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Doug Ford protest happening August 29th at Eagleson Park & Ride in Kanata — focus this month is on education policy failures. Teachers and students encouraged to show up; honking drivers make all the difference.
Fireworks lit up the sky last night from Leamy Lake — the Brazil finale was massive from Major's Hill. Whole city was out watching.
VIA Rail is selling Business Class Plus tickets on the Ottawa-to-Montreal route with no luggage allowance. A passenger trying to book for a friend got blocked at checkout, then VIA confirmed it's not a glitch — a large group bought tickets for the same train and took up all the overhead storage. Their new trains apparently have less luggage room per seat than the old ones.
Parent looking for brunch recommendations in Westboro or Hintonburg that actually work for three kids under 4 — the kind of place where having small kids doesn't feel like a hassle. Let locals suggest where they actually take their own young families.
Atletico Ottawa is running a BOGO free ticket deal today at 1 p.m. at TD Place — use code PLUSONE for the Canadian Premier League match. Perfect if you're looking to kill a Saturday afternoon.
Mayoral candidate Neil Saravanamuttoo posted a video complaining about how much the city spends on street renewals — which cover water mains, road work, sidewalks and bike lanes. The post is sparking debate on r/ottawa about whether cheaper is better or if quality infrastructure costs what it costs.
Parent with a third kid on the way trying to figure out if three car seats fit in the back of a Mazda CX-5 — two boosters and a baby seat. Looking for Ottawa stores that let you test fit before buying. Anyone know a place?
People have been leaving cars along Limebank Road near the station underpass all spring, staying parked the whole day. Looks like an unofficial park-and-ride, but has anyone gotten a ticket from Bylaw? Are they actually allowed there?
Reddit thread asking for local scanning services for 35mm film. Anyone know a spot in town where you can self-scan or get it done affordably?
Someone got lucky at Blair station last night when the 25 millennium bus ran three minutes late — without that buffer, they wouldn't have made the connection from the LRT. Raises a question: shouldn't OC Transpo run an algorithm to catch these transfer-time conflicts and adjust schedules slightly so people aren't racing between platforms?
Local made a Guinness Bingo card mapping out central-Ottawa spots that serve the stout — dark tiles for classic Irish pubs, pale for mixed venues. If you know of any spots missing, they want to hear about it.
Election talk is picking up. r/ottawa just posted a megathread for anyone wanting to discuss the municipal campaign. Keep it civil.
Developers are planning two high-rise buildings on a Hintonburg property near the O-Train Line 2 corridor, part of the ongoing densification around the new transit route.
Ottawa OPP made multiple impaired and stunt-driving charges in rapid succession Thursday — three impaired drivers and one stunt driver arrested within a 12-hour window.
A cyclist was hospitalized Thursday after colliding with an OC Transpo bus. No further details on the incident or the cyclist's condition have been released yet.
someone posted asking how long a light's been flashing on reddit and now the whole thread is trying to figure out which intersection they mean lmao. ottawa infrastructure troubleshooting speedrun.
A Bay Ward council candidate running this fall says the city's too reactive on infrastructure, transit's being planned around broken ridership numbers instead of reliability targets, and growth decisions lack the infrastructure planning they need. Infrastructure problems get discovered after disasters, not prevented.
An Ottawa developer is one step closer to building a controversial subdivision in Perth. City quietly proposed expanding the urban area in June, and now council's voting to cut development charges by 54 percent if it approves. Locals still fighting it.
ByWard Market's new Vendor Village has become a ghost town since mid-May. Shops sitting empty, vendors closing early, Saturday sales down 68 per cent from previous years. The infrastructure's there but nobody's showing up.
Geese and ducks are out in force at Dow's Lake right now. Locals spotting cobra chickens everywhere.
