Reddit pulse

someone's crosswalk button on slater at bronson is facing the wrong way, which is a fun one to find out the hard way.

chill beats and art books with CPI at Fono on Bronson this Sunday, 5 to 8pm. no cover. same night ChromaQueer has stuff all afternoon and a John Waters night in the ballroom after.

post-halloween candy sales are the move now. someone on r/ottawa asked where to go and what to grab. the kids had their fun, adults get the leftovers.

anyone have a list of 2026 holiday bazaars and craft shows yet? someone's asking on r/ottawa and the comments are where it's at.

Snow removal could cost more this winter. The Reddit post doesn't say why, and there's nothing in it to go on yet.

Trick-or-treating in South Keys got rough this year. Groups of 10+ kids showed up Friday demanding candy before Halloween, and a parent says his son was pressured over which treats he handed out. Anyone else have a rough night?

Condos in the core are having trouble with the new garbage contractor. The truck is too big to pick up when a car is parked on the street, and the likely fix is paying extra to winch the bins. Other condos probably have the same problem.

Looks like someone's wedding downtown. Ten straight minutes of honking and yelling close to midnight, and whoever's doing it is being pretty inconsiderate.

Lots of honking near the Byward Market right now. Anyone know what's going on?

someone's electric trike was stolen in centretown friday, near bronson and gladstone. homemade cybertruck-style build on a schwinn frame, one of two the poster's father-in-law made. a police report is filed. if you've seen it, dm the poster.

someone on r/ottawa built an elaborate krusty krab halloween display for the kid to work. everyone liked it, now they're asking what to do with all the leftover decor.

someone on r/ottawa asking if a lit porch light still means candy is on. they've got the red window light thing going and kids are walking past to the house next door.

New Tru-Tone LED Christmas lights look like the classic incandescent kind, but shipping from the US is $32. Someone's proposing a group buy to split it.

a redditor mapped retirement homes and long-term care facilities over the municipal election results using openstreetmap data. they say it misses a few spots but the pattern still holds.

someone on r/ottawa says the diefenbunker halloween setup was way thinner than last year. just a few decorations and two bowls of candy, no music or crafts, for $22 a person plus the drive.

kanata north poster says it's 6:26 and they've had zero trick-or-treaters, when they normally get 20 or 30 before 8. weather was perfect so they're guessing the kids are all at saturday parties.

someone's looking for a late 10pm+ party around byward, elgin or centretown that takes walk-ins since they didn't get tix in advance. drop it if you know one.

Elgin Street is running a free Halloween party for families today, 11 AM to 1 PM. Tickets are listed on Reddit.

US Midterm election night watch party at Carleton Tavern in Hintonburg, Tuesday November 3 from 7 PM. Free entry, food and drinks sold at the bar, easy walk from Bayview or Tunney's Pasture.

Remesha Drums, the Burundian ingoma group, practises in a park near the Ottawa core every summer, and anyone nearby can walk over and watch. The group has been based in the capital region since 2001.