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As the Mayor of Ottawa unveiled municipal budget directions for 2026, several homeowners are getting increasingly worried about tax increases. OC Transpo is facing a multi-million-dollar budget shortfall, and the gameplan for 2025 included a 3.9 percent property tax hike, not to mention higher transit fares. CTV’s Natalie Van Rooy joins the show in Hour 4. Then, as we preview tonight’s supper-hour newscast on CTV Ottawa, we examine the upcoming weather forecast with CTV’s Jackie Perez. And finally, if news breaks, you’ll hear it live on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
August 21, 2025 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
As previously heard in Hour 1, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has released his 2026 ‘budget direction’ for the City of Ottawa. He says there could be a transit fare hike, somewhere between 2.5 percent and 7.5 percent. Police spending for 2026, according to Sutcliffe, could also climb between 2.9 percent and 6.5 percent. In your view, what municipal service needs the most investment? What service would you pay more taxes to improve? Guest host Andrew Pinsent sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Later in Hour 3, he searches for your gardening...
August 21, 2025 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
For the past several years, we’ve been following the story of a now 12-year-old girl named Hillary McKibbin, and her brave fight against a rare blood disorder called Aplastic Anemia. Alongside her mother Kelly, we’ve checked in with Hillary about the current stem cell registry, and the duo's tireless efforts to raise awareness about its overall importance. However, since the latest checkup, another rare blood disorder has been spotted in her system, and it’s presented a major curveball for her treatment options. Hillary and Kelly join guest host Andrew Pinsent in Hour 2...
August 21, 2025 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Andrew Pinsent is filling in for the vacationing Kristy Cameron today. She’ll be back in the big chair on Monday. Last year, Ottawa City Council passed a municipal budget that held the city’s property tax increase to 3.9 percent, while also coming up with enough extra cash for food banks and city parks. Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said the gameplan for 2025, which passed 22 to 3, balanced affordability with investment. Today, he is holding a press conference at City Hall, looking ahead to 2026 and the financial directions our city should consider. We take you live to that...
August 21, 2025 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
The new shipment of T-shirts worn by the Ottawa Redblacks under their jerseys arrived only a couple of weeks ago, but, really, the timing couldn't be better. Read More
August 21, 2025 - 17:57 | Don Brennan | Ottawa Citizen
A 12-year-old boy who escaped the vehicle of an alleged abductor in Alberta after he and a group of friends employed a “catch a predator” scheme was incredibly lucky, says a police child exploitation expert.
This appears to be the “very first” time minors have employed the scheme, popularized by NBC’s To Catch a Predator reality television series, said Staff Sgt. Mark Auger from the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team’s internet child exploitation unit.
“This could have been a horrible outcome,” Auger said Thursday.
“Any time you reach out to a random person, there’s risk of...
August 21, 2025 - 17:52 | Chris Lambie | National Post
