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Publication Date: April 27, 2026 - 16:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Mon. April 27th, 2026
April 27, 2026
Ottawa’s tourism organizations want to see high-speed rail bring passengers to a station in the city’s Downtown Core, arguing that it ‘deserves to arrive in the heart of Ottawa’. The Crown corporation Alto has been tasked with building high-speed rail between Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City. Public consultations for Phase 1 of the project wrapped up on Saturday. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Sueling Ching, the President and CEO of the Ottawa Board of Trade. Meantime, Ottawa's controversial Bubble Bylaw is expected to come into force this August after it passed at City Council last week. CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent delivers the details in Hour 1. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
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Win, lose, or draw – it cannot be denied that the Ottawa Charge have one of the most energetic fanbases across the entire PWHL. They proved it on Victoria Day Monday by showing up in droves, and eventually setting a playoff attendance record in a thrilling Game 3 comeback win. Fueling the fanbase is a chorus of kazoos, a tradition that was first started by Britt Hurley and one of her friends. She helps manufacture kazoos using a 3D printer, allowing more people to get in on the fun and join the ‘Kazoo Crew’. Hurley joins Kristy Cameron on Ottawa Now.
May 21, 2026 - 10:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The late-May staple has returned, as Canada’s Capital prepares to welcome over 40,000 participants and 2,500 volunteers over two action-packed days. It’s the Tamarack Homes Ottawa International Marathon, better known as Ottawa Race Weekend. They’ve sold out every single event – from the Ottawa Half Marathon presented by Desjardins, to the Ottawa 10K presented by Otto’s Ottawa. Sudarshan Gautam will be running as a special guest during Sunday’s International Marathon circuit, and it won’t take long to understand that he’s no ordinary runner...
May 21, 2026 - 10:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
As the calendar flips to June, a trio of countries will be hosting World Cup games, and Canada is one of them. However, according to the latest forecast from the country's Parliamentary Budget Officer, the estimated cost per game is $82 million. Add it all up, and you get a massive $1 billion tab to pay off. That bill, by the way, is in line with public spending for previous World Cup events. So who pays for what? Well, $473 million is coming from the feds, while the other levels of government have been assigned to pay the rest of the tab. In Toronto, they planned to spend $380 million...
May 21, 2026 - 10:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
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