I sobbed. #NeverForget @theglobeandmail.com (Bonus @deadder.bsky.social)

Does this fit under the city’s community emissions reduction goals? ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Person struck by a driver inflicting serious injury, the first tragedy of 2026. We expect this person, their family and community, have a life-changing road to recovery. We know that Ottawa has a road safety policy of accepting tragedy as inevitable. This tragedy is an outcome, not an accident.

"People didn't vote for this, they didn't think this was going to happen." Brother, I have bad news for you. Some people absolutely did vote for this and thought this was going to happen.

Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable. Massive snow dump, roof just fine. Doug Ford lies.

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

We got like a whole metre or more of snow so far this year and that Science Centre roof is still holding up.

I'll pass on a hold-the-date. Thanks @railfans.ca and @bettertransitottawa.ca for talking transit data with me on February 2. Notez bien cette date. Merci à @railfans.ca et @bettertransitottawa.ca pour nos échanges sur les données de transport en commun le 2 février.

Hi @helps.octranspo.com The time boards still don't seem to be displaying at Mooney's Bay.

Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/

This should be shared a lot more widely. The last thing the city needs is highest level infiltration from developers and political lobbyists.

Search for "Mark Sutcliffe" and "youth homelessness". Now do the same and add "before:2025" to your search. Notice the difference in search results. Where was this energy to combat youth homelessness in '23? '24? Could this sudden urgent interest in this issue be due to a coming election?

Interesting to see Alex Lawson scrubbed from the PoliticalIntel consultants site amidst running for mayor web.archive.org/web/20251221... #ottnews

Good Morning, Mayor @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social Bonjour, Monsieur le Maire.

The root cause of the LRT problems is not axles, or track or trains. The root cause was the procurement system, leadership failure from political and city staff as well lack of transparency and accountability. I see the axle hubs or loose bearings more of a symptom.

This week, a resident in our community died and 19 others lost their homes after a fire broke out in their small apartment building. Hintonburg Community Association has launched a fund to help, if you'd like to donate: hintonburg.com/community-fi... #ottnews

Great news, Shepherds of Good Hope is making their building at 216 Murray Street available as a warming centre 24/7 during the extreme cold. Thankful to all of our community partners who are stepping up to make sure everyone has a warm place to go.

We now have a bus cancellation tracker available at bettertransitottawa.ca/tracker/canc... This dashboard lets you view the cancellations on each route for each day and see the gaps in service that get created by each cancellation. You can also see the percentage of cancelled trips per route.

Ottawa temperatures are dropping as low as -29°C this weekend. 🥶 Need a place to warm up in Centretown? Visit the Taggart Family Y lobby at 180 Argyle Avenue. We have seating, wifi, and washrooms. Low-cost meals and snacks are available from Chef Ric's. Keep safe and bundled up! 🧣

It’s going so well. I watched the update and you know what I didn’t hear? An apology. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Catch Toon Dreessen on CFRA today at 2:45pm talking all things Alexandra Bridge. 👀 🎙️

When people say "Raise The Rates" of welfare income: it is not that we just don't think regular inflation boosts aren't enough. It's that inflation boosts DON'T EXIST. OW is the SAME number it has been since 2018. That is a death sentence.

Remember this when he makes election promises. He now says he wants to end youth homelessness by 2030. A noble goal, but his election promises are worth nothing based on his performance this term.

@mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social I campaigned on fixing transit CBC: And it’s not fixed, when can you say it will be fixed? Mayor: that’s a great question

"Fokes, what we need now is the strong handed leadership of a dictator for lif....err... The world is full of scary things, and scary scary things. Now is not the time to think about anyone else being Mayor"

The current problems plaguing OC Transpo are rooted in bad decisions made by past councils. Cuts to bus service and train frequency this term (all of which I voted against) have only made the problem worse. We need all hands on deck to address this emergency. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Denley’s article is founded on the exact logic that got us here in the first place. Building out and not up is expensive for everyone. Talk to suburban councillors and you can see they are doing their part. Mature neighbourhoods need to adapt. It won’t be every lot. Fear mongering is cheap news.

