Tom D'Amico is the Director of Education with the OCSB and tells us more about this decision.

We look ahead to a packed Italian Week Festival on D is for Dinner. Mario Carlucci caught up with the festival executive director Lydia DiFrancesco who gave him a rundown of all the food, art and culturally focused events on tap this year. He also spoke to Tristan Brigaglia-Murdock, the Ottawa sommelier and writer who is leading one of the festival's masterclasses.

Summer travel time! Sunscreen, check. T-shirts, check. Wallet, check. But what's the best way to pay while you’re away? CBC Money Columnist Bruce Sellery has more.

Public Services and Procurement announced Tuesday that Kingston's LaSalle causeway will need to be demolished and rebuilt from scratch, ending over 100 years of service.

Amy talks to Alan about the June 24th event at Station Eleven

Foreign correspondent Saša Petricic takes photos to document what life looks like for people after the television crew moves on to the next story. Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco dropped by Petricic's new photography exhibition Innocent Bystanders at Ottawa's Studio Sixty Six gallery.

The annual ranking of Canada's best restaurants came out last week -- seven local eateries made the list -- we'll digest it with two local food bloggers

We hear memories of the late Montreal Canadiens icon and his legacy.

We replay Alan's chat with Steven from 2016. The Kingston poet passed away at the age of 60.

The man responsible for a deadly van attack in Toronto was found guilty of murder today -- after a judge rejected the argument that he was not criminally responsible because of his autism disorder. Two autism advocates tell us what they make of the ruling.

A snowstorm with low temperatures may not be a big deal to Ottawans, but if you live in Texas, it's a dangerous situation. We check in with two Ottawans-turned-Texans about coping with power outages, ice and more.

Epidemiologist Raywat Deonandan on the province's gradual reopening plan, and why it might be too soon to think about reopening in the first place.

The City of Ottawa is recommending an expansion of the e-scooter program this spring. We hear from the city's chair of the accessibility advisory committee about why that might not be a good idea.

An Ottawan was one of the young leaders recently recognized by the Ontario government for doing work to fight racism and promote equity in her high school. We talk to Halimo-Kafia Mohamed Fourreh about her Lincoln M. Alexander award.

For the past week or so, we've heard variations of "stay at home and wear a mask" from public health and government officials Ten months into the pandemic -- why are some still not following COVID-19 rules, and how could public health authorities and government officials encourage them to do so? We talk to a behavioural scientist about that.

The provincial government announced an extension to virtual learning for elementary school students in southern Ontario, leaving education workers scrambling to find childcare - we hear about that from CUPE and other concerns

Our weekly political panelists, Susan Delacourt and Hannah Thibedeau, talk about the mob attack in Washington, the pace of COVID-19 vaccination in Ottawa, and the ethics vacations at this time.

The Premier of Quebec has ordered a 8pm - 5am curfew to tamp down rising COVID-19 numbers. How will it affect the homeless population? We hear one advocate's concerns.

In our ongoing exploration of the Periodic Table of Elements, we dive into the world of Californium.

The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority talks about their concerns around changes slipped into the provincial omnibus budget bill.

Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly addressed the arrest of protesters in the early hours of Saturday morning. Planned talks with the police services board were called off after the arrests. We speak with community members about what they want to see happen now.

Kingston composer Dean Burry arranged an orchestral piece based on four of Alex Colville’s paintings. Ahead of Remembrance Day, the Kingston Symphony has released an excerpt from the Nijmegen Bridge, 1944 movement on YouTube.

Artist Greta Grip is wrapping up a residency at the Diefenbunker, and she tells us about how he's knitted code into her woolly works of art.

Local Inuk artist Katherine Takpannie has been named one of this year's winners of the 2020 New Generation Photography Award. We hear her remarkable story, and about her hopes to use her photographs to educate more Canadians about Inuit issues.