Unpublished Newswire
Next month, Rolly Hupay will be turning 61 years old. He is a dedicated father and husband, but he is also fighting for his life, needing a liver transplant just to survive. Kristy Cameron chats with Anne-Marie Hupay, Rolly’s wife, in Hour 2. On a lighter note, the Easter Weekend is moving Matt Demers’ Weekly Movie Picks a day early, as he pays a visit to the Ottawa Now studios.
March 28, 2024 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Ottawa’s largest school board has teamed up with a trio of Toronto-area school boards, as they wage a war with multiple social media giants. Why are they taking these matters to court? Is this a winnable legal battle? Kristy Cameron goes 1-on-1 with Pino Buffone, who is the Director of Education at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Plus, the Premier of Ontario is calling on the feds to bring more government workers back to Downtown Ottawa. He says, without them, the Downtown Core won’t be able to flourish as it once did. Do you agree with Doug Ford? Text into the show and let us...
March 28, 2024 - 18:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
March 28, 2024 - 15:47 | | CBC News - Canada
The latest string of auto thefts has placed everyone on edge, from daily commuters to car dealers. Take this story from Orleans resident Austin Lonsdale as a prime example. He drives a 2021 Honda CRV, a 3-year-old crossover SUV. He recently received a letter in the mail from a car insurance company, with a stern warning attached. If he didn’t purchase a $450 car tracker at a Speedy Glass location of their choosing, he would be slapped with a $400 yearly surcharge on his insurance premiums. That whacky news story is coming up in Hour 4. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news, right...
March 27, 2024 - 18:03 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
In a new statement to the Trudeau government, CAMH is calling for further action against gambling ads, and iron-clad rules as to where they can be displayed. They want to see an outright ban across all media avenues that rely on minors as their key demographic. If at least 25 percent of your fanbase is within that age group, you shouldn’t be able to promote gambling ads. How do you think online gambling should be regulated? Kristy Cameron tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, Ontario’s College of Pharmacists have an axe to grind with the world’s biggest health corporations,...
March 27, 2024 - 18:02 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
In 2024, the Ontario government is planning to spend an extra $2 billion on home care services, a 3-year effort to expand and revamp a struggling section of the province’s healthcare system. However, this approach is allegedly putting Ontarians without family doctors at a further disadvantage, and it doesn’t do enough to cut down on wait times at Ontario’s Emergency Rooms. Kristy Cameron chats with Dr. Michael Herman, an Emergency Room Physician at Ottawa’s Queensway-Carleton Hospital. Meantime, an extended CEBA repayment deadline is just hours away, and business owners are sweating...
March 27, 2024 - 18:01 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
