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Gof9GGof3

@gof9ggof3.bsky.social

Elder advocate for the beautiful world I inherited but fear my great grandchildren will never get to see the beauty - all burned up and polluted with single-use plastics. Environmental degredation makes me so sad. But I love to grow food and flowers.

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Gof9GGof3@gof9ggof3.bsky.social · 4h ago

www.ottawalookout.com/p/why-farmer.... PLEASE restore the Market building to be an indoor agricultural market! Easier to maintain security, and can be 12 months a year. “Plante passed a motion, seconded by Osgoode Coun. Isabelle Skalski, to reduce some barriers for farmers…”

Why farmers are leaving the ByWard Market — and how the city hopes to bring them back

As the district has evolved, the presence of farmers has dwindled to just a few permanent produce stalls among the artisans and other businesses.

ottawalookout.com

KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁@kbyrd.bsky.social · 19h ago

I've had lots of good conversations with Jeff Leiper about transit - he knows what the problems are. I mean, transit is essential in this city - it should be the number one issue in this election! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Sparring mayoral candidates offer competing plans to fix Ottawa's transit woes | CBC News

Transit is becoming one of the fiercest battlefields in the Ottawa mayoral election, with candidates asking a basic question: is direct experience a help or a hindrance?

cbc.ca

Occasional Transpo@occtranspo.bsky.social · 10h ago

Had a full up accordion bus pull by me on the road. A stark reminder of the 80-120 cars this took off the road for the foot print of at best 4 bumper to bumper The city would be fooked without public transportation, and any elected official should hammer that home to the people sitting in traffic

Mitch@mitchinottawa.bsky.social · 7h ago

We're cool with this, all those houses burning down, just another cost of doing business. Think of all the sweet, sweet profit we're gonna make from all that oil we're selling.

Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️@savethecbc.bsky.social · 7h ago

CBC reports that the federal government has begun the process of declaring a new 1,250 km West Coast pipeline a project of national interest. Supporters cite energy security & jobs. Critics warn about weakened oversight, risks to endangered wildlife, climate impacts and Indigenous consultation.

Oli Josephson 🇨🇦@d2earth.bsky.social · 6h ago

In the Okanagan this winter season, the avg temp was 3.8c above normal, we got 25% of our usual precip & our snowpack was a historic low of 52% of norm & yr 4 of drought The super El Nino is coming faster & harder than expected. Climate crisis is real We are evacuated, these pics show scale

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Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social · 6h ago

This is genuinely astonishing: a piece by the Globe and Mail’s editorial board lamenting the “new normal” of wildfires and summer smoke and no mention whatsoever of a) climate change, or b) the burning of fossil fuels that causes it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Globe editorial: A summer season of fire, smoke, ashes and fear

The carefree feeling of summers past has been incinerated as wildfires rage across the country

theglobeandmail.com

Ariel Troster@arieltroster.com · 5h ago

I met Dan and his dog Trick while canvassing yesterday. Dan works at a homeless shelter and told me that he carries Naloxone with him because of the increased number of overdoses he is seeing on the street since the Ford govt shut down all of the supervised consumption sites. We keep us safe.

A man in an orange baseball cap with his very large, elderly Great Dane who is the goodest boy
Dr. Mike P. Moffatt@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 3d ago

The parents of one of the best people I know lost their home in rural Quebec due to a house fire and they need to rebuild. Please help them out if you can. And to my builder/developer friends, they could use any extra materials you have. Help here:

Donate to Help Mike and Judy Start Over After Rural Quebec House Fire, organized by Sarah Cross

On May 13th, my father and stepmother lost their home near Kaz… Sarah Cross needs your support for Help Mike and Judy Start Over After Rural Quebec House Fire

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Sean Devine@seandevine9.bsky.social · 3d ago

There is no simple solution. We need to address legitimate public safety concerns, support victims and affected families, intervene where youth and families need help, and ensure that frustration does not turn into division. That's the work now underway. END

Sean Devine@seandevine9.bsky.social · 3d ago

I appreciate the Ottawa Citizen covering this issue. But the headline implies that the primary concern in Craig Henry is Islamophobia. That's one part of it, but there is also a very real public safety concern that residents have been raising for years. 1/ ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

After Craig Henry stabbing, Islamophobia a concern for some Nepean residents

Online hate comments were directed at Muslims and newcomers after the July 23 stabbing of a man in the neighbourhood.

ottawacitizen.com

Sean Devine@seandevine9.bsky.social · 3d ago

I also facilitated a stakeholder meeting involving the Craig Henry Community Association, the Manordale-Woodvale Community Association, NROCRC, and Minto. Everyone agreed this requires a long-term, multi-partner effort focused on both community safety and successful community integration. 6/

City of Ottawa@en.ottawa.ca · 3d ago

With significant rainfall expected, take a few moments and prepare for the weather ahead: - Point downspouts away from house - Backflow valve and sump pump are working - Ensure your eavestroughs are clear - Clear your neighbourhood catch basin of debris https://bit.ly/3G3a8BR

Catch basin being flooded with water.