David Edwards
@divided-words.bsky.social
I am a musician, writer, philomath, thinker, and over-thinker living in Central Canada.
Informal early polling in the Glebe suggests an appetite for political change.
(Observed at Bank & Holmwood.)
#ottpoli #ottawa #glebeOttawa #Lansdowne
(Observed at Bank & Holmwood.)
#ottpoli #ottawa #glebeOttawa #Lansdowne
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Informal early polling in the Glebe suggests an appetite for political change.
(Observed at Bank & Holmwood.)
#ottpoli #ottawa #glebeOttawa #Lansdowne
(Observed at Bank & Holmwood.)
#ottpoli #ottawa #glebeOttawa #Lansdowne
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This is like when the LRT line 2 started construction (by clearing forests) the minute it was approved by council. Makes us feel like the voting was performative and the ink on the contract was already in place.
January 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This is like when the LRT line 2 started construction (by clearing forests) the minute it was approved by council. Makes us feel like the voting was performative and the ink on the contract was already in place.
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Is Ottawa really the most liveable city in North America?
Not so fast, Mr Mayor. Not so fast.
pressprogress.ca/quality-of-l...
Not so fast, Mr Mayor. Not so fast.
pressprogress.ca/quality-of-l...
‘Quality of Life Study’ Celebrated by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is Actually Sourced From a Dubious Eastern European Website
Sutcliffe claims a new 'study' proves Ottawa is the ‘most liveable’ city in North America, but experts say the website’s data is unreliable
pressprogress.ca
January 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Is Ottawa really the most liveable city in North America?
Not so fast, Mr Mayor. Not so fast.
pressprogress.ca/quality-of-l...
Not so fast, Mr Mayor. Not so fast.
pressprogress.ca/quality-of-l...
#OttawaSky has disappeared as of today. Does anyone know what has happened to it? #ottawa #bluesky #feeds
January 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
#OttawaSky has disappeared as of today. Does anyone know what has happened to it? #ottawa #bluesky #feeds
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Ottawa police ask for help as the look for teen missing since Dec. 17 ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...
December 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Ottawa police ask for help as the look for teen missing since Dec. 17 ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...
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Interested in learning more about the redevelopment and construction of Lansdowne 2.0? Join us this Wednesday, December 17 between 6 and 8 pm at TD Place Arena for a drop-in information session about all things Lansdowne 2.0. For more details, visit: https://bit.ly/3lwWtgC
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Interested in learning more about the redevelopment and construction of Lansdowne 2.0? Join us this Wednesday, December 17 between 6 and 8 pm at TD Place Arena for a drop-in information session about all things Lansdowne 2.0. For more details, visit: https://bit.ly/3lwWtgC
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Good afternoon, Ottawa.
Bonjour, Autowa.
Bonjour, Autowa.
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Good afternoon, Ottawa.
Bonjour, Autowa.
Bonjour, Autowa.
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A councillor who was at the centre of a corruption trial in 2019 has an op/ed in the Citizen today, suggesting that downtown councillors that are critical of ballooning police budgets are responsible for crime rates attributed to the housing and addiction crises.
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
Coun. Tim Tierney apologizes, brings corrupt practice case to an end
Tim Tierney, the Ottawa city councillor representing Beacon Hill-Cyrville ward, apologized in court Wednesday and agreed to give up two months of salary to resolve …
ottawacitizen.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A councillor who was at the centre of a corruption trial in 2019 has an op/ed in the Citizen today, suggesting that downtown councillors that are critical of ballooning police budgets are responsible for crime rates attributed to the housing and addiction crises.
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
Urgent!
Ford is rushing Bill 33 and 60 — Bill 60 can be sent to a final vote anytime!
60 makes it easier for llords. to evict tnnts. and raise rents, and to privatize our water.
I emailed my MPP to vote NO. The more we speak up, the hrdr. it is for hm to ignr. us.
OntarioNDP.ca/stop-the-attack
Ford is rushing Bill 33 and 60 — Bill 60 can be sent to a final vote anytime!
60 makes it easier for llords. to evict tnnts. and raise rents, and to privatize our water.
I emailed my MPP to vote NO. The more we speak up, the hrdr. it is for hm to ignr. us.
OntarioNDP.ca/stop-the-attack
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Urgent!
Ford is rushing Bill 33 and 60 — Bill 60 can be sent to a final vote anytime!
60 makes it easier for llords. to evict tnnts. and raise rents, and to privatize our water.
I emailed my MPP to vote NO. The more we speak up, the hrdr. it is for hm to ignr. us.
OntarioNDP.ca/stop-the-attack
Ford is rushing Bill 33 and 60 — Bill 60 can be sent to a final vote anytime!
60 makes it easier for llords. to evict tnnts. and raise rents, and to privatize our water.
I emailed my MPP to vote NO. The more we speak up, the hrdr. it is for hm to ignr. us.
OntarioNDP.ca/stop-the-attack
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Our last chance to stop Lansdowne 2.0. Show up this Friday.
November 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Our last chance to stop Lansdowne 2.0. Show up this Friday.
@bsky.app When a user follows a link from Notifications to a page containing their comment(s), there is no way to get from there to the original post. The link at the top of the column that reads
<- Post
leads not to the post, but back to Notifications.
#blueskybug #bug
<- Post
leads not to the post, but back to Notifications.
#blueskybug #bug
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@bsky.app When a user follows a link from Notifications to a page containing their comment(s), there is no way to get from there to the original post. The link at the top of the column that reads
<- Post
leads not to the post, but back to Notifications.
