I can’t help but wonder what responsibilities the demo company has to mitigate dust issues for other people who live in the neighbourhood. @arieltroster.com

Today I found out that a 9-storey building is going to go up right outside my window. The view of my neighbourhood that I’ve had for 15 years will be replaced by a wall of red brick. I can’t wait to see how little direct sunlight I’ll be getting in the coming years.

Seems very much like he’s campaigning on the City’s dime. Maybe he should go over to Cyrville Road and register his candidacy if he wants to be Mayor? Otherwise he’s just being greasy. 🤔

The effects of one bike trail in South Carolina. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxGY... #ottbike

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

As someone who thinks Sutcliffe is going to bow out of this mayoral election, I can’t help but wonder if hiring Leary was a deliberate attempt to make public transit an unmanageable disaster, thus making any new Mayor’s job virtually impossible re: transit and ensuring they’re a one-term mayor 🤔

The only useful purpose Alex Lawson has in this upcoming municipal election is as a sponge to leech right-wing votes away from Sutcliffe. If this is his view of homeless folks with drug addiction issues, he'd be a horror show of a mayor. Spread the word.

Just did the census. Did it seem really short to anybody else or is it just me?

As I read this, my mind kept returning to Jim Watson’s obstinacy when it came to *any* effort to reclaim any bit of road or shoulder for pedestrians & cyclists during COVID. So many lost opportunities. This city badly needs a change in leadership. We need “Yes we can” energy, not “No you can’t”.

I’ve seen entirely too many couples out and about this weekend wearing matching outfits. Worst of the lot? him, in a “I Come In Peace” sweatshirt her, in a “I’m Peace” sweatshirt

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If I was someone that wanted to cover up things that happened or things that were said in the past, this would be the way I'd go about it. This action is a threat to all of us from people who'd rewrite history if they could.

When a government goes this hard at a journalist, it's usually a sign that the journalist is doing really good work.

Someone posted about the history of hockey arenas in Ottawa on Reddit this morning and this one picture in particular really grabbed me. www.ashleynewall.ca/2023/11/sens...

Someone's been using a tool that I suspect is a leafblower a block or two away from my apartment since 9pm. Ahhhh… Centretown in springtime.

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We spoke with Kristy on 580 CFRA about the motion brought forth by Councillor Menard, which cut bus lanes on Bank Street by 33% (2 of the 6 hours). We strongly urge you voice your concerns to his office respectfully : [email protected] Here's the recording : drive.google.com/file/d/1R91m...

Alberta separatists, doing their best to fit in with their paymasters.

Heads up if you're on uOttawa campus or in Sandy Hill: An emergency alert has been broadcast.

"None of the towing companies who received charges were identified in a news release on Thursday." So in 3-4 months when they do another tow truck press release, will they then identify towing companies that continue to break the law, or will OPS continue to protect them as they have here? 💰

Tonight in the ai reading group i was reminded of something that happened in 2006 after I dropped out of college, when I was living in a run-down old house next to jb alberto's in rogers park with a bunch of dudes. it was, as you can imagine, not clean.

No data means there's less ammunition to be used against people that craft policy with their feelings and not the facts.

After 30+ people showed up to the Public Works commission last week in support of expanding bus lanes on Bank Street, City Council has now passed a motion to reduce the scope of the bus lanes even further This motion was passed with absolutely no debate Passed without a single question

In case you missed it, Shawn Menard managed to neuter the usefulness of a bus lane pilot project *in his own ward* today by walking on a motion to change the pilot, which every councillor essentially just said "yeah, sure" to without bothering to ask questions about what they were tacitly approving.

Steve Paikin with a softball interview with former chief of Ottawa Police, Peter Sloly. Q's about (and reflections on) the province & Ford's response to the Freedom Convoy are much like the province & Ford's response to the Freedom Convoy: missing in action. www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...

If we've learned anything over the last 16 months or so is that Americans apparently need a month to plan a major protest unless the thing they're protesting is happening in their own city. Otherwise? They probably have a Saturday open sometime early in May.

I really wish people would take 3 minutes to educate themselves on the things they're so righteously (and emotionally) advocating against. They might save themselves (and the rest of us) some anxiety. ICE's branch in Canada can't so much as lay a finger on ppl in Canada, let alone arrest anybody.

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I can't help but wonder why the City "starts with the suburbs". Is this policy? The result of drawing straws or flipping a coin?

Motorcycles are going to be a problem this year.

If I had the $, I'd set up a camera outside my window (overlooking the one-way on Lisgar) to count how many fine Autowans drive the wrong way up the street daily. I see one or two daily just sitting at my table having breakfast or dinner. There must be 10-20 of them a day when I'm not watching.

“Let’s replace something with nothing” ~ Ford government, over and over and over again

In other news, 24% of CPC voters enjoy punching themselves in the face.

I get angry in this issue of the Ward 9 Newsletter, but many residents agree that there's lots to be angry about on one particular topic. Please enjoy my Councillor's Message: A "balanced" approach #Autowa." www.seandevine.ca/march_31_202...

A case of closing the barn door after the horse has bolted. In this case, the horse bolted months ago.

It’s wild how businesses will shoot themselves in the foot over potentially losing a few parking spaces while a parkade sits mostly empty, just across the street.

I love when Americans express their ignorance of Canada with their full chests rather than just quietly musing to themselves about it. All while the current US president treats virtually anybody that speaks Spanish (~15% of the population) as an enemy of the state, I'll add.

"You're not allowed to know what we're up to on our government burner phones, but you bet your bottom dollar we'll be monitoring what high school kids are saying!" - Doug Ford

Contrast this welcome with pretty much every online pundit and journo from Toronto saying “Yikes!” and wishing us luck.

Massive OSAP reductions for anybody who wants to be anything but a cop. Wannabe cops? Free ride!

Given recent events, I have a feeling we're going to see a record number of pedestrian and cyclists deaths on Ottawa's streets this year.

New Orleans, City Park

Note to politicians, activists & others. Saying "awful" or "unacceptable" is sufficient in expressing an opinion on a bad thing that happens or a policy failure. Adding "beyond" to those adjectives hyperbolizes your (valid) viewpoint. Why make appeals to emotion? They're counterproductive.

Did you know that Doug Ford is probably going to privatize our water at some point, at which point the quality of our fantastic local water will probably nosedive? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...

Contrast Legault (26%) whose disastrous record & polling will have him stepping down as premier & CAQ leader in a month with Doug Ford (31%) who has a stranglehold on Ontario & the Progressive Conservatives, despite his increasingly alarming moves at Queen's Park. What is wrong with Ontarians?

"Redraw the eagle so it doesn't have the olive branch any more and so it looks like it just scraped a bit of dogshit off its talon" ~ the people that brought you the U.S. Department of War

It serves a political purpose to create the problem of open air drug use across Ontario, especially in an urban centre like Toronto. Conservatives can claim that "crime is everywhere!" and weaponize the public's fear — no matter that they created the problem. No matter that thousands will die.

There's a post on r/ontario that says that the remaining supervised consumption sites across the province will be closed on June 13th of this year. If true, things are going to get a lot worse for both drug-involved folks in our neighbourhoods and our communities in general.

AFRICAN GAZE was an exhibition showcasing the weird and wonderful art form that is the Ghanaian movie poster. Here are some of the best... 1/25 - Mrs Doubtfire