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I sense a real pattern of non-engagement with the few organizations whose activities draw me to Lansdowne. Maybe that’s the plan? Too bad, because I also shop along Bank Street every time I’m there.

I would be surprised if some of the cities, MADD and a few other organizations don’t pull something together.

Any idea who is working on the Charter challenge that needs to happen?

Increase in Ottawa paramedic calls for overdoses near closed drug consumption site: data Data from the City of Ottawa shows an increase in the number of overdose incidents paramedics have responded to since the closure of the supervised consumption site at the Somerset West Community Heal...

Exactly what we said would happen when the Ford govt forced the supervised consumption site at Somerset West Community Health Centre: more overdoses in public. Bad for people with addictions, a burden on city services and terrible for the vitality of Chinatown.

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Sadly, this isn’t even news. Fans have been saying this since the beginning of the debate.

My E-Bike is a Mobility Device I have written About this before. So has Sam, multiple times, all the way back to 2018. Our focus was on bikes more generally and how they can help with disabilities, but three years ago I predicte…

I’m so happy to have my ebike back at last! fitisafeministissue.com/2025/10/24/m...

“If the new omnibus bill becomes law, corporate interests will succeed in setting every city in Ontario back by a decade: more cyclists and pedestrians will be killed by cars, and more carbon emitted on our roads will intensify climate change. And traffic won’t even get better.” 👇

Back in the Saddle I went for a ride last week. It has been almost two years since I got on a horse. I haven’t even bothered visiting my horse Fancy very often because it’s no fun watching her run around the field av…

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Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, we’re looking at you. Heck, it has been so bad here in Ottawa we would probably settle for the “balance” Brent complains about.

We went to Pointe Gatineau, Lac Ley and Kiweki Point. It was amazing

Pedal Power Remains Most Efficient Way To Travel, Confirms Scientific American Scientific American confirms that human on a bicycle more efficient than salmon, seagulls, or jet planes, updating a piece from 1973.

“Since the bicycle makes little demand on material or energy resources, contributes little to pollution, makes a positive contribution to health and causes little death or injury, it can be regarded as the most benevolent of machines.” Here’s the article by @carltonreid.com HT @sciam.bsky.social

Time, and knowing how much is enough. I can do the calculations but when I put it into a casserole (for example) I struggle to figure out if it’s enough. Also, when you say more for people who are very active, how much more? Right now I just guess.

I did the same but with rechargeable outdoor lights. I also have something like these as well as a helmet light, regular lights and a reflective jacket. I can be seen from the ISS*. (Car drivers are not on the ISS so they sometimes claim they couldn’t see me). www.amazon.ca/Activ-Life-M...

And sometimes they are just kittens because cats can get pregnant very young. That was the case with Pandora (rear). Her four kittens were adopted by friends and I took her. Mambo (left) probably wandered away from her barn home, and Milo is a true shelter cat with no back story.

Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tyre fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate i...

The original article has a link to an article that makes it pretty clear that microplastics from tires is a particularly problematic form. www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

He did it for the 401. Didn’t work though. Everyone just goes faster.

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

🤤 (shocked, shocked I tell you)

That’s just sad. I work for a city facility and we had our monthly training rescheduled from today to avoid the game.

Most, not lost!

Isn’t that what the Ford government did on the 401? When the limit was 100, 120 used to be enough to keep you in the left lane, passing almost everyone. Now that the limit is 110, that’s the slow lane speed and lost people are going 130 or more.

Especially by car it is a pain to get there! I sometimes go by bike, but need to plan my route carefully to avoid Bank Street itself and find bike parking on side streets - Bank Street is too scary.

Great video. I’m a PWHL season ticket holder. I bus (6 or 7) to Bank at Queensway and walk to Lansdowne on game day because it’s faster, even on narrow snowy sidewalks. It’s so annoying I rarely go to Bank at all - pity because there are nice shops and restaurants.

Did you know that cars on the Kitchisippi Mikan had/have cement barriers and strong metal pins so cars don’t hit each other when forced into a mere two lanes during construction? If only people outside of cars got the same consideration.

My lips are sealed. BTW, Mom has a typewriter I keep meaning to take pictures of for you. It’s also younger than anything you own, but I have no idea what to do with it.

I support some of those traffic calming measures, as a person who rides a bike, but I also support the traffic cameras as a parent and as a person who would like to see the $ collected pay for more traffic calming and safe infrastructure for people walking, rolling and riding.

I Got to Use My Powers for Good! Back in 2022, I mused about using my power for good by becoming a lifeguard and giving back to the sport I love so much. Since I started working almost a year ago, I have taken great pleasure in te…

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Thank you for this clarification. I heard that number this morning and was shocked as I remember the promise.

It seems like that to many drivers, but it’s not the case. Ottawa was criticized for not putting revenues into road safety improvements, as promised, but they have definitely improved overall safety, per the Auditor General. ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...

Sure looks nice compared to the dark skies at 7:30. I was sure I was going to get very wet.

Also, I am really sorry it is also happening in Winnipeg.