🔄 What’s changing (as of Jan. 1, 2026) Starting January 1, 2026 , the collection of blue-box and black-box recycling in Ottawa will no longer be done by the city. Instead, it will be taken over by Circular Materials, under a new province-wide recycling program. The actual curbside collection will be provided by a private contractor: Miller Waste Services. ✅ What stays the same (for residents) You keep using the same blue and black bins you already have. There’s no need to s

Hello! This is Manuela Dascal and you are listening to CJRO Radio local news. The Russell Township Recreation Complex Project has been moving forward with many areas completed through the month of November. The CIMCO refrigeration plant, natural gas generator, and several pieces of roof-top equipment were installed. The exterior brick work was finished and the exterior steel framing and boarding around the Community Centre is mostly complete. Masonry crews continued building

(français au bas) CJRO Radio applied to the CRTC in early December 2025 to request the use of 95.7 FM frequency. 95.7 FM became available in early October due to the closure of the aboriginal radio station ELEMENT FM (CFPO) in Ottawa. The CRTC revoked Element FM's license in October. CJRO Radio is a well-established, bilingual community broadcaster that has served east Ottawa sector for several years (since 2019) using low power FM transmitters ranging from 2 to 40 watts, b

Bonjour, ici Rose Grzela et voici les nouvelles de cette semaine à CJRO Radio. (Photo : Mike Tarnowski, Facebook) L’organisme Interlude réalisera bientôt un projet majeur à Embrun avec la construction d’une maison 2e étape de 35 logements destinée aux femmes vivant des situations de violence ou de grande précarité. Située sur la rue St-Augustin, cette nouvelle installation offrira un milieu sécuritaire et un accompagnement personnalisé pour soutenir les résidentes dans leur t

Hello! This is Manuela Dascal and you are listening to CJRO Radio local news. On November 26th, in a two and a half hour closed doors session the City of Ottawa decided to proceed with the bid to buy the Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre (CRRRC), a provincially approved waste management site in Ottawa’s East end on Boundary Road, near highway 417. The Ottawa City Council did not vote on the matter outside of the closed door meeting. Mayor Sutcliffe defended the process

Osgoode Councilor's Isabelle Skalski's response ( Source: Councilor's Facebook page ) on the latest landfill acquisition by the City of Ottawa: "Today, Council considered the staff report regarding the purchase of the Taggart-Miller owned CRRRC site in Carlsbad Springs, a licensed landfill that was put up for sale in April and subject to a confidential bidding process imposed by the seller. This discussion had to be held in-camera to respect the confidentially of that process

La journaliste de CJRO Radio, Rose Grzela fait la mise à jour au sujet de l'acquisition potentiel du site CRRRC par la Ville d'Ottawa: https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/1a119b_aa67f49279dd43b58421e42f8a0c6869.mp3 Lucie Régimbald, a local resident in Carlsbad Springs was also interviewed by CFRA's Kristy Cameron following the Finance Committee's vote on Friday Nov 21 . Link to her podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/73061039/episode/308597504/

Osgoode ward Councillor's comment on the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlEZdmRslJ4&t=9651s The City of Ottawa has taken a major step toward potentially purchasing a new landfill site in the city’s east end. The finance and corporate services committee voted 8–3 to recommend that city council consider buying the Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre , located at Highway 417 and Boundary Road and currently owned by Taggart Miller Environmental Services , which recen

Bonjour, ici Rose Grzela et voici les nouvelles de cette semaine à CJRO Radio. Un nouveau progrès est réalisé dans la restauration de la gare d’Embrun. La municipalité de Russell, en collaboration avec la Société historique d’Embrun, a choisi la Compagnie Bricon pour mener la rénovation extérieure et renforcer la structure du bâtiment. Les travaux, commencés le mois dernier, progressent bien et devraient être terminés d’ici le 31 mars 2026. Une fois cette phase achevée, le pr

The City of Ottawa is participating in a bidding process, (Source: according to City documents ), to be introduced to councillors at a special committee meeting on November 21. City staff indicated buying a landfill rather than building one would be more economical in the long term. Numerous community members in the south-east rural Ottawa are concerned about this latest update and plan by the City to acquire a site that is currently own by Taggart-Miller. The CRRRC had