Ted Raymond
@tedraymond.bsky.social
Local news reporter for CTV News Ottawa. Award-adjacent. Wrote a good headline in 2022. Opinions expressed are those of your employer. I speak French and early Simpsons.
And so, there is inspiration to be had, and anger is directed at the right people, but the pithy phrasing of this Bluesky post makes it *seem* they raised $20,000 to briefly stop the orphan crushing machine, to paraphrase a popular tweet.
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
And so, there is inspiration to be had, and anger is directed at the right people, but the pithy phrasing of this Bluesky post makes it *seem* they raised $20,000 to briefly stop the orphan crushing machine, to paraphrase a popular tweet.
Since nobody official will take any real blame or make any real comment, the story goes to the *people* involved, who knew Cornelius Taylor, who lived with him and loved him, and tells the story of how the city's fuck up mobilized people to demand justice and change.
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Since nobody official will take any real blame or make any real comment, the story goes to the *people* involved, who knew Cornelius Taylor, who lived with him and loved him, and tells the story of how the city's fuck up mobilized people to demand justice and change.
The City of Atlanta ordered an encampment cleared ahead of MLK Day events nearby to spare dignitaries the backdrop of poverty so that they could perform goodness in MLK Jr.'s name. In their haste, the workers ordered to clear the tent killed a man.
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The City of Atlanta ordered an encampment cleared ahead of MLK Day events nearby to spare dignitaries the backdrop of poverty so that they could perform goodness in MLK Jr.'s name. In their haste, the workers ordered to clear the tent killed a man.
That's how there's three. Christmas Past gets reprogrammed and becomes Christmas Present, which gets reprogrammed and becomes Christmases Yet-to-Come.
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
That's how there's three. Christmas Past gets reprogrammed and becomes Christmas Present, which gets reprogrammed and becomes Christmases Yet-to-Come.
Zoo Hard 2: Tope Harder
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Zoo Hard 2: Tope Harder
Chief people officer
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Chief people officer
By the way, I wasn't being facetious about the bigger real tree. If you know of one, I would like to know about it, too.
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
By the way, I wasn't being facetious about the bigger real tree. If you know of one, I would like to know about it, too.
Well, yeah, it was a failure.
They say they plan to bring the big tree back every year for several more years, so I guess in that respect it would endure where the plastic sheet did not. I was thinking of just the winter.
They say they plan to bring the big tree back every year for several more years, so I guess in that respect it would endure where the plastic sheet did not. I was thinking of just the winter.
November 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Well, yeah, it was a failure.
They say they plan to bring the big tree back every year for several more years, so I guess in that respect it would endure where the plastic sheet did not. I was thinking of just the winter.
They say they plan to bring the big tree back every year for several more years, so I guess in that respect it would endure where the plastic sheet did not. I was thinking of just the winter.
Gatineau plans to upstage it next year with a proposed *92-foot tree* with a hot chocolate station inside of it.
Now, that'll be a big tree if they deliver.
Now, that'll be a big tree if they deliver.
Christmas village coming to Canadian Museum of History next Christmas
A new Christmas attraction will be coming to the National Capital Region next year.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Gatineau plans to upstage it next year with a proposed *92-foot tree* with a hot chocolate station inside of it.
Now, that'll be a big tree if they deliver.
Now, that'll be a big tree if they deliver.
If you can find me a taller real tree, I'm all eyes.
As for the rest. They wouldn't say, and probably not. The "rink" was around well after New Year's, as I recall, but I'll bet the tree gets better reviews.
As for the rest. They wouldn't say, and probably not. The "rink" was around well after New Year's, as I recall, but I'll bet the tree gets better reviews.
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
If you can find me a taller real tree, I'm all eyes.
As for the rest. They wouldn't say, and probably not. The "rink" was around well after New Year's, as I recall, but I'll bet the tree gets better reviews.
As for the rest. They wouldn't say, and probably not. The "rink" was around well after New Year's, as I recall, but I'll bet the tree gets better reviews.