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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 3m

Police are mentioned in the article. It will also reopen wounds from past tragedies among first responders.

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Neil Saravanamuttoo @neilsara.bsky.social · 32m

I was at Ottawa City Hall today. If today is indicative of a normal workday, that place has become a ghost town since the security barriers were introduced.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 20m

On city hall.

Roch Bourassa @rochbourassa.bsky.social · 22m

Sad!

This used to be such an animated place to be able to walk through, as i had been a frequent user of the best parking garage in #YOW

This has lost its place as one of #ottawa best #ThirdPlace … and that in the name of so-called #security

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Bicycle Seen @frpaul1.bsky.social · 39m

Devastaring update: The child passed from their injuries. It happend at 3:40pm, so they were probably on their way home from school.
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Bicycle Seen @frpaul1.bsky.social · 2h

Child under 10 critically injured on Presland near Lola in Overbrook. There's a small park on that corner.
#OttWalk
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Child critically injured after being hit by dump truck in Overbrook

A child is in critical condition in hospital after being hit by a dump truck in the Overbrook area Wednesday afternoon, Ottawa paramedics say.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 39m

The standards for that unit have changed. I hope it's better but I am unsure.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 45m

Stats I'd love to know 101.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 46m

The program only started in 2025. So we need recent antidotes on masking to see if they have changed.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 47m

Same number of officers on duty as in 2000 is a claim which could be verified. As a standalone comment, it is compelling.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 48m

The colour of the deck is a distraction from the content. It is also hard to read.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 50m

Zero deaths on our roads per year is possible. It will take action from all of us.

Reduction in deaths is not a bold enough vision.
#OttPoli

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 50m

We have a child pedestrian death today in #Ottawa. My first thoughts are first for the family and friends. My second thoughts are for police and paramedics who responded. My actions are to continue to fight for road safety across the city.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 1h

I'm listening to @ottawapolice.bsky.social Chief Stubbed speak to Community Associations. His explanation for why we need more officers is surprisingly compelling. I hope he also makes a strong push for a greatly enlarged mental health unit. My neighbourhood isn't part of the pilot area #OttPoli

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ottwatch @ottwatch.bsky.social · 5h

New Lobbying by Kyle Jacobs: Lansdowne 2.0. residential redevelopment ... https://ottwatch.ca/lobbying/4858

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Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 8h

EVs significantly reduce the marginal cost of driving, which is going to be a disaster for our cities. It now costs me $15 round-trip to drive from Vancouver to Seattle with up to 5 people. Why would I park my car and take transit once I get there? Road pricing will eventually prove essential.

West Seattle Bike Blog @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 9h

I was thinking of taking the fam on the train to Leavenworth to see the Christmas lights this winter, but it would be $544 dollar for the four of us...

It would cost about $5.50 to drive our EV that distance.

Amtrak ticket showing $136 per person for a round trip to Leavenworth from Seattle

Map showing 45 kWh to drive from Seattle to Leavenworth. At $.13 a kilowatt that's about $5-6.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 8h

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 6h

I don't know that I've ever deliberately had poutine. As someone who doesn't like gravy, it lacks appeal.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 7h

I want a sensible city that either doesn't do traffic count on closed roads or explains why it is doing so.

Percy as an open but closed road has been an issue for some time.

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Bicycle Seen @frpaul1.bsky.social · 9h

A spin on the phrase "work to live, not live to work".

Two frame cartoon.
Frame 1: Driver in traffic saying to passenger, "I hate driving... but I need a car to get to work"
Frame 2: Same person at work telling co-worker, "I hate my job, but I gotta make car payments"
Credit: Andy Singer

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 9h

Great alt text. You are those things too.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 9h

Above an Immigrant focussed kiosk is a bad placement for a plastic skeleton.

Many immigrants don't come from Halloween celebrating places. Others come from war torn countries with unburied dead. The ByWard Market needs to move that one, IMHO.

Night of the Living Ted Raymond @tedraymond.bsky.social · 10h

Good morning, Ottawa!
Bonjour, Ottawa!

A sekelton sits on top of the immigrant entrepreneur Canada pop up shop in the ByWard Market.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 11h

Hey @en.ottawa.ca can you have the road master update the status of Percy or have the count delayed, please?

It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11h

The city's doing a traffic count on a Percy Street while the road is still closed on Google Maps. I'm sure that's going to give accurate numbers /s

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 13h

The Black Creek project was in Toronto's development charge study. It had a cost of $689 million, of which 38%, or $262 million, would be paid for from general revenue, and $427 million from development charges.

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 12h

Creating people-first policy for the design of public places means we rethink priorities, refocus design langage and process (including procurement) and refocus our efforts to create #PlacesForPeople; I’m grateful to voices like @arieltroster.com @tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social and others who believe

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 19h

Quote from a totally different news story earlier in the day: "Hundreds die at work every year despite law created to improve safety"

Gas explosion at Toronto const...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Gas explosion at Toronto construction site sends 7 to hospital | CBC News

Seven people were sent to hospital after an explosion at a highrise construction site in Toronto Tuesday morning, police say.

www.cbc.ca

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 22h

It's because the JPL is a huge source of American science excellent for decades, so time to slash that bad boy apart.

The War on Science isn't going to fight itself!

Forbes @forbes.com · 2d

The job cuts are part of an effort to “restructure” the Jet Propulsion Lab, the lab’s director said in a statement.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Cutting 550 Jobs—But Not Due To Government Shutdown, Director Says

The job cuts are part of an effort to “restructure” the Jet Propulsion Lab, the lab’s director said in a statement.

www.forbes.com

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