Category: Ottawa
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Hey, Ottawa? Don’t borrow this idea from Calgary. Kay?
Apparently, cab companies in the Calgary, Alberta area are considering the possibility of charging people a “late ride fee” for the need to get somewhere via taxi between 10:00 PM and 4:00 AM. They say it’s to pay for vehicle upkeep/maintenance etc. I think I’ll just call bullshit right about … Read the rest
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Attention 1310 news: there is nothing “special” about Victoria’s stolen iPhone.
Sometime last week, a University of Ottawa student wound up needing to replace her iPhone. Someone decided she didn’t really need the one she had, so offered–rather forcefully–to take it off her hands. Two things make it headline worthy, according to 1310 news–one of which is untrue. The girl in … Read the rest
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No, it’s not officially winter yet. This is just practice.
If you live in Ottawa or the valley, you’ve seen craptastical weather. Below freezing, and there’s crap of various types falling from the sky–some of it, from what I’ve been hearing, coming down white. For the record, no, winter didn’t start a month early–though some days, you may wonder. This … Read the rest
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Roommates, apartment hunting, and inching forward with employment. Sort of.
The job market’s been doing a very good impression of a miserable failure the last year or two, at least up here. Very slowly, the interviews I was involved in began to slow to a trickle, then eventually stop. Then the same happened with jobs I didn’t have to have … Read the rest
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Clive Doucet doesn’t get the meaning of “Stop emailing me”. Again.
In 2009, I had a very short, two email long conversation with Ottawa councillor Clive Doucet during the OC Transpo strike. The exchange quite literally consisted of one email in each direction. And the email coming from his direction pretty much told me and my valid–and not disputed–criticisms of the … Read the rest
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Well. Hello, fall. Goodbye, fall. Hello, winter.
Ottawa and the valley is absolutely famous for getting snow usually before just about anyone else–particularly south of the border. It didn’t stick around, but we got our introduction to it today. And tonight, for perhaps the first time this year, we’re receiving an introduction to sub-zero temperatures. It surprised … Read the rest
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This debate hurts my head.
And, surprise surprise, it reminds me why it is I wouldn’t lose too much sleep over not getting out to vote next week. In list format, because I’m lazy. Andrew Hayden: spending most of the debate picking at the other candidates, and interjecting his 0.5 cents where it’s not welcome–like, … Read the rest
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Hello, 1310News. Nice to hear you.
I spent quite a few years in or near the Toronto area growing up. Not only did that serve to stoke my Maple Leafs enthusiasm, but it gave me plenty of time to enjoy listening to 680News. This was before things like RSS feeds and then later Twitter came … Read the rest
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Note to the city of Ottawa: do this. Now.
Rallying cry for more housing money In what can only be described as a rallying cry for more support, affordable housing advocates from across Ottawa came together Thursday to call on municipal council and mayoral candidates to commit to funding more social housing. The numbers are pretty simple: $15 million … Read the rest
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A small note to Clive Doucet: No one likes opt-out mailing lists.
Ottawa city councillor turned mayoral candidate Clive Doucet has one very small problem. He doesn’t quite get how mailing lists–particularly those advertising his position leading up to a municipal election–are actually supposed to work. Instead of allowing folks to choose to sign up for his advertisements, he chose instead to … Read the rest
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