Unpublished Newswire
Well, it’s been another crazy news week, hasn’t it? Perhaps it’s yet another excuse to head to the local cinema and catch the latest flicks! If that is on your radar for the final weekend of March, Matt Demers has got you covered with his Weekly Movie Picks. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
March 28, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Canada’s Capital is bracing for a surprise Spring snowstorm, which is scheduled to start tonight and wrap up by Sunday evening. We are expecting 10 to 15 centimetres of snow to hit the ground, with the bulk of it falling by end-of-day Saturday. And then, the freezing rain will come knocking on Sunday. Have you changed your preparation plans to better adapt to today’s unpredictable storms? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Shifting gears back to the Canada-U.S. trade war, a local doctor was getting ready to leave the...
March 28, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
According to new analysis from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. cities who are most likely to feel the burn of a Canadian tariff counterattack are the ones who are largely responsible for Trump’s resurgence. It’s yet another concerning sign of the political gambles that America’s leader is making by attacking Canadians through economic force. Out of the 41 U.S. metro areas, San Antonio (Texas) and Detroit (Michigan) are feeling the biggest portion of Canada’s pushback. Andrew DiCapua, a Principal Economist at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, wrote this...
March 28, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
A surprise Spring snowstorm is slamming straight into Canada’s Capital this weekend, with 10 to 15 centimetres of snow and up to 10 millimetres of freezing rain expected over the next 3 days. It all begins in a matter of hours, as the heavy snowfall arrives tonight and then drags into Saturday. Once that part of the storm has passed, the freezing rain batters the roads and highways on Sunday. We get the latest meteorological outlook from Environment Canada senior climatologist David Philips. Meantime, U.S. President Donald Trump says he had a productive phone call with Mark Carney...
March 28, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Friday proposed life in prison for fentanyl traffickers, people convicted of multiple counts of human trafficking, and people who import or export more than 10 illegal guns.The pledge is an expanded version of a plan announced in early February, when Mr. Poilievre said a Conservative government would imprison fentanyl traffickers for life. He has spent months attacking what he has described as extreme drug policies of the current Liberal government, including prescription opioids, while promising to end such programs. He has promised to instead...
March 28, 2025 - 17:57 | David Ebner | The Globe and Mail
The Charge take on the Boston Fleet in St. Louis with the playoffs on the line. Ottawa sits two points behind fourth-place Minnesota.
March 28, 2025 - 17:54 | | CBC News - Ottawa
