has announced that it will be suspending all flights to Cuba until further notice, a decision that was fueled by an ongoing shortage of aviation fuel on the island. In the meantime, the airline will be operating empty flights to return roughly 3,000 passengers. Eugenio Landeiro Reyes, a Cuban who is currently living in Ottawa, is a member of the Cuban Canadians Coalition. He says that several of his cousins and friends still live in Cuba, and claims that a mismanagement of the Tourism industry turned this issue a predictable event. Reyes joins Kristy Cameron on today's Ottawa...
February 9, 2026 - 18:20 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Until further notice, Air Canada says it will be suspending all flights to Cuba. This is due to an ongoing shortage of aviation fuel on the island. Kristy Cameron chats with Martin Firestone, the President of Travel Secure, in Hour 4. Plus, while the U.S. President wasn’t happy with Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, the general public is praising the Puerto Rican musician. CTV’s Stefan Keyes delivers his honest review. And finally, if news breaks in real time, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
February 9, 2026 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Last Friday, the Carney government announced that public servants will be ordered back to their workspaces 4 days a week, effective July of this year. A few days later, Carleton MP Bruce Fanjoy is calling on his own party to reconsider its directive. Should they stay the course, or should they debate it? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, new data from the Angus Reid Institute shows that two-thirds of Albertans would vote to stay in Canada, or at least lean that way. That still means a considerable amount of people...
February 9, 2026 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
