Well that's it. Council has passed the Lansdowne 2.0 plan by a 15 to 10 vote. At this point Ottawa feels less like a city and more like a taxpayer-funded vending machine for comfortable private interests. #Ottawa #ottcity #Lansdowne

Tremendous to hear some veteran Ottawa city councillors argue that Lansdowne 2.0 is needed because the previous overhaul that they voted for is crap.

Remember when oil companies used to tell drivers to slow the hell down? Me neither.

A fascinating piece of history. How did a priceless gem linked to the defunct Austrian crown, long thought lost to war or profiteers wind up hidden for a century in a Quebec bank vault?

This is exactly right. Lansdowne is only 11 years old. There are many more urgent things this city could be tackling. #ottawa #ottcity

As a great man once said, never let them tell you it can’t be done. Congratulations to New York City’s 111th mayor, Zohran Mamdani.

is there any politician doing more to help Mark Carney than Pierre Poilievre?

Out of budget lockup. I recently wrote: "Ottawa imposes a 10 percent luxury tax on yachts... yet a family buying a semi in Scarborough pays the equivalent of 15 percent in [DCs] and land transfer taxes." Today the gov't addressed this by eliminating the luxury tax on yachts.

I'm not sure this has ever happened before. Following the results of yesterday's Yukon election, the NDP is now government or official opposition in Nova Scotia and every jurisdiction west of the Ottawa River.

Just walking up and down Sparks hoping to be man-on-the-streeted for CBC’s special pre-election coverage. #cdnpoli

the onion should do the funniest thing ever and start up a subsidiary that does real news

Worth nothing some important facts about this plan: property taxes are integral to financial numbers and depend on taxes from the towers being used to offset the costs, rather than going towards all city revenues; that’s not how property taxes work anywhere else in city 1/

The federal budget is tomorrow. The Liberals are 3 votes short of a majority to get it passed. Yet they haven't secured the support of any other party. So Carney is writing a budget he likes and just hoping others will like it too. Electoral reform would end this unnecessary brinkmanship. #cdnpoli

I didn’t see how any city councillor can vote in favour of Lansdowne 2.0 now. 70% of residents oppose it and officials aren’t even clear about the initial cost. We can do better than handing out more corporate welfare. www.ottawalookout.com/p/the-final-... #ottawa

We used to have rich people like this. This is what rich people loved doing. We celebrated rich people giving away huge chunks of their wealth as a social virtue. We had a pejorative for the opposite: greed. Some things are worth being nostalgic about.

All i will say is a lifetime as an NDP supporter will prepare you for a wide array of disappointments.

Sure wish downtown churches (mine included) would advocate for better transit on weekends so that that would be a reasonable option for folks coming to church.

Going to the rich neighborhood on Halloween is the closest any of us will ever get to experiencing trickle down. 🎃

What the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group promised Ottawa residents versus what OSEG actually delivered:

"Trick or treat!" An article in the November 1, 1917 issue of The Sault Daily Star about Halloween celebrations in the city is considered the first use of the salutation in print. It appeared 10 years earlier than the 1927 example the Oxford English Dictionary cites as its earliest use. #Halloween

The Globe’s halloween driver safety editorial should run the other 364. 🎃 #autowa #pedestrians

A company was making Blue Jays stickers until they got yelled at by lawyers. So they made something way better. #bluejays

I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.

This article should be of deep concern to every Ottawa Councillor

I lived through the 90s. Hospitals closed. Infrastructure crumbled. Tuition doubled. Public investment in housing ended. User fees increased. I’d rather not do this again.

Your quarterly reminder that bullying the government works and we need to do more of it www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...

20% of people using foodbanks are receiving a salary. That means in many cases, foodbanks are subsidizing employers who refuse to pay wages people can live on. This should not be legal.

Just the president accusing others of “cheating” because they told the truth about his unpopular policies, and then bragging that he’s increasing the prices Americans pay for Canadian goods again. Real great-making stuff. 🙄

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe responds to popular local women’s hockey team saying his plan might ruin them by linking them to the LA Dodgers “Sutcliffe called the PWHL statements to CBC News a negotiating tactic from ‘big powerful American businesspeople … They’re the people who own the LA Dodgers’”

A vote for Lansdowne 2.0 is a vote to kill women’s hockey in Ottawa. #ottawa

Flags at half-mast and book of condolence at Sault Ste. Marie city hall in honour of former MP, mayor, and city councillor Steve Butland. #thesoo #SaultSky

It wasn't fake. It was edited. But Reagan really did spend a five-minute speech – an April 25, 1987, national radio address that the Reagan Library has published on YouTube – to rail against tariffs. It was a full-throated expression of support for free and fair trade. https://cnn.it/4o5pBGv

Who had the GOP denying Reagan on their 2025 bingo card?

Jesus didn’t need free parking. #ottawa

The Ford government is clearly feeling its oats. Making housing less affordable for millions of renters is a huge mistake. #onpoli

Designer: where’s Windsor? Someone: across from Michigan Designer: kay. how ‘bout … here.

I'm very sorry to hear about the passing of former Sault Ste. Marie MP and mayor Steve Butland.

Tomorrow is provincial day of action against the removal of life saving speed cameras in Ontario. Two events happening in Ottawa * Woodroff School 8:15am * Queen Elizabeth School 8:45am Join our family friendly protests if you can. Details in the poster.

‘Horrible piece of legislation’: Ontario parents to rally against speed camera ban

Say what you want Miriam Webster, this will never not be a typo.

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

Perfectly normal vehicle. Honda civic for scale; highest part of civic hood is at bottom of passenger door of truck. @brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social

It feels like pollsters are getting elections wrong as often as they’re getting them right. Is it time we just stopped doing this? #nlpoli #cdnpoli #polling

Closed to *drivers* that is. The pedestrian lanes are still open. #ottawa #ottawalkers

American friends: Canada didn't start this. Your White House did. If you don't like it, I understand, but fix the problem. Call your congressmen. Call your senator. Call your trade associations and chamber of commerce. Tell them to tell the White House to drop the tariffs www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

On Oct. 11, 1975, Saturday Night Live debuted. One of the most influential programs in television history, the success of that first season owes a lot to the many Canadians who were involved in the show. These are some of those individuals! 🧵 1/9

Rarely have i felt more seen by an air freshener. #autowa #thewaroncars

This development should be deeply concerning for the Canadian left, right and centre.

An adult driver angry at a child they hit with their car. Our car culture summed up in one video.