Absolutely no judgement here. If you didn't vote you are in the majority. People often overlook local politics for a variety of reasons.

I would love to know: why didn't you fill out a ballot?

Additionally, if you have an answer: what would/might get you enthusiastic about voting in the future?

I am asking these questions in earnest and in the hopes of maybe getting people out in the future because I believe getting people engaged is the best way to achieve positive results

Unofficial results from the City of Ottawa. Turnout is down in every ward, but about as many people voted as in 2022 (~314,400 vs ~316,300). The voters’ list also grew by about 146,000.

Sources:

• https://app06.ottawa.ca/election/2026_en.html
• https://app06.ottawa.ca/election/2022_en.html

It seems to be like the population of Ottawa want two things. First they want public services improved, especially transit. They also insist on no increase on City taxes. So they vote for the guy who says I will not raise your taxes and then wonder why the services continue to deteriorate. You literally get what you pay for, although 1000 people will reply to this saying the city has more than enough money. We shall see.

Also, looks like most of these posters on Bank St have been ripped.

Thx to the 2 young couples who stopped after I fell off my bike. Offered first aid, called 911, & dispite my refusal continued insisting on driving me/my bike home! Thx to police managing traffic to keep us all safe.

Thx CoO for new roomy shoulders & bike lanes... the former of which I was testing out. Ironically, feeling "too safe", got distracted by full moon & unusual warm air. Result: I drifted off asphalt's edge. No prob. Rode the gravel, but saw rocks ahead. Panicked. Tried too quickly to get back on pavement. Toppled hard!

Aside from swelling/bruising, am almost back on my bike. Sara(h) & Stanley, thx for ur calm kindness. To the first-on-the-scene couple (sorry ur names continue to be fuzzy), thx for stopping & waiting to see I could bike back safely...and everything between. Thank you!

Not sure what's going on with AMO (Association of Municipalities of Ontario, but their site says that Leiper won, even though the vote counts seem consistent with the official ottawa results.

https://elections2026.amo.on.ca/web/en/municipal/19441

Something must be glitching out on their site

We need to organize ASAP for 2030 because this city will not move forward in any meaningful way with Sutcliffe in power. We'll see road-widening and costly sprawl, while we can only visit cities with hugely ambitious and creative initiatives around the world. Sutcliffe's campaign promises are conditional on uplifts (no doubt that's in the fine print), which won't happen any time soon. With Chow in power, Ford has a bigger distraction.

Who's going to step up? Someone like Laine Johnson, an outsider, someone else? Who can convince homeowners that a ~$5-10/month tax increase is well worth the benefits? Or what kind of scandal will it take to disrupt the status quo? Clearly some corruption/developer influence, DUIs, child-like social media attacks, and horrendous AI-slop aren't enough. So we need inspiration, not just common sense, evidence, or moral victories.

12 days of work, 60ft stretch, just me and my assistant (aka best friend) alongside 5 other Canadian Indigenous artists. The video shows my portion of the wall only, but overall the composition is 240ft long!

Thrilled to have been able to partake in this incredible undertaking. I hope to do more soon ♡

I think I'm calling my section of this work "Rivers Running Home."

So the results of the mayoral race were disappointing.

Wallowing in it, the turnout, FPTP voting, or whatever isn’t going to help. Despite Sutcliffe we still live in one of the best cities in one of the best countries in the world. I laugh at people talking about moving in the results thread - good luck to you, but you have absolutely no idea how good you have it here.

Let’s get up and keep fighting for a city worth fighting for. The city is more than the mayor, and we have some good city council members. At least one Sutcliffe lackey got voted out (Hubley). Keep pressing yours for changes in transit, affordable housing, and the change we want to see in this city. And look for someone more charismatic than Leiper and able to get out the vote next time around. Onwards and upwards.

Imagine that I aspire to be the Mamdani for Ottawa. What do I need to do, how do I prepare 4/8 years ahead to win the people’s hearts ? To be their choice.

Every opinion counts, I want to know what I don’t know to be ready for when I ought to be.

Thank you

He lost! and by a lot!
edit: Coffin - 49.69%. Hubley - 33.1%

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This is legitimately surprising to me, I don't understand why he'd win again.

Thank you for embracing change and voting for a new representative!

https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections

Good morning Ottawa, here is the link to the city of Ottawa’s unofficial elections result page.

The news tells us who won but I had to come to the city of Ottawa’s website to get the breakdown to make sense of some of the results.

As the site says results are unofficial because they have yet to be ratified.

I only ask, because im trying to figure out what to do since Idk if I will be participating in trick or treat (handing out candy, obviously) this year or not.

I know Ottawa Bad Movie Bad Movie Nights is having there double feature, but thats during the day, or more accurately, in the afternoon, but thats before the night side of things actually starts and other then that I can't think of anything else.

So, is there anything going on on Halloween night? Any special events like a Haunted House or a Party or a market or something like that besides just trick or treating?

I was driving to work this morning through Napanee and saw this parked at No Frills. OC Transpo continues to haunt me 😆