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Centretown's community newspaper. At the heart of Ottawa since 1995.
Ottawa, ON
Joined March 2011
In an article in the @centretownbuzz, my local community paper, about a gap in funding for infrastructure reveal was the epitaph of western civilization: "The 100-year storm is occurring much more frequently."
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Do you support motorists speeding in school zones & safety zones? Your govt limits where this technology can be used. Your govt insists on advance notice signage. In Ottawa, all revenues go back in to road safety programs. The Police have limited resources to enforce speed limits
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Seriously, why is every second OC Transpo bus a sonic assault to ride? Loose panels, loose seats, loose windows, loose support bars, loos loose loose rattling banging sonic torture.
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Another weekend of #ElginStreetMarket. Talk to us at our community table with @OttCLT. #OttawaStreetMarkets organized a great group of Vendors including #TKFCoffee, takeout food from #LaMomo Tibetian dumplings and #indianhavali. Yoga and Tai-chi is weather permitting.
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A reminder that in 2018, the Ontario government spent over $230m to scrap hundreds of millions of watts of reliable, green, made-in-Ontario energy projects that would be providing clean, fossil-free power to the electrical grid right now.
NEW - Ontario is using more power today than it has on any other day in the last 10 years, Minister Lecce tells me. However he says there’s no risk of blackouts or brownouts. The province is importing an unspecified amount of electricity from other jurisdictions to meet demand.
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This is no small uptick on project costs and should force a re-vote on L.2 by this Council. This project is too costly for taxpayers (now north of 1/2 billion$) & benefits a private for-profit sports company (OSEG). #ottcity
Construction costs for Lansdowne 2.0 could be underestimated by $75 million, Ottawa's auditor concludes
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"How can backyard cottage-builders and do-gooder neighbors make a dent in a housing problem so vast?" this feature asks. Strong Towns and friends such as @newurbanism, Inc Development Alliance, and more are supplying answers. And people are taking action.
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The BUZZ is on the streets! Volunteers will be distributing the June issue of the Centretown BUZZ, the community newspaper in central Ottawa, for the rest of this week. If you haven't seen it on paper, you can read it as a PDF or as individual articles at https://t.co/seR1h5fw9e
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Bridge Opening Coun @ShawnMenard1 & I are pleased to invite you to celebrate the opening of the new Rideau River Pedestrian and Cycling Bridge, connecting Carleton University to Vincent Massey Park. Saturday, June 15, 11 am Rideau River P&C Bridge, Vincent Massey Park side
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Did Mayor Sutcliffe write this? 8,921 people completed the 2023 survey and 88% were satisfied with the QED active use program and over 90% supported the active use program in Gatineau Park, on the Kichi Zībī Mīkan and the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway. #Ottawa
'This is the dumbest idea': NCC faces criticism for closing Ottawa roads for active use program, documents show https://t.co/pVml4qg6eb
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By building great places to cycle, the Dutch have built great places to live. Reimagining their streets as living rooms rather than corridors, by reducing the dominance of cars in cities. Accessible, social, prosperous places that benefit every resident—not just those on bikes.
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@MacLeodLisa Do you understand development charges? Do you know they are regulated by your government? Do you know that they are to recover the costs of providing new infrastructure to support new housing? Do you think DCs should be subsidized? If so by whom? #onpoli
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The BUZZ is on the streets! Volunteers have been distributing the May issue of the Centretown BUZZ, the community newspaper in central Ottawa, around Centretown this weekend. If you haven't seen it yet, you can read it as a PDF or as individual articles at https://t.co/EQx2RbV8W9
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This is laying bare how broken the development charge model has become - buy an apartment downtown, pay for road widening in the suburbs. Seems fair.
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The greatest humans project a presence. I was in Ottawa airport the other day and saw a very dignified elderly woman striding past. It was just a moment, but she seized my attention. As it turns out, yes, 90 yr old Jane Goodall was in town.
cbc.ca
World-renowned primatologist and climate activist Jane Goodall says carbon pricing schemes like the one Canada has deployed aren't a silver bullet to solve the pressing threat of climate change.
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Diane Deans has dedicated her energies to the Ottawa community for decades. She was political but not partisan and would work with anyone if it made Ottawa better. She could also take bold action. Sorry I never got to vote for her as Mayor. Thanks Diane.
cbc.ca
Deans was diagnosed with ovarian cancer five years ago. Her successor said she "has lived boldly, led fearlessly, had the courage of her convictions."
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Year after year and block after block, the famously mean streets of New York City—which make up a quarter of its land mass—are gradually being tamed. Cycling has gone from a marginal to mainstream mode of travel, and countless pavements have been transformed into vibrant plazas.
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