While some folks downstairs are still complaining about a sporting event and languages they don’t understand. Up here in Canada, the CBC is showing Olympic hockey with play-by-play in Inuktitut. It’s the Canadian experience I didn’t know I needed. ❤️🇨🇦 #olympics #inuktitut
There’s a rose garden blooming at Bank and Fifth.
A bunch of roses Shu Flora ordered were not fit for sale, so they donated them to the neighbourhood. I smelled them before I saw them. Lovely. 🌹 #ottawa #theglebe
Is it weird that a lot of Ottawans’ entry point into Heated Rivalry is a casual reference to the Treasury Board?
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
Chili and hugs can be a love language ☺️
Across the River from the Capital (A Northern Nativity)
William Kurelek
1975
The camera is giving Mo on the bench the Taylor at a Chiefs game treatment. #lfc #mocam
November 11, 1975: My father is a photographer for the Sault Star. He gets an early call from his editor saying the storm that felled trees and barns in the city wrecked an ore carrier on Lake Superior. He drives up to Pancake Bay to capture images of wreckage and search efforts #edmundfitzgerald
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.
City of Ottawa produced map showing Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal fitting in Ottawa's current boundaries.
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
No one can say we don’t know how to prevent road deaths anymore. Lower speeds. Modern pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. Public transit that gets people out of cars. That’s it. The longer we resist the more families will be shattered by a preventable death. #visionzero yle.fi/a/74-20174831
Ottawa’s core is struggling. This Globe’s editorial takes note and makes a no longer radical recommendation to Doug Ford: break it up.
“Some blame falls on the city and the province. Ottawa is too big and should be broken up into urban and rural municipalities.” #breakupottawa #onpoli #ottawa
My reading project for the year is Robert Caro’s The Power Broker. Lots of lessons for city planning; this one seems particularly relevant for #Ottawa. Raising fares discourages people from taking transit. #otttransit #octranspo #autowa #RobertMoses #RobertCaro
@en.ottawa.ca @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social
Is this the city you want? We can "master plan" all we want, but we need actual action.
Walked south on Bank St from Somerset to Second Ave during rush hour, because no bus came during that time. Not great, @octranspo.com. #ottawa #otttransit
“You just have to have a strong heart.” Highly recommend this for a Friday smile. #ottbike www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
Canada is an experiment on this land. To be a Canadian is to fully acknowledge the generations who have lived here, and finding in their struggles the courage, resolve and optimism to build a more equitable, just and fair society. #happycanadaday 🇨🇦
A big bird with a dark grey cap and wings, white chin, light grey belly and long dark beak sits on a yellow fence above swirling water.
A map of the black-crowned night heron habitat, courtesy of Merlin.
Spotted on this morning’s walk near the #SaultSteMarie locks: a black-crowned night heron. Turns out this dude is outside its usual habitat. #BirdSky #BlackCrownedNightHeron
We can all agree the highlight of yesterday's @torontobluejays.bsky.social game was the opening pitch thrown out by Chef Dwight Smith! Very cool!
www.instagram.com/chefdwightsm...
Three hours in, on the first day of advance polls, and there is a line out the door at my polling station. #cdnpoli #cdnelection #canadavotes
We're mad about the focus on "fare evasion". Stop punishing people for riding the bus. The penalty is absurdly high ($260) - that's a lot more than parking in a bike lane. capitalcurrent.ca/oc-transpo-c...
Say it with me: "prime minister-designate".
Please share widely.
#cdnpoli #parliamentarysystem #liberal #canada #liberalleadership
Two plates of oh so good breakfast foods with coffee, latte, Oj and water in a bright restaurant.
Exterior of Yolks. A red brick building at Bank and Fifth with large windows and a big white on pale blue “Yolks” sign.
If you’re looking for a nice new breakfast spot in #Ottawa, Yolks is open on Bank in the Glebe, friends. The brand started as as a Vancouver food truck. Lots o’ space. Great service. Very good food. #TheGlebe
#OCTranspo I know it has been a rough week but if you are going to detour and bypass two regular stops you need to tell people. Nothing on your website or the Transit app re: route 56. ☹️
TSN and CBC will broadcast NSL on a mix of streaming and linear services.
CBC will have 8 matches on its national channel.
A "Game of the Week" will co-stream on CBC Gem and NSL . ca, while 24 other matches will co-stream on TSN+ and NSL . ca.
www.cbc.ca/sports/socce...
Fairclough, who was also the first woman to be appointed as a federal cabinet minister, was appointed to the post while Prime Minister John Diefenbaker was away. She held the post until his return the following day. She was the first woman to ever hold the duties of Prime Minister of Canada.
Feb. 19, 1958:
Ellen Fairclough is named Acting Prime Minister of Canada.
Ten years ago today the 17th mayor of Sault Ste. Marie was killed in a tragic accident while on his way to the library that now bears his name. At the time I knew nothing about him, but have since pored over clippings and books to help place him in the city's history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L...
WOW 🤯
#CanWNT ICON Desiree Scott joins Northern Super League side Ottawa Rapid FC 🇨🇦
These are the Housing First stories we need to share www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
