Unpublished Newswire
February 23, 2026 - 18:15 | Willow Fiddler | The Globe and Mail
The City of Ottawa is purchasing a Downtown hotel for $45 million, with the hopes of transforming it into transitional housing for families. Somerset councillor Ariel Troster joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 4. Then, we preview tonight’s CTV Ottawa supper-hour newscast with Jackie Perez. And finally, if news breaks in real time, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
February 23, 2026 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The city councillor for Barrhaven West is calling on OC Transpo to conduct an audit of LRT Line 1. David Hill wants the transit service to reassure the public that all regulatory, safety, and technical standards are being met. Hill, who also serves on Ottawa’s Transit Committee, believes that an audit is one way to do it. Do you agree with his approach? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, the U.S. Supreme Court has shut down a series of Trump tariffs, ruling them illegal without Congress approval. Within hours of...
February 23, 2026 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
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
