Hello! This is Manuela Dascal and you are listening to CJRO Radio local news. On January 14, 2026, Ottawa City Council voted 20 to 5 to authorize senior staff to finalize the purchase of a 192-hectare private landfill site, known as the Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre (CRRRC)  in the city's rural southeast. The city does not intend to use the site as a landfill immediately. It will be developed according to future council direction, with further studies on waste-management solutions...

Hello! This is Manuela Dascal and you are listening to the Beat CJRO Radio local news. On December 2025, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( the  CRTC )  authorized the bilingual community station, CJRO Radio, to move from 107.9 to 96.3 FM to better serve the Municipality of Casselman and its surrounding areas.  A new FM antenna will be installed in the Spring 2026 on top of the Casselman water tower instead of the industrial park. This technical change will...

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 interior block...