@sofiamisenheimer.bsky.social
Digital Editor, @ottawacitizen.com ✦ Montreal → Ottawa ✦ She/Her
It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
24.10.2025 16:47 — 👍 11051 🔁 3735 💬 26 📌 145
Mark Sutcliffe: “Lansdowne 2.0 is a smart, responsible investment for Ottawa. We receive more than $400 million…” Illustration of newly rebuilt North-side stands and arena
Logos of the Ottawa Redblacks, Ottawa 67s, Ottawa Fury, Ottawa Blackjacks, another soccer team whose name I can’t remember, and the City of Ottawa Noticeably absent: PWHL’s Ottawa Charge
In promoting his half-a-billion bailout for the private company that runs Lansdowne Park, Ottawa @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social posted an illustration of the new sports complex
Noticeably absent: The logo of the Ottawa Charge women’s hockey team, which has the top attendance in the PWHL
Ottawa is in costume mode, and this week’s Out of Office has:
🎃 The most committed Halloween homes
📼 Which Glebe landmark has vanished
🌃 Where nightlife will reappear this fall
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Ha! Probably would be a good time to give magnet fishing a try.
22.10.2025 21:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Water levels in the Rideau Canal have fallen low enough this week to expose the bed along downtown sections after drought conditions and a warm fall compounded the seasonal drawdown.
22.10.2025 14:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Bixi bike-sharing program among the top 25 inventions in 25 years, TIME Magazine declares
09.10.2025 23:20 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
“I’d rather die a man than live for all eternity a machine,” is a literal Robin Williams line from Bicentennial Man. To reduce a performer whose gift was warmth and originality to digital caricature is grotesque. He and his family deserve better.
07.10.2025 23:34 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Ottawa’s cultural calendar is borrowing some unlikely venues. In this week’s Out of Office:
🚌 A school bus tour where the homework is hops
🎥 A horror classic cemetery screening with a live score
🍸 High interest, mixed returns at a bank-turned-restaurant
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The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
A lot of comments re: NPR reflect deep frustration, which is valid, but starving public media doesn’t improve coverage. When a major broadcaster goes, partisan and billionaire-funded outlets fill the gap. Listeners who want accountability need to fund newsrooms they expect to hold power to account.
01.10.2025 16:56 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Which Starbucks locations are closing in Ottawa? More than a dozen shutdowns ottawacitizen.com/life/starbuc...
28.09.2025 14:59 — 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
'Tis the season for holiday film production in Ottawa. Fake snow, winter coats and a hot chocolate cart attracted attention from passersby on a balmy Friday in the ByWard Market.
26.09.2025 20:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The first week of fall comes with new flavours and a few surprises. In this week’s Out of Office:
🍜 Which bowls of ramen rise above the rest
🏙️ How a Montreal transplant sees Ottawa
🛴 Rules, risks and rewards of riding an e-scooter
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What moving from Montreal to Ottawa taught me about two very different cities ottawacitizen.com/life/moving-...
25.09.2025 13:40 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Tomorrow, Sept. 23, at noon, Citizen restaurant critic Peter Hum will be in the comments section answering your dining questions live.
Whether you’re trying to pick a date spot or curious about hidden gems, he’ll be on hand with advice.
👉 Add your question here: ottawacitizen.com/life/peter-h...
Ottawa has questions, and this week’s Out of Office has answers:
🍌 Who keeps changing the banana sign on Carling, and why
🥡 Which cuisines collide at a new Kanata food court
🍩 Where to try massive popcorn and jalapeño donuts
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Media corporations that destroy their popular content under government pressure will soon find they are losing what is left of their audiences, not so much because of boycotts and ideological cancellations, but because neutered propaganda is boring.
18.09.2025 00:09 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Ottawa is about to remember how rowdy it can get. In this week's Out of Office:
🤟 A punk reunion four decades in the making
🚫 Why Morrissey fans must go meatless
🥘 Seven fall food events to bookmark
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15 Ottawa restaurants dishing out top-notch, affordable eats for $15 or less ottawacitizen.com/life/ottawa-...
04.09.2025 22:29 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Thrift meets threat meets theatre. In this week’s Out of Office:
💸 Tasty local meals under $15
🚷 An unexpected warning for tourists
🦸🏽 Comiccon tries on a bigger cape
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Is this the biggest year yet for Ottawa Comiccon? ottawacitizen.com/life/ottawa-...
03.09.2025 13:26 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Jimmy John’s sets sights on Ottawa in new Canadian expansion ottawacitizen.com/life/jimmy-j...
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Ottawa nightlife has a habit of reinventing itself. In this week’s Out of Office:
🌿 A storied nightclub turned cannabis store
🌮 In search of the city's best tacos
🌙 The case for more night markets
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On The Smithsonian and Slavery: Trump’s Whitewashing of History
21.08.2025 20:43 — 👍 147 🔁 59 💬 10 📌 7
The government's "eyebrow-raising" penchant for breaking up strikes finally met its match in the woman-dominated workforce of CUPE's Air Canada unit.
Why the flight attendants' strike was "a perfect storm" for labour:
pressprogress.ca/air-canada-f...
Every corner of the city has a story, some sweatier, some sweeter. In this week’s Out of Office:
🚣 A "lazy river" ride that takes effort
🌈 Rainbow donuts with a message
🚌 A new round-the-clock airport ride
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Ottawa bakery’s rainbow doughnuts return for Pride, with a call for real allyship ottawacitizen.com/life/ottawa-...
19.08.2025 17:32 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New reasons to look twice at familiar places. In this week’s Out of Office:
🧋 Bubble tea topped by boba too big for one bite
🏖 Why Ottawa beaches have dropped daily no-swim flags
🍺 Pints with a Peace Tower view return to ByWard Market
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