#blueskybug #bug
<- Post
leads not to the post, but back to Notifications.
#blueskybug #bug
October 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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The city just revealed its plans for Bank Street... and chose to prioritize 140 parking spaces over the needs of 6000 daily transit riders.
I made a video summarizing the issue in case you want an update on how things are going:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtWH...
I made a video summarizing the issue in case you want an update on how things are going:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtWH...
Ottawa Won’t Build Bus Lanes
YouTube video by Casual Commuter
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September 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The city just revealed its plans for Bank Street... and chose to prioritize 140 parking spaces over the needs of 6000 daily transit riders.
I made a video summarizing the issue in case you want an update on how things are going:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtWH...
I made a video summarizing the issue in case you want an update on how things are going:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtWH...
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Approximately 70% of renters in the City of Ottawa will be eligible for a rent reduction in 2026 in a change my team initiated in #Ottawa
www.shawnmenard.ca/city_to_begi...
www.shawnmenard.ca/city_to_begi...
City to Begin Notifying Renters of Automatic Rent Reduction
Fight for your City
www.shawnmenard.ca
September 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Approximately 70% of renters in the City of Ottawa will be eligible for a rent reduction in 2026 in a change my team initiated in #Ottawa
www.shawnmenard.ca/city_to_begi...
www.shawnmenard.ca/city_to_begi...
betterottawa.ca/summit/
"Ottawa has so much potential that we’ve let slip away.
The only way [to] get something better is if [we] stand together and build the power we need to take back our city. People power."
@shawnmenard.bsky.social @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social #ottawa
"Ottawa has so much potential that we’ve let slip away.
The only way [to] get something better is if [we] stand together and build the power we need to take back our city. People power."
@shawnmenard.bsky.social @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social #ottawa
September 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
betterottawa.ca/summit/
"Ottawa has so much potential that we’ve let slip away.
The only way [to] get something better is if [we] stand together and build the power we need to take back our city. People power."
@shawnmenard.bsky.social @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social #ottawa
"Ottawa has so much potential that we’ve let slip away.
The only way [to] get something better is if [we] stand together and build the power we need to take back our city. People power."
@shawnmenard.bsky.social @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social #ottawa
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Ottawans! Do you want $1/2bn of your bucks going to this stadium when a far cheaper & sensible fix (90% ⬇️) would do, freeing up funds for ACTUAL pressing priorities?
#HomelessnessEmergency #ClimateEmergency
#NoOligarchs @shawnmenard.bsky.social @arieltroster.com
glebereport.ca/articles/lan...
#HomelessnessEmergency #ClimateEmergency
#NoOligarchs @shawnmenard.bsky.social @arieltroster.com
glebereport.ca/articles/lan...
August 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Ottawans! Do you want $1/2bn of your bucks going to this stadium when a far cheaper & sensible fix (90% ⬇️) would do, freeing up funds for ACTUAL pressing priorities?
#HomelessnessEmergency #ClimateEmergency
#NoOligarchs @shawnmenard.bsky.social @arieltroster.com
glebereport.ca/articles/lan...
#HomelessnessEmergency #ClimateEmergency
#NoOligarchs @shawnmenard.bsky.social @arieltroster.com
glebereport.ca/articles/lan...
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A case of measles has been identified by #Ottawa Public Health with potential exposures to the virus for others in the community. Further spread could occur 21 days following exposure.
#Measles is preventable. MMR vaccine is safe and effective.
More info re Ottawa sites: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
#Measles is preventable. MMR vaccine is safe and effective.
More info re Ottawa sites: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
Ottawa Public Health alerting residents of measles exposure locations | City of Ottawa
ottawa.ca
August 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A case of measles has been identified by #Ottawa Public Health with potential exposures to the virus for others in the community. Further spread could occur 21 days following exposure.
#Measles is preventable. MMR vaccine is safe and effective.
More info re Ottawa sites: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
#Measles is preventable. MMR vaccine is safe and effective.
More info re Ottawa sites: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
There's an app for that. bikeottawa.ca/2025/08/01/a...
#ottawa #bikeott #theresanappforthat #ottbike @bikesky.social
#ottawa #bikeott #theresanappforthat #ottbike @bikesky.social
A bike map is born
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa (August 1, 2025) —Bike Ottawa is pleased to announce the launch of the free Cycling Guide app in Ottawa, offering residents and visitors the best available low-stress, …
bikeottawa.ca
August 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
There's an app for that. bikeottawa.ca/2025/08/01/a...
#ottawa #bikeott #theresanappforthat #ottbike @bikesky.social
#ottawa #bikeott #theresanappforthat #ottbike @bikesky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/B7hGF...
#ottawa #GlebeOttawa #lansdowne #ottawacharge #OttawaREDBLACKS #AtleticoOttawa #Ottawa67s #CityOfOttawa
@shawnmenard.bsky.social
@pwhlcharge.bsky.social
@ottawaredblacks.com
@atleticoottawa.bsky.social
@marksutcliffe.bsky.social
#ottawa #GlebeOttawa #lansdowne #ottawacharge #OttawaREDBLACKS #AtleticoOttawa #Ottawa67s #CityOfOttawa
@shawnmenard.bsky.social
@pwhlcharge.bsky.social
@ottawaredblacks.com
@atleticoottawa.bsky.social
@marksutcliffe.bsky.social
Better Ottawa : Lansdowne 2.0 proposal in one sentence
YouTube video by Better Ottawa, with Neil Saravanamuttoo
www.youtube.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM