John Redins
@johnredins.bsky.social
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🚇Line 2 alert:
⛔️Bayview Station is temporarily out of service.
⚠️Service will be operating from Corso Italia to Limebank.
⚠️R2 buses are available between:
➡️ Corso Italia and Bayview Station.
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⛔️Bayview Station is temporarily out of service.
⚠️Service will be operating from Corso Italia to Limebank.
⚠️R2 buses are available between:
➡️ Corso Italia and Bayview Station.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🚇Line 2 alert:
⛔️Bayview Station is temporarily out of service.
⚠️Service will be operating from Corso Italia to Limebank.
⚠️R2 buses are available between:
➡️ Corso Italia and Bayview Station.
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⛔️Bayview Station is temporarily out of service.
⚠️Service will be operating from Corso Italia to Limebank.
⚠️R2 buses are available between:
➡️ Corso Italia and Bayview Station.
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Budget day at City Hall
New Meeting: City Council Dec 10 10:00 https://ottwatch.ca/meeting/4d914219-00c6-48c4-bcc6-b82ca579c430
December 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Budget day at City Hall
Funding for these announcements are coming from multiple accommodation tax tourists pay. Tourist use transit. Why are we not seeing these extra dollars going into regular transit and getting rid of the rural charge on Para Transpo @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social
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Is your councillor a chronic no-voter on city budgets? | Opinion
Tim Tierney: Ottawa has traded safety and security for policing alternatives – experiments that have repeatedly failed. | Opinion
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December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Funding for these announcements are coming from multiple accommodation tax tourists pay. Tourist use transit. Why are we not seeing these extra dollars going into regular transit and getting rid of the rural charge on Para Transpo @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social
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My transportation is limited to Para Transpo bus only, with no service available after midnight, although cab customers can book 24 hours in advance if needed. I have been invited to a meeting at the Manotick branch of the Ottawa library, which is 16 km away and costs $12 one way. Under the new
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My transportation is limited to Para Transpo bus only, with no service available after midnight, although cab customers can book 24 hours in advance if needed. I have been invited to a meeting at the Manotick branch of the Ottawa library, which is 16 km away and costs $12 one way. Under the new
@octranspo.com has money for ads but no money to improve ALL Para Transpo customers driving in rural #ottcity #ottnews #ottpoli @otttransitriders.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
@octranspo.com has money for ads but no money to improve ALL Para Transpo customers driving in rural #ottcity #ottnews #ottpoli @otttransitriders.bsky.social
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New Consultation: Oc Transpo Accessibility Plan Consultations Consultation: Oc Transpo Accessibility Plan Consultations https://engage.ottawa.ca/oc-transpo-accessibility-plan-consultations
December 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New Consultation: Oc Transpo Accessibility Plan Consultations Consultation: Oc Transpo Accessibility Plan Consultations https://engage.ottawa.ca/oc-transpo-accessibility-plan-consultations
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Here is your chance to speak up on accessibility using @OC_Transpo @helps.octranspo.com
@octranspo.com @helps.octranspo.com want to hear from you on accessibility issues. Elevators breaking down rural vs urban wrong buses after midnight service taxi vs bus #ottcoty #ottnews #ottpoli @otttransitriders.bsky.social
OC Transpo Accessibility Plan Consultations
Provide input on the next OC Transpo Accessibility Plan The OC Transpo Accessibility Plan is a requirement under the Federal Government’s Accessible Canada Act. It is a three-year plan that includes w...
engage.ottawa.ca
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Here is your chance to speak up on accessibility using @OC_Transpo @helps.octranspo.com
@octranspo.com @helps.octranspo.com want to hear from you on accessibility issues. Elevators breaking down rural vs urban wrong buses after midnight service taxi vs bus #ottcoty #ottnews #ottpoli @otttransitriders.bsky.social
OC Transpo Accessibility Plan Consultations
Provide input on the next OC Transpo Accessibility Plan The OC Transpo Accessibility Plan is a requirement under the Federal Government’s Accessible Canada Act. It is a three-year plan that includes w...
engage.ottawa.ca
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
@octranspo.com @helps.octranspo.com want to hear from you on accessibility issues. Elevators breaking down rural vs urban wrong buses after midnight service taxi vs bus #ottcoty #ottnews #ottpoli @otttransitriders.bsky.social
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On Bill 60: What a shock, when the Province pushes through legislation quickly without the opportunity for municipalities to give feedback, that you end up with so much ambiguity, so many questions, so many problems that come up.
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Province needs to stay in their lane on cycling
Legislation blocks municipalities from converting under-used road lanes into bike infrastructure
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December 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
On Bill 60: What a shock, when the Province pushes through legislation quickly without the opportunity for municipalities to give feedback, that you end up with so much ambiguity, so many questions, so many problems that come up.
