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In the latest update to a labour dispute that has dragged on for nearly one year, CUPW members have rejected the latest offer by Canada Post, who maintain that will be the last offer they are sending to their employees. Once again, the company's loudest critics are questioning their present-day existence, and whether they can survive this labour dispute by making zero changes to their current model. That brings us to a similar-sounding Question of the Day. What changes should be made at Canada Post to ensure its survival? Is this the end of Canada Post as we know it today? And before a...
August 5, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
A recent UOttawa study has found that humans aged 35-and-under are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. In Hour 2, Kristy Cameron is joined alongside Professor Daniel Stockemer, who works at the institution's School of Political Studies. Daniel is also the author of this study. Meantime, as more and more Beer Store locations permanently shutter their windows, several charities and non-profit organizations are eager to take your empties. Here to explain further is John Heckbert, the Executive Director of Operation Come Home. Plus, did you know that the City of Pembroke has...
August 5, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have rejected the latest offer from Canada Post. It is also presumed to be the courier's final offer to CUPW employees, who have been without a contract for nearly a full year. And last December, during the height of Christmas shopping season, things were getting very testy between both parties. To kick off the month of August, critics are once again questioning whether Canada Post can survive in its current state. Do you believe it can? And if it can't, what changes must be made? Kristy Cameron is joined alongside Adam King, an Assistant...
August 5, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
For tonight’s Ottawa Redblacks game, the weather forecast is supposed to be good. For tomorrow’s Canada-USA rugby match, more of the same. And for Sunday’s Iron Man event, it’s sunny and humid. CTV’s Jackie Perez delivers the long weekend outlook in Hour 4. Plus, if news breaks, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
July 31, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
In Montreal, turning right on a red light is illegal. Should our city follow the same mindset, especially when it comes to chaotic Downtown traffic? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, it’s a Thursday afternoon, which means it’s time to deliver some gardening tips and tricks with Ottawa Now gardening expert Carson Arthur! If you have a question for Carson, give the CFRA textboard a shout or call the station at 613-521-8255.
July 31, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Ken Dryden, who died Friday at 78 after a battle with cancer, regularly contributed to National Post and other major Canadian newspapers. In what may have been his final piece, in April he remembered his longtime friend and teammate, Bob McGuinn, and contemplated a life without him.
I was a teammate of his longer than I was of anyone else’s. Eleven years, from when I was 10 and he was 12, five years with Humber Valley, two with Etobicoke in junior B, four years in college hockey at Cornell University. In many ways, as it was with Bob McGuinn and lots of others, we never stopped being...
April 30, 2025 - 06:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
