City Hall has found $54 million in financial efficiencies for this year’s Draft Budget. A large chunk of these potential savings might be coming from the 2023 Transit Budget, ranging from a reduction in transit capital costs to a potential reduction in bus routes. Laura Shantz from Ottawa Transit Riders says these sacrifices might be too great for residents to deal with. She joins Kristy Cameron on Ottawa Now.

City Hall has found $54 million in financial efficiencies for this year’s Draft Budget. A large chunk of these potential savings might be coming from the 2023 Transit Budget, ranging from a reduction in transit capital costs to a potential reduction in bus routes. Laura Shantz from Ottawa Transit Riders says these sacrifices might be too great for residents to deal with. She joins Kristy Cameron on Ottawa Now.

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Ottawa Now – ‘We often see our buses packed to the gills’: With potential city savings coming from Ottawa’s Transit Budget, critics don’t want bus routes to become the sacrificial lamb

The best of Newstalk 580 CFRA for Wednesday, April 25th, 2024.

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The watchdog that handles grievances about Canadian telecommunications companies has been pretty busy lately. Just how busy exactly? Halfway through its reporting year, Canadian complaints about phone, Internet, and TV services have risen by 43 percent. How damning is this new data? Tech expert Carmi Levy joins the show in Hour 4. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news headlines, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.

The watchdog that handles grievances about Canadian telecommunications companies has been pretty busy lately. Just how busy exactly? Halfway through its reporting year, Canadian complaints about phone, Internet, and TV services have risen by 43 percent. How damning is this new data? Tech expert Carmi Levy joins the show in Hour 4. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news headlines, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.

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Food inflation has pushed Canadians to think differently about the food they eat, even if they shouldn’t be eating it. According to a new report from Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab, nearly 60 percent of respondents were more inclined to digest expired food products due to today’s sky-high prices. In case you were wondering, this survey collected the opinions of 9,000 people. Out of that group, Gen-Z and Millennials were the most likely to believe they fell ill after eating spoiled foods. Half of the participants also turned to different food storage methods to extend the product’s shelf life. Are you one of them, and what risks are you taking by doing this? Stefan Keyes tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, Ottawa city councillors have approved a motion that would study the possibility of an anti-renovictions bylaw. The motion itself doesn’t approve such a bylaw, but it enables city staff to study the idea further and provide a series of estimated costs.

Food inflation has pushed Canadians to think differently about the food they eat, even if they shouldn’t be eating it. According to a new report from Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab, nearly 60 percent of respondents were more inclined to digest expired food products due to today’s sky-high prices. In case you were wondering, this survey collected the opinions of 9,000 people. Out of that group, Gen-Z and Millennials were the most likely to believe they fell ill after eating spoiled foods. Half of the participants also turned to different food storage methods to extend the product’s shelf life. Are you one of them, and what risks are you taking by doing this? Stefan Keyes tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, Ottawa city councillors have approved a motion that would study the possibility of an anti-renovictions bylaw. The motion itself doesn’t approve such a bylaw, but it enables city staff to study the idea further and provide a series of estimated costs.

Ottawa Now – ‘We often see our buses packed to the gills’: With potential city savings coming from Ottawa’s Transit Budget, critics don’t want bus routes to become the sacrificial lamb

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