Of the many Remembrance Day stories i wrote, this was my favourite ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

A well deserved honour for my friend and former colleague @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/citizen...

Crazy story! He’s Been Charged With Dozens of Crimes. Nobody Knows His Name. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

Count me as very skeptical that we’ll be better off by “consolidating” conservation authorities in Ontario. These are agencies with significant local knowledge and experience that are tasked with making sure our communities don’t flood. globalnews.ca/news/1150461...

This is just so sad ottawacitizen.com/news/slain-j...

Let’s be clear what happened here: a developer launched spurious complaints against people who oppose the Tewin development. It cost the city nearly $500k to investigate what amounted to rounding errors. An abuse of process and a waste of taxpayer money. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Quite a takedown by Maureen Dowd! Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...

It's been 25 years since One-Big-Ottawa was imposed on us. The world has finally taken note: this thing doesn't really work for urban or rural residents. I wrote about why and what's next. glebereport.ca/articles/ott... #ottawa #ottcity #deamalgamateottawa

“A newspaper is more than a vehicle for delivering facts that entertain, enlighten and put a mirror up to society… it can also be to foster community, to build opportunities for real human connection, to create belonging” writes Citizen editor Nicole Feriancek. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/what...

Bob Ross’s ‘Happy Little’ Paintings Will Be Auctioned to Benefit Public TV www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

An update on the truck traffic situation on Fernbank Road. Why there's such a high volume of trucks lately, and what the City is doing. www.glengower.ca/information/...

This is a heartbreaking story ottawacitizen.com/news/recover...

The Ottawa Police Service Fatal Collision Investigations Unit has laid charges in relation to a collision that occurred on Tuesday, July 22, in Stittsville. www.ottawapolice.ca/en/news/seri... ~ La version française suivra sous peu à ottawapolice.ca.

Terrific story about the revunenation of the NCC in the @ottawacitizen.com today as reported by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/ncc-rep...

A great initiative from the Ottawa Heart Institute. Story by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/heart-i...

Diagram of all current indefinite Temporary Speed Restrictions in effect on Line 1. This info has not been public but I finally got an MFIPPA released recently so I can share this. All TSRs except the ones at the ends are at the request of Alstom, and have been in place since the LRT inquiry in 2022

A lovely, sad profile of Robert Munsch www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover

I live in Queensway Terrace North. My street FINALLY got a sidewalk & a decent drainage system. What a fantastic impact - more people out walking with strollers & mobility aids, decent management of rainwater, good access to the bus & incoming LRT, & it looks great. @tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social

80 years ago, Igor Gouzenko defected in Ottawa with secrets of a Soviet spy operation. @ottawacitizen.com ottawacitizen.com/news/nationa...

Extraordinary reporting. This reminds me of a similar daring and disastrous SAS raid into Argentina during the Falklands War. How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

What an amazing man and story by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/faster-...

Public health concerns aside, how is this considered normal? “DeSantis … also announced the creation of a commission to align Florida with goals laid out by Robert F. Kennedy Jr…. The commission will be headed by Casey DeSantis, the governor’s wife.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

An incredible story of the millionaire turned paramedic. This paragraph lingers: “He knew it would not work. The girl could not be revived. With every chest compression Mr. Kleisner administered, the beads in her hair clicked against the metal stretcher.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/n...

A lovely tribute to Harvey Glatt by Bruce Deachman. It had been a long time since I’d heard the name Joe Hall and the Continental Drift! ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

This is horrifying www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Most of the renovictions that my office hears about involve seniors — long-term tenants who have paid their rent for decades and then are evicted so the landlord can jack up the rent. Glad that the @ottawacitizen.com delved deeper into to this issue. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

“The idea that Plante’s comments rise to intimidation and bullying is absurd,” writes Mohammed Adam. I agree ottawacitizen.com/opinion/puni...

A Surprising (and Easy) Way to Boost Your Attention Span www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/w...

If my GP hadn’t flagged a marginally high PSA reading in 2019, I’d probably be dead. Instead, this morning i heard loons calling as I watched the sun rise. No regrets about PSA testing from me and my family. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/psa-...

The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...

As a kid, I couldn’t get enough of listening to my parent’s Tom Lehrer records. RIP. Perhaps I’ll poison some pigeons in his honour. Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Sharon Lerner reports the inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.