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

This MP crossed the floor and the next day, Carney announced the construction of an all-season highway in Nunavut will begin this summer. www.inf.gov.nt.ca/en/MVH Idlout leveraged her position to benefit her constituents, folks usually ignored by federal governments. She should be applauded.

A few Ottawans are mentioned in this article. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Fuck this. I'm going back to bed. #SpringForwardMyAss

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“We weren’t consulted by the US before they started this conflict and killed a school full of kids, but we condemn Iran’s retaliatory attacks.”

Ottawa’s Neo-Nazis are getting bolder. The pool in question is the one on Ogilvie.

I'm curious to know when OPS will update their trackers for overdose calls that happened in 2025. We're two months into 2026, shouldn't we have this data by now? data.ottawapolice.ca/pages/overdose experience.arcgis.com/experience/9...

TIL that commanders in the US armed forces are jihadis.

Oooof, that's better.

The Tumbler Ridge shooter had used OpenAI to discuss scenarios involving gun violence. It was bad enough to get flagged and reviewed by employees, who warned the company & suggested alerting law enforcement. The company said No. This tragedy could have been prevented. Gut wrenching.

Quite the choice to lead this story with a motorist who thinks it's "insane" to not be able to turn right-on-red in Montreal, and who goes on to say that if rights-on-red were banned in Centretown she'd stop coming downtown. Following the law is a pain, gawd! Good riddance to entitled jackasses.

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if the City is balking at instating no right turn on red, fine: scatter crosswalks at every intersection that last longer than both driving light cycles combined.

If you're wondering, here's who's on the Public Works & Infrastructure Committee: Chair: Tierney Vice-chair: Kitts Members: Bradley, Desroches, Devine, Dudas, Gower, Johnson, Lo, Luloff, Troster, Skalski It might be useful to ask some of these folks why this pilot never gets on the agenda.

"Mark Carney is trying to seize a costly Liberal majority government that Canadians voted against in the last election through dirty backroom deals" said PP. Canadians also voted against PP becoming PM, and this floor-crossing helps ensure that PP doesn't become PM. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Contrast this with Glen Gower’s support for Tewin, a parcel of land even less suitable for development than what he’s railing against in his backyard. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Exclusive: Jamil Jivani shoots himself in the foot by going to the US to kiss the ass of Donald Trump, a president hellbent on destroying Canada's automotive industry, an industry that employs a significant number of people in Jivani's own riding.

Didn't Trump shit his pants at a presidential event not that long ago? How much coverage did *that* get in the New York Times?

@arieltroster.com What's the best way to go about reporting a landlord who repeatedly ignores urgent service requests (sporadic/no hot water, no heat) for weeks on end?

So apparently there were two protests on Corktown Bridge today *at the same time*: one with a bunch of black clad and black-masked white supremacists with the typical flags, and one that was flying an anti-ICE banner.

There’s an interesting (but predictably disappointing) thread on r/ottawa right now about the nature of queer spaces and how some straight women use those spaces for entertainment at the (eventual) expense of queer folks. One of the drawbacks of gay culture in suddenly the spotlight: tourists.

It's not good when the expansion's in his ward, but didn't he vote for Tewin in the east outskirts? 🤔 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Trump was probably upset about the dancing because he thought the dancers were way too old.

Much of the wiring for the lights on the Chief William Commanda Bridge has been removed by vandals. I hope this will be the impetus for the @en.ottawa.ca to work with the @gatineau.ca to ensure this is a year-round #activetransportation connection between the two cities- more🚲🚶‍♀️ traffic means more 👀

Words that pundits use in an effort to harvest clicks rather than to accurately describe what's happening.

Does anybody know who runs the SOS Street Outreach Society?

I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see how PP tries to pretzel-twist this situation into something that's Mark Carney's fault somehow. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

As Bezos fires droves of reporters let's also remember that Bernie Sanders had a plan for public funding of journalism

Why am I not surprised that Tim Tierney uses cringey AI slop on his Bsky feed?

Now we can confirm what we’ve always known: this is a separatist government. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

If Trump has taught us anything, it's that politicians with outsized egos should end up at the very bottom of any election results, though it's preferable that they never make it onto the ballot in the first place.

Either you like him or you don't, but you have to admit that Carney's pretty funny when he goes off-script. Kind of refreshing for a Canadian politician these days, but it makes sense considering he's very new at the whole "politician" thing. www.ctvnews.ca/video/2026/0...

Mark Sutcliffe has refused to participate in the last two Ottawa pride parades.

The candidate he advised in the last election came in 2nd with 38% in a 2-way race. How does he think he stands a chance in a 4-way race? His potential to split progressive voters and harm a well-liked, experienced candidate far outstrips his chances of becoming mayor. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Despite being in the ideal position to do it, I'm not interested in revitalizing Centretown and/or the Market myself, but I'm here at a podium with cameras around to tell you that I support the feds doing it for us." ~ (hopefully one-term Ottawa mayor) Mark Sutcliffe

"Mr. Sutcliffe, there's a $41 million hole in your budget" -Catherine McKenney Funny how that's exactly the shortfall in funding transit turned out to be.

Maybe we should install some kill switches while we're at it.

If the view from my living room window is representative of the broader reality on Centretown's streets, there's an absolutely wild amount of blocking the box going on amongst Ottawa's motorists this afternoon.

I'm not especially keen on idea of the private army of a fascistic US president potentially being given free access to the streets of Toronto & Vancouver. Also, if he wanted to provoke a Canadian response that would provide a pretext for much more heavy-handed behaviour, this would be a way to go.