I have video somewhere of his mockery of the existing as a Stalinist bunker, and mocking the architect.. after welcoming the “eastern block” to the meeting. Never mind that the building was lauded in the press at the time, recognized and respected internationally….

Sutcliffe on RTO: "We want to see our downtown thriving and prosperous." I mean, did this guy even live in Ottawa before the pandemic? Centretown was always dead after 4pm. It's not about forcing people out of their communities to buy a sandwich and clog the streets with car traffic.

Because former mayor Watson successfully lobbied to have the library located where it is, which included mocking and belittling any alternative consideration during a gerrymandered selection process that was anything but transparent or in the public interest.

Remember when you vote that Carney spoke about RTO at an event with Sutcliffe, who had been lobbying to end Work From Home. And who endorsed Sutcliffe’s campaign? Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi. Of course, Sutcliffe did not lobby on the impact on #Ottawa of the new layoffs. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Le saviez-vous? L'ancien Couvent des Sœurs de la Visitation à #Ottawa est sur la liste des 10 bâtiments les plus menacés au pays, selon la Fiducie nationale. Dans le cadre du Mois du patirmoine franco-ontarien, on vous en dit plus sur cet enjeu. #onfr 👇 www.ledroit.com/actualites/a...

Make way for the sidewalk snow plow on the bridge! #Ottawa @ncc-ccn.gc.ca

Will Canada join France here? @mark-carney.bsky.social #CdnPoli #ElbowsUp apnews.com/article/euro...

A motion will be discussed by Ottawa’s Built Heritage Committee that would require 90% of buildings to meet heritage protection criteria (rather than the current 25%) in order to create a Heritage Conservation District. This would make it essentially impossible to create HCDs.

Nature Conservancy Canada secures wetlands in rural southwest Ottawa

I was hoping @carleton.ca would give a mention to the campus Chonk groundhog family today. #GroundhogDay

Groundhog Day 2026: Shadow or no shadow? Marmots (and one stylish lobster) across Canada and the U.S. have weighed in—and Canada’s divided! The East’s feeling springy, the West… not so much.

Is this what we can expect from a Saravanamuttoo campaign or a Saravanamuttoo-led council? Childish I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I?

Will Canada join France here? #CdnPoli 🇫🇷💻🇨🇦 bsky.app/profile/itsf...

Super glad Mark Carney laid off 1,400 food inspectors today.

What was happening in 1892? What did Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt actually do?

It's crazy that we've done all this work and still aren't going to legalize corner stores.

"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.

The city approved the $500 million Lansdowne 2 boondoggle quickly enough. Those monies could have helped the city out of the transit boondoggle. We’re no longer a one-horse town. We’re a two-boondoggle town.

With 2025 deemed the third-warmest year on record for the planet, it comes as no surprise that ocean heat is also on the rise. https://ow.ly/Mhfz50Y55Pt

Ottawa, Seoul agree to work on bringing South Korean auto manufacturing to Canada www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

This GM? Sorry paying Trump doesn't buy you the right to dictate a sovereign nation. "Boo hoo"

Is it true that they won't show "Melania" on airplanes because they're worried some people might try to walk out?

Another Canadian Member of Parliament is quitting the 3-in-1 online harassment, extremist propaganda and computer-generated sex image app, X dot com

I'm fascinated by the notion that it is Canada who is picking a fight. bsky.app/profile/atru...

It’s like Studebaker in 1927 knew what the state of OC Transpo would be almost a century in advance. #Ottawa #613history

Marmots are the largest “true” hibernators. https://ow.ly/EgCf50Y4lpM

A blast from the past: “Ottawa On The River, 1941” #613history #Ottawa youtu.be/Vegh2_B20Lo

👀 - Just listed for $25M, the old Ottawa Board of Education HQ at 330 Gilmour. www.realtor.ca/real-estate/...

It’s a power imbalance. I’ve had urban design staff. Tell me that they’re going to hold up approval until I put a canopy on a building. No rules, no code or bylaw requirement. They just want it. Project sat for over a year until we gave in bc we had no choice. Over $1m construction cost and delays

Streetcars need priority. In 1929 the Kansas City Public Service Company operated 743 streetcars along 318 miles of track. It also operated 76 buses serving 57 miles of bus routes.

I wonder if the US intends to have ICE involved on the ground in Mexico and Canada during the FIFA World Cup. #CdnPoli

It sounds like they understand “the city that run forgot” to be an aspirational statement and do their best to live it.

J'avais l'habitude d'aller flâner sans but, avant de déménager à Ottawa. J'ai quasiment arrêté. À quoi bon? Les bâtiments sont globalement moches, il y a beaucoup trop de terrains utilisés comme stationnement, les commerçants ne savent pas faire de vitrines attirantes, les parcs sont mal entretenus

Urban design staff. Rationale? None. “We prefer” given as reasoning.

Exactly. There’s lots of things I’d prefer, but I don’t get them either. Things like timely approvals; and organized and coherent planning strategy; legal agreements that don’t take 14 months to produce 99% of which is boiler plate. A1/

So is this case going to result in changes? Or is this just a one-off story that will be forgotten in a month? www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

A great way to prevent #Ottawa's continued sprawling is to reduce car-parking maximums for box stores via #OttCity's new Zoning By-law. Thanks to @ottawacitizen.com for publishing our op-ed with Walkable Ottawa on this. #SustainableCities #Sprawl #CarParking ottawacitizen.com/opinion/comm...

#Ottawa On FB, I saw both @en.ottawa.ca ‘s own post and this:

“At Carleton University…the union representing TAs, RAs and contract instructors…held the “Keep Carleton Human” rally on Thursday, fighting for clear-cut rules on how A.I. should be used going forward, as ongoing contract talks linger with the school.” www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

‘Keep Carleton Human’: Carleton University staff rallies to push for protections from A.I.

To be fair, yes, Carney is gutting a bit of the Canadian government at exactly the wrong time. Yes, we have to spend more on defence, but cutting capacity in the rest of govt in the hopes AI produces savings is just not that smart.

Good morning, @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social. I've named this giant ice boulder, which I managed with difficulty to push to the side of my driveway, Mount Sutcliffe. This is Day 14 of Mount Sutcliffe. My street is the Land That Austerity Forgot. No snowbanks cleared all winter.

On bitterly cold days? It would have been quicker for me to walk this morning. “OC Transpo has also scaled back bus service because of a bus shortage this month. Some routes were cancelled days in advance while others were cancelled as people waited in the cold.” #Ottawa www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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.

At Bayview Station, where the first LRT track is not in use today. 🚉 #Ottawa #OCTranspo

Bundle up! Coldest air in a decade as a weakening polar vortex brings plummeting temperatures to Ontario. 🥶 https://ow.ly/eyo150Y0ErO

FAO @evansolomon.bsky.social, who wants us to trust AI.

‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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/...

I have sat through endless meetings describing how the company that built the LRT is going to fix the immense technical problems that the trains are plagued with. The decision to invest in technology that wasn’t properly tested in Ottawa weather continues to haunt us. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...