As Alto moves ahead with its plan to build high-speed rail between Toronto and Quebec City, landowners along the potential corridor are raising questions about what the project will mean for them. Alto president and CEO Martin Imbleau joined Ottawa Morning on Wednesday to provide some answers. Q: How do you respond to concerns from landowners worried about high-speed rail possibly disrupting their land? Q: Why can’t the project follow existing corridors such as Via Rail and Highway 401? A: Via Rail is not a good option because it has so many curves and you follow the CN [Rail corridor].

An Italian restaurant that opened in December near the intersection of Vancouver's Broadway and Main Street suffered water damage after a Wednesday night fire in one of the units above. While the flames were extinguished quickly, Groenewegen said six residents have been displaced as fire investigators worked to determine the cause of the blaze. Ignacio Arrieta and his partner Joe Fazio had only just opened Osteria Otto, an Italian-inspired restaurant downstairs, in December. Fire investigators will be looking into the exact cause of the fire in the coming days. (Shawn Foss/CBC)Arrieta said the restaurant was totally full at the time of the fire, and everyone inside had to leave.

Atlantic Elver Fishery reacts to quota increaseNewsDuration 6:34Ottawa is raising the total allowable catch for elvers by 22 per cent this year. Stanley King with the Nova Scotia-based Atlantic Elver Fishery shares his thoughts on the increase.

Island kids learn about farm work and find out where their food comes fromNewsDuration 2:07Grade 3 students packed into the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown this week for Agriculture Adventure Days. Organizers say it's a great chance for the kids to learn about where their food comes from. CBC’s Connor Lamont caught up with one class to find out more.

Marine Atlantic ferry bookings up for summerNewsDuration 2:03As the CBC's Kyle Moore reports, the Crown corporation says bookings are up 46 per cent compared to this time last year and many sailings are nearly sold out.

The spring sitting of the Prince Edward Island Legislature kicked off Wednesday with a throne speech detailing the Progressive Conservative government's priorities for the coming months. But in an interview after the speech, Premier Rob Lantz said cuts can be expected in the province's upcoming budget. Premier Rob Lantz says budget cuts are coming because the government can't continue to spend the way it has in the past. The throne speech also addressed P.E.I’s energy needs, stating "we can no longer rely on the energy systems of the past." The throne speech addressed, among other energy initiatives, a planned grid battery system for P.E.I.

A Montreal man wanted for more than a year in connection with a massive grandparent scam has been arrested in Nicaragua. The scam network Ylimaki is alleged to be a part of operated out of Montreal, according to police. WATCH | CBC's investigation into Gareth West: How CBC investigated an alleged grandparent scam mogul | Duration 4:22 Gareth West lived a life of luxury. In documents filed in connection with the case at the Montreal courthouse, Quebec provincial police say Ylimaki used the codename "Coop" and had mutliple cellphones. The message said "$19,000 with toast, home with cash," ostensibly using code names to refer to other alleged scam participants.

In 2025, for the first time in its history, all members of the defence bloc met the 2 per cent spending target. In 2006, NATO members agreed to spend two per cent of its GDP on defence and renewed that commitment in 2014. “Take some big economies like Spain, Italy, Belgium and Canada, were far from the two per cent mark,” he said. “They all got to the two per cent.”Trump has accused Canada in the past of being a laggard on defence spending in the NATO alliance. “It’s no question that Mark Carney is responding to the person in the White House,” he said, during a press conference in Ottawa.

U.S. President Donald Trump wants it be known that Hungarians should re-elect Viktor Orban, in case it wasn't already abundantly clear. In truth, Trump has backed Orban at least twice before already this year. Whether the U.S. cheerleading for Orban this time will hold any sway, or backfire, is yet to be seen. But polling this year has consistenlly shown Orban to be facing an uphill battle against challenger Peter Magyar of the Tisza party. Last week, Orban infuriated many in the EU by blocking a 90 billion euro aid package ($143 billion Cdn) for Kyiv.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is taking action to curtail the super-sized ballots seen in recent elections as part of a sweeping elections security bill. Bill C-25, the Strong and Free Elections Act, includes provisions to close nomination loopholes that electoral-reform protest group the Longest Ballot Committee has used, in recent years, to flood high-profile races with frivolous candidates. The bill would prohibit individuals from acting as the official agent for more than one candidate per riding. It would also make it so that individual voters can only sign one candidate’s nomination papers per election cycle. The one recommendation not captured is a suggestion that Elections Canada add written disclaimers to candidate nomination papers stating that it is an offence to sign more than one candidate’s nomination paper.

Meta loses 2nd mental health damages case in one weekNewsDuration 2:37A Los Angeles jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a landmark lawsuit claiming the companies knew their products were dangerous and addictive to children. A New Mexico jury ruled against Meta in a similar case earlier this week.

With the NFL draft less than a month away, I have started to dive into some guys that we might see the Cowboys draft outside of the 12th overall pick. One guy that is very interesting that has clearly made an impression on Dallas is Anthony Hill Jr. a linebacker from Texas. As of now, Hill is projected to go late in the first round or in the second, but he could be an option for Dallas with the 20th overall pick. They don’t have a second round pick, so I don’t see that happening. In 26 games since the 2024 season, Hill has totaled 23.5 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, seven forced fumbles, and three interceptions.

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Carney was responding to reporting from CBC Indigenous (new window), which revealed extensive RCMP surveillance activities dating back to the late 1960s against Indigenous leaders and organizations. CBC Indigenous obtained nearly 6,000 newly declassified documents (new window) that show the Mounties infiltrated legitimate political Indigenous organizations engaged in legal and democratic advocacy, and sought to disrupt their activities. Duheme's statement follows calls from Indigenous leaders and Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree for the Mounties to ensure redress for surveilled Indigenous people. The Indigenous surveillance program was scaled back in 1978 to focus on foreign involvement in the Indigenous rights movement, according to documents. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Olivia Stefanovich (new window) · CBC News · Senior reporter Olivia Stefanovich is a senior reporter for CBC's Parliamentary Bureau based in Ottawa.

Crown prosecutor calls for tougher conflict of interest rules | Duration 3:15 A former Crown prosecutor in Newfoundland and Labrador is calling for tougher conflict of interest rules after his own colleagues prosecuted a case in which he was the victim. The young woman told O’Brien she wanted to recant her statements. “From the outset I had concerns with the conflict issue given my proximity to the people involved in this prosecution,” O’Brien said. Marshall told the court she was in a conflict of interest, since O’Brien frequently appeared before her as a lawyer. For now, he’s hoping this case highlights the need for stricter conflict of interest guidelines moving forward.