Ottawa Now with Kristy Cameron

For the past few weeks, public transit has been top of mind in Canada’s Capital, and for all the wrong reasons. Reliability and durability are, once again, a major concern. Do you trust City Council’s plan to fix it? Do you trust the transit service to right the ship? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, Canada’s Conservatives have kicked off thei...

Replacement buses are running in place of trains at Ottawa’s Line 2 station, as Southern commuters are biting their tongues in frustration. It’s insult to injury for OC Transpo staff members after a shortage of Line 1 buses and LRT cars turned their January into a waking nightmare. Joining the show in Hour 2 is Stittsville councillor Glen Gower, who also serves as Chair of Ottawa’s Transit Commission. Meantime, an...

Amid a recent rough patch for Ottawa’s transit service – highlighted by a bus shortage and another Line 1 LRT hiccup – two Ottawa city councillors are calling on OC Transpo to explore offering refunds or travel credits to customers. These would be offered to any transit riders who are facing delayed or cancelled trips, a sadly recurring theme to begin 2026. Joining Kristy Cameron on today's Ottawa Now are Knoxdale...

A CHEO psychiatrist says that today’s youth are facing significant barriers if they want to kick their vaping habits. Access to nicotine replacement therapies, such as nicotine patches and gum, are the primary obstacles that need to be addressed. We open that conversation in Hour 3 with Dr. Tea Rosic, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at CHEO and a Clinician-Investigator at the CHEO Research Institute. In other news, gold h...

Amid a rough start to 2026 for Ottawa’s transit service – highlighted by a bus shortage and another Line 1 LRT hiccup – two Ottawa city councillors are calling on OC Transpo to explore offering refunds or travel credits. These would be offered to any transit riders who are facing delayed or cancelled trips. We dig deeper in Hour 2 with Knoxdale-Merivale councillor Sean Devine and Capital Ward councillor Shawn Mena...

When you take a gander at the monthly budget, where are the primary ‘pain points’ for your bottom-line? Obviously, your rent or mortgage will stick out like a sore thumb. Perhaps it could be the cost of parking. But according to new data from Nanos Research, Canadians are more concerned about today’s grocery prices than today’s housing prices. We sift through the data in Hour 1 with Nik Nanos, who is the bra...

TikTok users claim they are being censored because they can’t upload anti-ICE videos. For example, comedian Meg Stalter attempted to upload a video calling out ICE, but it never appeared on the platform. When asked for comment, TikTok pinned the blame on tech issues. Do we have evidence to suggest that such videos are being blocked on purpose? Shruti Shekar, the editor-in-chief of Android Central, joins Kristy Cameron on toda...

Ottawa taxpayers will be spending $95 million to purchase a private landfill in the city’s East End, with the purchase being funded by an increase in the solid waste fee. In Hour 2, we gathered instant reaction from William Van Geest, the Executive Director of Ecology Ottawa. This hour, we chat with Osgoode councillor Isabelle Skalski. Meantime, TikTok users claim they are being censored because they can’t upload anti-I...

Canada’s largest public sector union is accusing the Carney government of hacking away at federal public services, warning that the latest plan to cut 28,000 jobs will have a catastrophic impact on the services that Canadians rely on. We dig deeper with Richard Forbes, a Principal Economist with SIGNAL49. Shifting gears to local news, hundreds of transit riders were left in limbo during Tuesday’s evening commute, as a t...

It’s been exactly one week since OC Transpo announced a reduction in the number of Line 1 double-car trains. And it’s still not clear when a return to regular service is in the cards. How can our transit service regain its fading public trust? We dig deeper with Marko Miljusevic, who is a board member of StrongTowns Ottawa. In other local news, the City of Ottawa’s brand-new zoning bylaw has passed unanimously. CT...

OC Transpo is speaking this afternoon, delivering a much-needed update on the status of our city’s public transit system. To put it mildly, it’s been a rough week, as mechanical problems on Line 1 have led to mini trains and crowded platforms. As of right now, it appears we don’t have any brand-new information to report, nor a timeline as to when these problems could be fixed. All we are getting is apologizes, as ...