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TransLink is proposing a plan to improve its services, ease overcrowding and finish projects, but it will involve a fare hike and a tax increase for Metro Vancouver residents.The B.C. government announced Thursday that it would provide $312-million in operating funding to the Metro Vancouver transit operator over the next three years, if the rest of its investment plan is approved.The plan would allow for several improvements, including more service on up to 50 bus routes, extending the North Shore’s rapid bus and adding West Coast Express train cars.
April 10, 2025 - 18:48 | | The Globe and Mail
Typically an NDP stronghold, the party managed to hold onto the seat in the by-election, but by a narrow margin over the Conservatives.
April 10, 2025 - 18:47 | Katherine Dornian | Global News - Canada
Reports say that a helicopter has crashed in the Hudson River, not too far from Manhattan. We deliver the latest developments as Hour 4 rolls on. Plus, we deliver the latest local news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
April 10, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
As we talked about in the previous hour, public consultations into Phase 5 of the Transportation Master Plan are officially underway. It identifies transit network projects that are needed to ‘accommodate planned growth’ and ‘achieve the city’s mobility objectives’ until 2046. How would you rate the present-day transit options in your neighbourhood? Does it help ease your commute into work? What about a trip to your kid’s daycare centre, or even to the nearest grocery store? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question...
April 10, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Public consultations kicked off this week for Phase 5 of the Transportation Master Plan. This phase identifies transit and road network projects that are needed to ‘accommodate planned growth’ and ‘achieve the city’s mobility objectives’. Well, at least until 2046, that is. And with Ottawa’s population expected to grow to 1.4 million over the next 21 years, Canada’s Capital is expected to see a spike in transit demand. We are talking an additional 1.2 million transit trips every single day, coupled with over 620,000 daily trips in vehicles....
April 10, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs could fuel some localized economic consequences, especially for one Ontario business. Sun-Brite Foods Incorporated, a Canadian owned and operated company near Leamington, makes its bread and butter through processed tomatoes. They ship them all around the world. And now, the company’s CEO fears that the price of canned goods will skyrocket, as a lot of their cans are manufactured in U.S. cities. What is 25 cents per can today could soon rise to 40 cents per can tomorrow. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Sylvain Charlebois, better known as the...
April 10, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
