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Tonight! Come together to talk about what the election results mean for our city and progress towards a safe cycling city. #ottBike

The MORKs will continue until property tax rates increase.

Sutcliffe elected Senior Hot Patch Manager for another four years.

If we’re not going to de-amalgamate, Ottawa needs boroughs. This is no way to live.

Election Day is tomorrow (Oct 26). Make a plan to vote. Our friends @bikeottawa.bsky.social asked candidates about safe streets. Check out their answers (or lack thereof) and vote accordingly. Where to vote below 👇🏼 bikeottawa.ca/2026/10/01/2...

The cost to repair the Ottawa Gymnastics Centre was recently estimated at $1.8-million, representing about 0.5% of the city's budget to repair and maintain existing recreation facilities. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Honestly anyone who promises to solve the nightly motorcycle racing people should just automatically win. Contingent on solving it within 3 months or it goes to the next person ranked ballot style.

This would be a start by the city of Ottawa to set an example for other drivers

Apparently as long as you have a big “under contract to City of Ottawa” magnet on the side of your car, you can drive down any NCC pathway of your choosing

“The solar array saves us $22,000 annually, accumulating to an estimated $900,000 over the system’s lifetime” Something like this in Ontario schools would make installing heatpumps (for AC) in schools much more affordable as cooling demand aligns with solar generation @chandrapasma.bsky.social

Ottawa is going to need a new Road Safety Action Plan. This one is broken.

It's time for Ottawa's dangerous streets to become an election issue. This is too much 🚸🚲🧑‍🦼🚶 #Ottawa #VulnerableRoadUsers

Heard on the radio that two more people were hit by drivers today on top of the one from early this morning. The next council really aggressively needs to fund actual vision zero and safe infrastructure.

I’m pretty excited for this permeable pavement pilot happening nearby brought forward by @seandevine9.bsky.social

Paris is showing how to make cities healthier and more child-friendly. More than 300 school streets are now car-free and give space to trees, play, and safe walking/cycling. The aim goes far beyond traffic safety: cleaner air, less noise, and more independence for children.

Another benefit from accelerating Ottawa’s bike network build out — we can use it to meet some the emission targets the city has on the books. bsky.app/profile/rene...

🎉 Tomorrow (Friday) is advanced voting day! Use this tool to find out where to vote elections.ottawa.ca/VotingLocati... #ottvote

Our recommended ecological planks are finally out! With Ottawa’s municipal election on October 26, we’ve compiled a set of ecological planks: specific commitments on climate, transportation, transit, trees, land use, nature, energy, and waste that we’re asking candidates to adopt.

40% of *everything being shipped everywhere on Earth* is fossil fuels Just an absolute laughing-stock clown-show of an energy source. This is laughably absurd, why do we treat this like it's normal and good Fossil fuels are a satirical fuel www.irena.org/-/media/File...

My Byward market realm plan involves installing cobble stones throughout. They naturally calm traffic, look great, and add some character to an otherwise paved all the things concrete and asphalt esthetic.

When this portable, window-mount, heat pump came out it was $4,000-$5,000 to purchase and install. Now it is down to ~$3,000. It's a cold-climate heat pump that operates to -22°F, runs on 120V and you can still see out the window! 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋

"The panel of 24 researchers from 8 countries determined that physical activity offers multiple and significant benefits for children’s cognitive development."

Ottawa needs smashburgers and beers by bike

Another watermain break and sink hole. You can explore the age of our city's pipes using this interactive map. bickertonpa.github.io/Ottawa-Water... The pipes in question appear to be from 1967, making them 59 years old. 1/

People running for council should have to attend a week long training session about the TMP, the Official Plan and induced demand. Reading up on so many suburban candidates who are like “I’m going to add more lanes”

Canada Is Falling Behind on Electrification — And It Could Cost Trillions The data's in: Electric is better and (or soon will be) cheaper. Powering Canada’s Growth: The Economic Case for an Electrified Canada with Prof. Madeleine McPherson. youtu.be/_6fH0XY84TY

"Fossil-fueled equipment generates dangerous amounts of air pollution and heat in kitchens, despite their commercial-grade ventilation. All-electric equipment doesn’t." www.canarymedia.com/articles/emi... via @alisontakemura.bsky.social

"I'm not gonna jack up people's water bills to cover new infrastructure spending. We have a plan for what we're doing with the rates over the next few years, and I'm gonna stick the that plan." - @mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social His plan increases water rates 62% by 2035 www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...

Signed, Cycled, Delivered 💪 🚲 #leiper2026

Ever since the province took over garbage collection, it’s been trash roulette whether they decide to take ours or not. Any efficiencies they gained have likely been consumed by all the extra customer service they have to do for otherwise regular pick up.

This will be Sutcliffe’s next strategy, straight up eliminating property taxes www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...

If you have some time this weekend, please consider getting out and voting in the special advance early voting locations! Poll booths are open from 10am-8pm on both days! You can find the location nearest you on the following site : ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...

Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy

@en.ottawa.ca any chance of promoting “trick or streets” block parties to make Ottawa’s Halloween streets safer?

Looks like the Sutcliffe campaign has started texting people that have never ever signed up for anything Sutcliffe related.

Germany has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, aiming for 80% renewable energy by 2030 and a potential earlier coal exit date of 2035.

Somebody get hired and then go to war from the inside on all the bumpy thermoplastic paint markings. The people demand clean, red-tinted asphalt!

We should take another crack at cleaning up the Centenial Flame and let kids design it for their future in a cross-country RAIC-juried design contest

Wake up, Canada. Just four companies control 80% of oilsands production. 60% of those companies' stock is owned by Americans. How is being an American petro colony in the "national interest", @mark-carney.bsky.social?