Unpublished Newswire
After 42 years on Rideau Street, Steve’s Music Store will be moving locations in 2025. The iconic yellow sign with bubble black letters has been an iconic fixture at the corner of Rideau Street and King Edward Avenue. Now, a new lease has been signed, and the business will be moving house to another centralized location in the coming weeks. Store Manager Dan Sauve joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 2. Plus, if you are craving a trip to the movie theatres this weekend, Matt Demers has got you covered with his Weekly Movie Picks!
November 29, 2024 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Starting next Tuesday, customers who are boarding domestic Air Canada flights at Vancouver International Airport will be able to walk onto the plane without presenting their drivers’ licence. Well, on the majority of those flights, at least. They also won’t be asked to present their passports or any other form of physical identification. That’s because the airline is introducing facial recognition technology, making it the first airline in this country to deploy the software. It’s all part of a broader effort to streamline the boarding process. Do the negatives of this decision outweigh...
November 29, 2024 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
If you are a frustrated transit rider, you have probably mumbled in disgust where you bus might be. Well, one of OC Transpo’s regular commuters has decided to make a documentary out of those frustrating moments. In Hour 4, we replay Kristy’s previous conversation with Riverside South resident Gio Petti. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
November 28, 2024 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, even if the threat of an American-based tariff from Donald Trump is hanging over the country’s head. The federal government is trying to ease tensions here at home with a GST holiday. But will it change your spending habits? Will you be tempted to spend more in December, or will you be more selective in your purchases? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, we are nearing the two-week mark in the ongoing Canada Post labour dispute, and both sides are still nowhere close to a new agreement. CFRA’s...
November 28, 2024 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Dude, where’s my bus? It’s a phrase that transit riders in this city have likely mumbled under their breath, perhaps more times than they count on one hand. Well, a resident in Riverside South has turned that frustrating sentence into an entire documentary about Ottawa’s transit woes. His name is Gio Petti, a frustrated OC Transpo regular who takes the bus to work five days a week. He joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 2. Plus, a crowd of residents in Sandy Hill are waving the red flags about a local drop-in centre. They believe a recent wave of theft, violence, and intimidation has stemmed...
November 28, 2024 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Ahead of the Christmas holiday season, we are getting a short-term holiday on Canadian taxes. And then, in late-January, we might be getting some American tax pain. But let’s not think about that last part for at least the next 30 days. The bigger news this afternoon is that the NDP isn’t satisfied with the federal government’s plans to distribute a series of $250 cheques, and that portion of the idea is being put on the backburner. They want to know who exactly qualifies for these deposits, and also determine if an expansion for those qualifications can be made. In light of these tax...
November 28, 2024 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