Compared to 3-yrs ago - is transit better - is housing more attainable - has homelessness declined - are public facilities in better repair -is it safer to walk, ride, roll or drive - is life better in Ottawa? If not, maybe a change is exactly what we need. -

Remember when Sutcliffe boasted he had forced Alstom to “redesign” the bogies? That was memory-holed awfully fast.

At this server farm in Belgrade, the dubious website surveys all agree: the way to achieve most liveable city in North America status is to underfund transit and infrastructure investments by keeping taxes artificially low.

Good thing we cut the number of Transit Committee meetings to avoid accidental transparency. Oh and there‘s an active Transit Committee motion telling staff to update them on the axles (remember that problem?)

It's been 4 YEARS since two LRT trains derailed and we still don't have a fix. We don't even know the root cause of this problem. Where is the accountability on this huge project? More important, when can riders start relying on our LRT system? #ottnews www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

There was a brave flex post in the bike lane Northbound on Bank right at the entrance to Lansdowne. It tried to prevent exactly this, but it disappeared 🤷‍♂️

Here's an easy one. If you think our transit system is hot garbage & that the city is worse than it was 3 years ago you're right. You can place the blame on @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social Next election ask yourself if the city is better than it was. If the answer is no, kick him to the trashbin

How’s that holding back tax increases going @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social?

Still waiting on @en.ottawa.ca to stop supporting the child porn and exploitation factory ⏳ And the federal government divest our pensions from it. We got to have some principles. Not helping to proliferate CSAM and following our existing laws is a very very low bar.

Got word overnight my ODSP app was declined. While I will appeal; in effort to not move out of #Ottawa, I ask again if anyone need a smart, articulate, creative - with warfighting, full stack software, community org/building and poli/king maker skills. Needs to be remote, on call is fine.

Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle https://theonion.com/nation-yearns-for-relative-calm-of-president-a-giant-pedophile-news-cycle/

Shout out to the driver doing 70 in a 40 zone on bath gate who didn’t even slow down at the stop sign. Not sure if the driver looked surprised when people honked because the windows were so tinted. But hey, bike lanes am I right?

That Serbian website can't keep getting away with this!

At pop-up hours today, Ajay Ramachandran showed me the data visualizations he's been working on using GTFS data on bus delivery. Bus by bus, scheduling block by scheduling block, Better Transit Ottawa has built an incredible tool to dig deep into trip delivery and reliability. bettertransitottawa.ca

The ambassador should be called to the carpet on this. No canadian should set foot in America. This is an escalation.

If you are or if you know a Nolan Whitby, your wallet containing a bus pass, bank card and student ID that was left on a line 2 train has been turned in. Hopefully it finds it's way back to you.

Thanks for the hat tip, @ottawacitizen.com 🎩 "Credit to PressProgress for doing the legwork that the mayor, a former journalist, should have done"

The Mayor has done more to showcase the NCC than #Ottawa in his full term 😂 It's almost like City run properties are not that attractive. Maybe because we are visionless, and give them no effort? But what do I know. I just want buses to show up and stop screwing people. *jaunty whistle*

WTF? Racist and misogynistic bullshit in a spa survey? This is nuts!

I have a CHALLENGE FOR CITY HALLS. Who has the bravery to take this on? 1. Read my article on the “5 Steps to Better Cities.” 2. Commit to have your staff include in EVERY report, which step the recommendation represents. If done honestly, with no BS or spin, it could be transformative. Thoughts?

Yeah. I really can't swallow Canadians who rage about January 6th but have been consistently quiet about the Convoy. The convoy literally occupied the city - for weeks. They blocked access to emergency vehicles. They had massive trucks, open cannisters of fuel; they were building infrastructure!

Fascists can go re-immgrate themselves back into the swamp from which they spawned. Ottawa #fashwatch

They also openly and loudly said their goal was a government coup! They flew literal swastika flags! They harassed employees at every possible business to the point where many closed until it ended! They physically accosted people just living their lives! All while the police literally stood by.