CFRA Weekends - Strait of Hormuz standoff persists into Week 4 of the Iran War

As we enter Week 4 of the Iran War, economic markets are feeling the burn and gas prices are skyrocketing, as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed off. Meantime, Donald Trump is growing more and more frustrated that NATO allies are not helping America’s cause in the war, leading to his 48-hour ultim…

CFRA Weekends - Delving into Mark Zuckerberg's controversial decision to dial back the Metaverse

Facebook co-founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly dialed back the Metaverse initiative. The decision to do so has annoyed several, including a former employee who claims that company management became ‘out of touch’ with reality. CFRA show producer Mitch Kedrosky joins Andrew Pinsent …

CFRA Weekends - New report gives Ontario a failing grade as lead traces still linger in school drinking water

Over the past few years, Ontario has received plenty of flack for not taking enough measures to remove lead traces in student drinking water. In fact, a new report from the Canadian Environmental Law Association has given the Ford government an ‘F’ for Effort, with Ottawa’s largest school board bec…

CFRA Weekends - The instrumental music outfit that continues to catch Canada's attention

In 1978, British rock group Dire Straits created the 'Sultans of Swing'. In 2026, it's the Sultans of String that are making plenty of timeless noise in Canada. The Toronto-based instrumental music outfit has been nominated for a trio of Juno Awards in their 20-year career. And on Sunday, they are …

CFRA Weekends - Blue Jays' Spring Training closes with rotation injuries mounting

Upon the arrival of a highly-anticipated Spring Training slate, Blue Jays starting pitcher Shane Bieber was already ruled out for the start of 2026 due to injury. Since then, Jose Berrios and Trey Yesavage have joined the walking wounded, as Toronto rolls with a 5-man starting rotation for the time…

CFRA Weekends - Ontario tightens access-to-information laws from the highest chains of command at Queen's Park

During last weekend's musings, CFRA's Andrew Pinsent questioned the level of transparency over recent matters at Ottawa City Hall. This Saturday, he is turning his attention to Queen's Park, as Ontario's Premier tightens the province's access-to-information laws from the highest chains of command.

PODCAST: The Daily Review for Fri. March 20th, 2026

The best of Newstalk 580 CFRA for Friday, March 20th, 2026.

CTV Your Morning Ottawa Podcast for the week of March 16th to 20th

Ottawa Fire is trying to crack down on a disturbing trend in our city, as lithium ion batteries were responsible for sparking a pair of house fires in Richmond. That’s coming up in the first segment of today’s CTV Your Morning Ottawa Podcast. Meantime, the wintery weather is slowly passing us by, w…

Music publicist supports push from Ontario to limit ticket resale prices, but notes it's 'complicated'

Patricia Boal speak with music expert and publicist Eric Alper about the push from the Ontario government to limit ticket prices to original values and what that can or can't fix for event costs.

Senators outline plans to tackle excessive Away fan crowds at rivalry games in new Citizen report

Patricia Boal is joined by Ottawa Citizen sports reporter Callum Fraser to discuss his story about organizational frustration in the Ottawa Senators about away fans dominating rivalry game crowds and ideas on how to handle it.