CFRA Weekends - Alto President shuts down Senate Building as a possible high-speed rail station option

The main voices behind the Ottawa Board of Trade, Invest Ottawa, and Ottawa Tourism have penned a letter to Alto President Martin Imbleau about installing a high-speed rail station in Ottawa’s Downtown Core. The Crown corporation has been tasked with building a rail system that connects Toronto, Ot…

CFRA Weekends - Ottawa Charge get a coaching boost as they return to the PWHL Playoffs

With just 5 games left in the regular season, and little room for error, Ottawa Charge head coach Carla MacLeod took a leave of absence from the team to focus on her cancer treatment. The players responded by winning 4 of 5, booking a return trip to the PWHL Playoffs in the process. And now, as the…

CFRA Weekends - City Staff report highlights significant issues and backlogs within Ottawa's homelessness crisis

A new City Staff report on Ottawa’s Family Homelessness Strategy is highlighting an onslaught of significant issues and backlogs. It was brought up during this week’s Community Services Committee meeting at Ottawa City Hall. The city is witnessing a 76 percent increase in families experiencing home…

Hour 2 of CFRA Weekends for Sun. April 26th, 2026

Heading into this weekend’s action, it’s been months of waiting for Atletico Ottawa, who hadn’t set foot on the TD Place pitch since last November’s ‘Icicle Kick’. But for Russell native Tyr Duhaney-Walker, one of his biggest moments with the team happened last week, as he notched his first profess…

Hour 1 of CFRA Weekends for Sun. April 26th, 2026

Ottawa city councillors are voicing their concerns to the Ford government, as the ripple effects of the speed camera purge continue to be felt across Canada’s Capital. According to documents, it goes beyond people disobeying the rules of the road. Andrew Pinsent checks in with city councillor Tim T…

CFRA Weekends - Exploring the up-and-down life of Finnish-Canadian sailor Tom Sukanen

CFRA's Andrew Pinsent digs deeper into the backstories of popular Canadian historical events, landmarks, and figures. Chiming in with his expert analysis every single Sunday is Craig Baird of Canadian History EHX. This week, we examine the life of Tom Sukanen, a Finnish-born Canadian sailor who imm…

CFRA Weekends - Humanitarian crisis in Sudan keeps getting worse, and worse, and worse

The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is gradually turning into one of the world’s worst. Geoffrey Johnston is an International Affairs columnist with the Kingston Whig-Standard. He joins Andrew Pinsent on CFRA Weekends.

CFRA Weekends - Capping off a banner week with Atletico Ottawa's Tyr Duhaney-Walker

Heading into this weekend’s action, it’s been months of waiting for Atletico Ottawa, who hadn’t set foot on the TD Place pitch since last November’s ‘Icicle Kick’. That changes on Sunday when they host Vancouver FC for their Home Opener – a chance to finally look back at last year’s North Star Cup …

CFRA Weekends - Online petition calls for a nationwide U-16 social media ban

A citizen-led movement out of Quebec is demanding that the feds pass a U-16 social media ban. The online petition, created by Age Standard, is also urging for a ‘concrete mechanism’ to ensure that the law is legally enforced. Jean-Sébastien Giroux is the CEO of Hologram, a Marketing Professor at th…

CFRA Weekends - Ottawa's Akheem Mesidor realizes Stage 1 of his NFL dream in Pittsburgh

As the NFL world gathered in Pittsburgh for the 2026 Entry Draft, it was a 25-year-old from Ottawa who took center-stage at Pick 22. Technical producer Stephen Ellsworth recaps the crazy journey of Akheem Mesidor, who now takes his talents from Miami to Los Angeles.