Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Wed. November 12th, 2025

Today is not Budget Day – officially. However, it’s the first big step before a final decision is reached in December. Earlier this morning, Ottawa City Council introduced the financial gameplans for 2026, which includes a transit fare increase and a police budget increase. Overall, are you satisfied with this vision? Which areas of the budget aren’t getting enough attention? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, we are getting an update to one of the weirdest local stories of 2025. CFRA’s Chris Holski has more on that. Plus, a country singer named Breaking Rust has topped the Billboard charts with a new single. It’s called ‘Walk My Walk’. And it’s not real – because this artist is generated by Artificial Intelligence. Shruti Shekar from Android Central tries to wrap her head around the song that is fooling everybody.