Daily Digest — Ottawa | March 1, 2026

Bitter snap: Ontario kicked off March with a deep cold wave — Environment Canada warned temperatures could fall to -24°C early Monday (March 2) with wind chills down to -30°C in parts of southern Ontario and nearly -40°C in Thunder Bay. This should be short lived: Toronto isn’t expected to see much snow and above‑zero temperatures were forecast to return by Tuesday (report published March 1, 2026).

Tough night at the rink: the Toronto Maple Leafs were embarrassed in a 5-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, dropping their third straight game and leaving Toronto at 27-24-9 (Senators 29-22-8), eight points out of a wild-card spot. Drake Batherson and Dylan Cozens scored twice, William Nylander and Morgan Rielly scored for the Leafs, and coach Craig Berube and captain Auston Matthews slammed the effort as unacceptable as the club eyes the trade deadline on Friday and three more games before then.