Gabrielle Huston

Franklin Carmichael (Canadian, 1890–1945)
"October Gold", 1922.
Oil on Canvas, 119.5 × 98 cm.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

If you’re in Ottawa and looking for a junior women’s hockey game to check out, head on over to the Tony Graham Rec Complex.

The Ottawa Jr Sens take on the Bluewater Hawks for their Breast Cancer Awareness day. You can make signs, there are bracelets available, a 50/50, and more.

Eastern Ontario watersheds still running dry as fall approaches | CBC News Five of eastern Ontario’s six conservation authorities say the water supply is failing to meet demand in some areas, with no relief on the horizon.

In addition, this caps off an exceptionally dry September, the third month in a row to be dryer than normal, which has had effects across eastern Ontario, as my colleagues and I have been reporting on this summer.

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Ottawa's in for another glorious weekend of weather | CBC News This weekend may be Ottawa's last opportunity to get outside and enjoy unseasonably warm weather before the creeping chill of fall sets in.

This weekend is going to be exceptionally warm, with highs approaching 30 C.

Environment Canada says it'll cool off by the middle of next week, but October (and probably November too) will still be warmer than usual.

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10 years ago, the TRC released its 94 calls to action. Most are unfulfilled today. Read the calls to action here: ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/u.... Review Indigenous Watchdog's status report on fulfilling those here: www.indigenouswatchdog.org/2025/03/05/t....

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

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WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.

This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it

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Google reveals its Android for PC is coming next year It was the last word at Snapdragon Summit.

Google reveals its Android for PC is coming next year

How the car ended up in Ottawa is a pretty cool story!

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#NorthernLights. Went to Petrie Island park in #Ottawa for a few shots tonight just after 10pm.
#photography

FIRST PERSON | The first gift I gave my daughter was her name. I want her to cherish it | CBC News For years, Onome Ako has gently corrected people who misspell or mispronounce the name of her daughter, Morenike. But by doing that, she hopes her child will know that it’s OK to insist that others ge...

A wonderful personal story about why and how important it is to use the right name.

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And on how knitting was used as a secret code during wars:

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Jacquard loom | Science and Industry Museum Textile production and computing—two of Manchester’s most important historic industries—are brought together in the Jacquard loom.

For a little more on how the textile arts were the precursor to the first computer:
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Unraveling the Drama Between Hank Green and the Knitting Community SciShow may want to turn heel.

To give you a peak into my corner of the internet, knitters are pretty mad at Hank Green/SciShow. They made a YouTube video with mistakes about how knitting works and many are arguing the video unfairly frames knitting as boring, but cool when scientists do it.

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8 Ottawa neighbourhoods urgently need more trees. Here's where they are | CBC News As part of the inaugural 'tree equity' analysis, city staff have identified eight priority areas across the city where more trees are badly needed.

Tree equity means that all neighbourhoods — regardless of the race, health or socio-economic class of its residents — should get the benefits of trees.

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From Reddit - Comicon weekend on @octranspo.com

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Aw nice to see Smile among the list, hope someone enjoys that. I certainly did as a teen!

Deloitte report urged feds to increase oversight of temporary foreign worker program Report urged the Canadian government to take steps to prevent employers from abusing federal programs that let them hire temporary foreign workers

Deloitte warned Ottawa the temporary foreign worker program was badly misused and suggested AI could help fix it. Their report was never released, but our IJF reporter obtained a copy.

#cdnpoli

Golden BBQ Ottawa. I inked this months ago and in the meantime I forgot if I, um, went to sleep or something because I turned the door into a fence or something? There's no entrance to this shop. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Vulnerable Social Infrastructure By-law Review The City of Ottawa is considering regulations to provide for safe access to vulnerable social infrastructure like places of worship and religious centres, community centres, schools, daycares, and…

City staff are considering a "bubble bylaw" aimed at preventing protests outside of schools, places of worship, etc. The City now has an online survey on the issue, open until Sept 29.

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South Nation Conservation Authority declares critically low water levels | CBC News The South Nation Conservation Authority (SNCA) has declared a Level 3 low water advisory — the most serious advisory it issues — for its jurisdiction in eastern Ontario, including parts of Ottawa.

Two of eastern Ontario's conservation authorities have now declared the strongest water advisories they can.

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Extreme summer weather could further endanger monarch butterflies, researchers fear | CBC News This summer's drought and record-breaking heat could affect the fall migration of the endangered monarch butterfly, according to researchers from the University of Ottawa.

Researchers from the University of Ottawa are studying how extreme summer weather, including drought and record-breaking heat, is impacting the fall migration of the endangered monarch butterfly.

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I don’t know why there are always so many groundhogs at Carleton University in Ottawa but I never get tired of it

Pride parade cancelled after being halted by pro-Palestinian protesters | CBC News Ottawa's annual Pride parade was cancelled on Sunday after it was halted by the group Queers for Palestine, which blocked the parade in front of Parliament Hill.

Today's Pride parade was cancelled after Queers for Palestine Ottawa halted the march.

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A drag queen walks with a car in a parade as people cheer.

My colleague @fungnathan.bsky.social will be at the Pride parade today chatting with folks! Say hi if you spot him!

(Photo from a previous year)

It took nearly a year to get the stats back from Ottawa police, but here's what they had to say about the crime rate around the now former supervised consumption site at the Somerset West Community Health Centre.

Have you seen an eel?

In Ottawa, we host Pride in August, not June. It marks the We Demand rally, an LGBT+ protest held in 1971 on Parliament Hill.

To tell us about it, and how Pride has changed since then, Patrizia Gentile (a @carleton.ca historian and professor) joined CBC's All in a Day.

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If the sun isn't shining, is it day? 🤔

... I'll see myself out.

I love when people beautify their parkway corners.

a video game character is holding a sword and a cat ALT: a video game character is holding a sword and a cat

The only way Nintendo can make this up to me is by making The Legend of Zelda: Nintendogs of the Wild