
The City of Brockville is cutting back on its salt usage this Winter, as it deals with a shortage of road salts. In an effort to conserve its remaining supplies, they will be switching to a salt-sand mixture. Yanick Beaudin is the Supervisor of Public Works at the City of Brockville. He joins Kristy Cameron on today's Ottawa Now.
January 29, 2026 - 18:10 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
One man is dead after a reported stabbing near the Central Experimental Farm last night. We gather the latest developments from CTV’s Katie Griffin in Hour 4. Then, we preview tonight’s CTV Ottawa supper-hour newscast with Jackie Perez and Kimberley Fowler. And if news breaks in real time, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
January 29, 2026 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
A CHEO psychiatrist says that today’s youth are facing significant barriers if they want to kick their vaping habits. Access to nicotine replacement therapies, such as nicotine patches and gum, are the primary obstacles that need to be addressed. We open that conversation in Hour 3 with Dr. Tea Rosic, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at CHEO and a Clinician-Investigator at the CHEO Research Institute. In other news, gold has hit and crossed the $5,000 USD per ounce barrier, marking an all-time first. We are also seeing more options and locations for people to purchase gold bars...
January 29, 2026 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
U.S. authorities alerted the RCMP about Ryan Wedding's imminent arrest days before he was taken into U.S. custody in Mexico last week, Commissioner Mike Duheme has told CBC News. The revelation marks the clearest indication yet that investigators knew of the longtime fugitive's whereabouts before Jan. 22, when the Mexican government said Wedding "voluntarily surrendered."
January 29, 2026 - 17:45 | | CBC News - Canada
Jacob Tierney and Brendon Brady are in Ottawa for Prime Time 2026. CBC’s Sandra Abma was there and breaks down what they had to say.
January 29, 2026 - 17:43 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The province says B.C. parks have seen record-setting levels of use in recent years — so fees are going up to support park care.
January 29, 2026 - 17:41 | | CBC News - Canada
