Andy Pinsent
@andypinsent
City Hall reporter at 580 CFRA, sometimes CTV News Ottawa. Host of CFRA Weekends 🇨🇦 Opinions are mine. Typos also mine.
CNN says tariffs could re-ignite a trade battle with Canada. Big, if true.
Could get worse later in the week (Projection for Thursday). EC Meteorologist Geoff Coulson tells me it will depend on the winds.
Looks like smoke from wildfires in northern Ontario is moving across eastern Ontario.
The Ottawa Catholic School Board has released a letter to the province on Bill 101 expressing what it calls "serious concerns" about changes to management structure and a potential loss of local autonomy and accountability.
Tremblay Station is very attractive to create a "transit hub," with its existing rail infrastructure and connections to current transit systems (Via, O-Train). Other sites were being evaluated but he wouldn’t share where or confirm a preference. He did say future development will play a role.
Makes you wonder what this reporter did to the layout editor to deserve this.
Spread is now 918 votes with 80 per cent of polls in. Still to close to call but leaning one way.
We’re back. Auguste leads by about 500 votes with 61 per cent of polls reporting.
Pierre Poilievre weighs in on news of a Liberal Majority Government.
The Longest Ballot Committee is getting their money’s worth in Terrebonne in the last election they’ll likely be able to do this.
CTV News calls Scarborough Southwest for the Liberals with about 40 per cent of polls reporting.
Liberals are pulling away in Scarborough but Terrebonne has remained relatively tight. Tatiana Auguste is currently ahead 200 votes with just over a quarter of polls reporting.
Something that may get somewhat lost in all the noise right now on Iran, is that China reportedly intervened at the last minute. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
March 21: Issued a 48-hour deadline. March 23: Postponed deadline five days, claiming "productive" talks. March 26: Announced 10-day extension, claiming request from Iran. April 4: Reaffirmed 48-hour countdown to April 6. Today: Issued extension to Tuesday, April 7.
PM’s Office says Mark Carney spoke to Donald Trump tonight and congratulated him on the successful Artemis II launch. No reference to any other topics discussed.
Have been actually thinking about this for a while. open.substack.com/pub/andypins...
I do love that Josh Naylor chose gasoline just for fun. www.nytimes.com/athletic/711...