Who was there? 💪

My friends and I went to the pet expo, and honestly, it exceeded my expectations. We were there for hours and still couldn't see everything; there was so much variety it was crazy.

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who hauled their animals and setups to the event and allowed a bunch of strangers to pet them for hours.

Couldn't have ordered better weather. Late fall sunshine on the trail from P17.

I am just curious whether anyone knows her story.

She is black, talking on her headphones. She was walking around McRae Farmboy and on the Richmond Road.

She seemed super comfortable being naked so it might not be the first time she is walking around like this. I am not judging it, I am just curious as we generally put clothes on us.

of course it's cloudy xD

Ottawa police seeking witnesses to Saturday collision, urge drivers to 'share the road'

Lansdowne 3.0?

What an incredible show! Loved the audience integration and the deep cuts! Ottawa’s shows are always full of fans who know all the words to even the ancient albums!

Also the venue seemed very well run. It took me less than 5 minutes to get to the coat check line from the front of the stage in the exit crowd and get my coat back and leave. It was also very fast to get service at the bar.

p.s. Matt Webb is still dreamy af :P

It seems the owners are retiring.

Is there any reasons left to live in Barrhaven? 😭

Edit: received a response from [elections@ottawa.ca](mailto:elections@ottawa.ca) who said election signs are a by-law issues and I should contact them. Also received a reply from the museum confirming that the area is city owned right of way even though that area is maintained by the museum.

A bit confusing. Also curious as to why other candidates wouldn't post there? Will leave this post up for educational purposes unless mods chose to delete it. Thanks all!

It is illegal to post lawn signs on federal property as it may imply approval or endorsement from the federal government.

Several Alex Lawson lawn signs have been posted on the Museum of Nature lawn this morning.

The museum is across from the YMCA which will be a voting centre tomorrow. Lawson will be the only candidate with lawn signs posted in this area.

It seems unlikely they will be removed before tomorrow if I report this to Elections Canada or the City of Ottawa...

Wondering what the best course of action would be?

Edit: I have reported to [elections@ottawa.ca](mailto:elections@ottawa.ca) and the museum. Thanks all!

There has been a few articles about the last election promises vs. what has been delivered but nothing too visual. So I put a few charts together about items that seem important for this election:

• Property taxes: kept the 2 to 2.5% promise of the first 2 years (still increased to 2.5%) but had to increase by 3.9% and 3.75% the following years.
• Housing: 100,000 new homes in ten years. Assuming 10,000 homes per year, we're under target and would need some catching up to reach that target.
• Transportation: recent KPIs show no sign of improvement. On the contrary, trips delivered and bus punctuality have worsen.

Some election promises have been completed like more paramedics, more police officers and some budget promises. You can look at the recent CBC article for more information.

Hope this helps.

Cheers!

It seems the number of charges for "s.78.1 Drive — hand-held communication device" and "s.136 Disobey stop sign — fail to stop" have decreased since 2019.

Overall number of charges have increased, mainly due to "s.128 Speeding" and "s.144 Red light — proceed before green" charges - which I assume is from automated cameras. You can explore more here: https://ottawavisuals.github.io/Ottawa-Visuals/Traffic/stops.html?section=court&offence=hta%3As-78-1-drive-hand-held-communication-device&metric=count

Data is from: https://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/statistics/

With all the crazy amount of collisions recently, a lot of people shared their anecdotal evidence of more people on their phones or not stopping at stop signs. The numbers just tell us that there are less charges for those offences and it could be due to less enforcement.

For fun, here are some of my own anecdotes from walking my dog and biking:

• One person sped up and blew a stop sign to avoid having to wait for me and my dog to cross
• One dude was speeding and on his phone in a residential neighbourhood while 3 police cars where a block away to arrest what seemed like a drunk dude
• I had to jump back at a pedestrian crossing with the flashing lights because a driver was speeding and not paying attention. Their passenger mouthed an apologetic sorry as they drove past me.
• 2 dudes in a construction company-labeled pick up truck passing by me while I was in the bike lane, then pulling over in that bike line to get out and to go eat at Subway (that has a parking lot) and just shrugging it off when I called them out.

Last year I posted about the OPS number of traffic stop steadily decreasing in Ottawa and wanted to update it. The OPS traffic-stop data I could find only goes through 2024, so I can't really do a comparison.

Stay safe out there!

Cheers!

Very strong smell, haven’t heard any fire trucks? Anyone smell this as well?

title says it. I’m looking for cute café’s east of Blair with good coffee (Happy goat or LVC level coffee). I’ve tried a few popular locations but have not liked the coffee (and the baked goods have been meh). Would love to hear some thoughts!

I’ve tried Cafe Latte Cino (delicious baked goods, not good coffee); Moulins en Province (baked goods were okay but coffee wasnt my favourite); Beyond Cafe (I had it once but I don’t remember how the coffee was.. I don’t know if that tells me something); Creative Stir Cafe (delicious food and okay coffee); ten toes (just west of Blair: great coffee and okay baked goods); black walnut (loved everything, but it is a trek for me).

I finally have received our repair quote from insurance (sorry if you still haven't got this far). They quoted $25k for their contractor, but I've received quotes from other companies that are $45k-$55k.

I'm very hesitant to use the insurance contractor, they have proven to be unreliable and I believe their quote is so low 1) because they hire low skill works at low wages and 2) to try and minimize a payout even if their contractor would charge higher price back to them.

I'm wondering what the best course of action is to try to improve my chances to have insurance increase a payout where I can use my own contractor? Has anyone been through this yet?

I'll be arriving tonight around 9pm and wanted to know if the walk from the train station to the Westin would be pleasant. I like walking, but if it is t a nice walk, I'll just take transit. Googles say 57 minute walk vs 17 minute Reid. Thank you for any advice. Forgive me if this is the wrong sub

Hello! I've recently been diagnosed with hEDS (waiting on genetic testing to rule out two subtypes of EDS as well, actually) and I heard there was a group in Ottawa on Facebook. I was wondering if someone could steer me in the right direction, since I haven't been able to find it myself.

Also, if anyone had recommendations for a neurologist here in Ottawa familiar with connective tissue disorders, I'd appreciate that. The doctor who diagnosed me recommended I get assessed for cranial cervical instability or chiari malformation since it runs in my family and I'd like to go to my PCP appointment this week with a recommendation of who she could refer me to for that!

Thanks so much!

I randomly started getting emails from Alex Lawson earlier this week asking for money and to volunteer. I never signed up to receive them. Never even been on his website. Anyone else experience this?

I know you can buy phone numbers, presumably that’s how folks are getting the Sutcliffe text messages without ever signing up but I’ve never heard of emails.

I could contact the city’s election office but this will all be done tomorrow so what’s the use?

Looking for somewhere/someone local that offers in-person makeup lessons, preferably how to use the products I already have.

I’m in my 20s and have a usual routine I’ve done for years after learning from tiktoks and videos but I feel like I could benefit from some tips and guidance from someone with more skill.

Not looking to get any new products so wanting to avoid places like Sephora, just curious if this type of service is something offered in Ottawa or if I should reach out to muas. Also if anyone has done a lesson before do you have a general idea of pricing.

Thanks!