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A recent motion for final approval for people with disabilities still leave many dealing with Para Transpo @octranspo.com an empty seat at the table. The motion will add 4 free trips in rural transit zones a year when most can't drive a vehicle. Rural areas are subject to an extra 11 dollar fee.
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A recent motion for final approval for people with disabilities still leave many dealing with Para Transpo @octranspo.com an empty seat at the table. The motion will add 4 free trips in rural transit zones a year when most can't drive a vehicle. Rural areas are subject to an extra 11 dollar fee.
City of Ottawa motion sends a message to everyone that has a disability in our city to go #### yourselves. I apologize but I been going to these meetings since Dianne Deans was chair of the old Transit Commission. Does this city really want us living here when majority of us can't drive? Even some
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
City of Ottawa motion sends a message to everyone that has a disability in our city to go #### yourselves. I apologize but I been going to these meetings since Dianne Deans was chair of the old Transit Commission. Does this city really want us living here when majority of us can't drive? Even some
@helps.octranspo.com and this city needs to wake up
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
@helps.octranspo.com and this city needs to wake up
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Capital Current's Jake Steele and Chidimma Aliozor write about the negative feedback the 82 route is getting from its riders.
#Ottawa #OCTranspo #Bussing #Community
Read about it here: capitalcurrent.ca/exponentiall...
#Ottawa #OCTranspo #Bussing #Community
Read about it here: capitalcurrent.ca/exponentiall...
“Exponentially terrible”: Redesigned Route 82 works against Knoxdale-Merivale commute, bus riders say - Capital Current
Ottawa's Route 82 absorbed two other bus lines under New Ways to Bus. Riders now say the three-in-one route is unreliable and inconvenient.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Capital Current's Jake Steele and Chidimma Aliozor write about the negative feedback the 82 route is getting from its riders.
#Ottawa #OCTranspo #Bussing #Community
Read about it here: capitalcurrent.ca/exponentiall...
#Ottawa #OCTranspo #Bussing #Community
Read about it here: capitalcurrent.ca/exponentiall...
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Supervisor of Ottawa worker killed on the job found not guilty of criminal negligence
Supervisor of Ottawa worker killed on the job found not guilty of criminal negligence
The supervisor charged with criminal negligence in the 2023 death of a young worker while hedge-trimming in Ottawa has been found not guilty.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Supervisor of Ottawa worker killed on the job found not guilty of criminal negligence
Will an 2.5 percent increase in @octranspo.com fares create new routes in areas that have no service levels? Handing over the the rail system over to Metrolinx help the citizens or create more issues? They cannot even get the Elington LRT going for revenue service and has been built for a few years
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Will an 2.5 percent increase in @octranspo.com fares create new routes in areas that have no service levels? Handing over the the rail system over to Metrolinx help the citizens or create more issues? They cannot even get the Elington LRT going for revenue service and has been built for a few years
Final vote 15-10 in favour of Landsdowne. More money for affordable housing was also added
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Final vote 15-10 in favour of Landsdowne. More money for affordable housing was also added
Vote for Landsdowne 2.0 debate shaping up to coming down to the almagation wards vs original wards of Ottawa
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Vote for Landsdowne 2.0 debate shaping up to coming down to the almagation wards vs original wards of Ottawa
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
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@helps.octranspo.com in recent weeks, we been noticing a lot of elevators going out of service at stations throughout the city. What are the plan to service customers that need these elevators to use transit? Show us the plan
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
@helps.octranspo.com in recent weeks, we been noticing a lot of elevators going out of service at stations throughout the city. What are the plan to service customers that need these elevators to use transit? Show us the plan
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@helps.octranspo.com Para Transpo new 7 metre bus has an electrical ramp. The operator must go outside to operate the ramp. What is your solution then if there is an emergency and operator is unable to do their duty to get passengers out quickly?
November 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@helps.octranspo.com Para Transpo new 7 metre bus has an electrical ramp. The operator must go outside to operate the ramp. What is your solution then if there is an emergency and operator is unable to do their duty to get passengers out quickly?
Small volunteer fire departments are struggling to meet deadline in #onpoli
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Volunteer fire departments struggling to meet deadline
The province says it won't be giving extra time for small communities to get firefighters certified.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Small volunteer fire departments are struggling to meet deadline in #onpoli
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We are notifying the community of additional public exposure locations for measles.
Two new confirmed measles infections in Ottawa residents are linked to the previously reported ones.
Please read the full PSA, including detailed exposure locations, dates, and times at ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
Two new confirmed measles infections in Ottawa residents are linked to the previously reported ones.
Please read the full PSA, including detailed exposure locations, dates, and times at ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
October 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We are notifying the community of additional public exposure locations for measles.
Two new confirmed measles infections in Ottawa residents are linked to the previously reported ones.
Please read the full PSA, including detailed exposure locations, dates, and times at ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
Two new confirmed measles infections in Ottawa residents are linked to the previously reported ones.
Please read the full PSA, including detailed exposure locations, dates, and times at ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...