Lift kit, oversized wheels, blacked out windows, licence plate covered. But sure…. Bike lane are the problem. Police need to step up enforcement including at the source: mechanic shops who performed these sort of modifications, should be fined and put out of business.

Full O-Train Line 1 service won’t return for at least six weeks

Should I admire the nerve of the Liberal party repeatedly asking for donations from people who have just suffered under their ill-planned WFA and the looming stupidity of more RTO? #Ottawa

Someone has been putting up this piece by @piaguerra.bsky.social in various Ottawa neighbourhoods. This one is Bank St near Sunnyside in Old Ottawa South. I’ve seen others in the Glebe, Centretown and Lowertown. #Ottawa #Comic

That was fast. #EasterMonday

Happy News on the Maple front. 🍁🥞 #Ottawa #food www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is a huge change. It was Americans who first settled in what became Hull & Billings Bridge 200 years ago. “CBC News reviewed datasets on travel, trade, shopping & culture, and all of them paint a similar picture: Canadians are taking a big step back from the US.” www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The Lonely Pay Phone. 📞 #Ottawa

This has been the plan ever since Watson took power. #Ottawa bsky.app/profile/ctvn...

The people with full power to expand rural transit service consider privatizing it🤦‍♂️ Because everyone knows private enterprise loves to deliver on the basis of equity and accessibility, and would never charge even higher fares than we have now. Councillors need to step up and do their job.

Tofu the Cow at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. 🐄 #Ottawa #cow

"the transit agency said it's following the lead of other cities that have recently made the switch to plastic and reported easier cleaning and reduced maintenance costs." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #OCTranspo #buss #buses #transit #Ottawa #ottcity

It would be helpful if @octranspo.com asked Presto to make its announcements where users will see them. Also, Presto, don’t fart and try to tell us the stink is some floral scent. #Ottawa #PrestoCard

“PRESTO card users might want to double check their accounts as Metrolinx warns of ‘unexpected activity’ amid upgrades” #Ottawa #OCTranspo nowtoronto.com/news/presto-...

I found the Algonquin Wayfinding Wheel by Simon Brascoupé at Walkley Station today. This one is easy to find from the street at least. They all seem to be located near the train station entrances. #OCTranspo #Ottawa #ottcity #art

So apparently for the past few days, you cannot load a Presto card at any OC Transpo LRT station now, only at their Rideau Ctr outlet. There is a long line up at the Rideau Ctr because of course OC Transpo did not pay to have surge staffing today to deal with the predictable long line wait. #Ottawa

I think anyone in #Ottawa who has worked with jargon-spewers is all too aware of this problem. But this vacuous jibber jabber continues because it impresses certain managers who also speak in empty clichés. news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...

Poems wanted for the May issue of Bywords.ca. Deadline is April 15. Guidelines on site.

I've been indirectly interfacing with OC Transpo for 7 years, and this is kind of what I suspected, and it's been my biggest complaint. We have a management problem, coupled with no authority that is willing to put their foot down on it.

I’m so sick of all OC Transpo issues. The rot began at the very top. #Ottawa www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Airbnb is ‘waging an intense campaign’ against Montreal City Hall to reduce regulation on short-term rentals

Sweet Jesus Ottawa, good luck to you and I wish you only the best.

Paris has a great new mayor elected to continue greening and pedestrianizing the city whereas Ottawa is stuck auditioning for a sequel nobody asked for. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/what...

Is it just me, or does the logo of Toronto’s Pearson Int’l Airport look like the crime scene chalk outline of someone who’s been electrocuted? #YYZ ⚡️ #logo

When TVO went on air in 1970 it carried a bold idea: television could do more than fill time. It could open doors. More than five decades later TVO keeps learning accessible through programming and resources for Ontarians. Help carry that legacy forward: tvo.me/renewal2026

Time for zero Coke. #CdnPoli www.cbc.ca/news/gopubli...

They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.

Windy day here! Remember to put up the sails, when it fails!

They did. Our transit system used to be incredible and internationally, respected and studied. This is part one of a series. At some point, I’ll have time to get to the next one. Maybe this afternoon. open.substack.com/pub/toondree...

Depending on who you talk to the downward spiral inflection point changes. But most people would point to the 2008 budget (I think that's the year), the reduction in spending and availability, then the following layoffs. Now we are in the death spiral, barely holding it to a standstill, it seems.

“Only historic places owned by the federal government receive federal protection, while privately owned sites, such as the Middlesex County Courthouse, rely largely on a patchwork of provincial and municipal heritage laws for protection.” #ONpoli #CdnPoli #HeritageBuilding www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The City of Ottawa really doesn’t care at all about pedestrians once you leave the downtown core. #Ottawa

Yesterday: Council approved yet another LRT Stage 1 settlement, Council approved more money for Byward but postponed the key walkability measure for 3 years, PWHL announced their discussion on moving out of Lansdowne because Council approved a smaller arena, and LRT broke in another light ice storm.

So here’s the thing: when the head of OC transpo says things like this, I got back to first principles. 1/ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ottawa is well known freezing rain; we get these sort of events regularly, with varying degrees of severity, of course, but it’s not unexpected. 2/

We design buildings and places for resilience. Do we get earthquakes everyday? No, or at least not ones we notice. But we do get them regularly. Do we get major windstorms? Massive rainfall? Sure, and we plan for it. What’s our plan for freezing rain? 3/

Who knew there was ever freezing rain in Ottawa? ⚡️🚉☔️ “…the overhead power system was damaged during Wednesday's wet, icy weather.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ottawa is already prepared to start filming the next batch of Hallmark Christmas movies. 🎥⛄️🌟 #Ottawa

I didn’t do it intentionally but two weeks in a row I wrote about bad P3 projects. Maybe you can’t run the public service like a self-interested business.

Did the Montreal Metro ever have this problem? The TTC? Or is it unique to Ottawa? 🚇 #Ottawa #LRT www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I had an amazing opportunity to observe City crews last weekend using explosives to blast and break up ice on the Rideau River in New Edinburgh to control ice damming and spring flooding.

C'est le Mois de la Francophonie! Over a quarter of Franco-Ontarians call #OttCity home, and we are proud to celebrate the richness of our city's Francophone community throughout the month of March. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4aQr0vf

How I arrived on Bluesky. bsky.app/profile/toon...

Does this book store think “Why Nations Fail” is about why some countries never go far in the World Cup? #sports ⚽️

Wonderful news: my university has announced it will stop using X. uwimprint.ca/uw-announced... And no, this does not violate institutional neutrality, properly understood. Nothing about neutrality in communications requires a university to use any and all platforms.

I can’t believe I miss this #OldOttawaSouth history project in January! I’ll just have to email them to volunteer. [email protected] #613history #Oscar

A mural-like painting of the north end of Old Ottawa South in the Sunnyside branch of the Ottawa Public Library. #Ottawa

We’ve had successive terms of counsel led by mayors touting a low tax mantra. Look around your community. Is it better? Are the roads better? Do you have access to community centre or library? Can you get City services? How’s your transit? These are all things affected by taxes. Choose better.

Low taxes cost us all more in the long run. It’s deferred maintenance, pushing the cost of transit, infrastructure, social service services and quality of life down while pretending to have savings that result in higher cost down the road. Look around your community: is our city better off? 1/

More of this to come, alas. Or, indeed, all over the place right now. markoppenheimer.substack.com/p/kitty-kell...