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For context, a study the City of Ottawa commissioned showed that new sprawl costs $465 per person per year, whereas high-density infill "pays for itself and leaves the city with an extra $606 per capita each year."
Sprawl is unsustainable environmental and economically.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sprawl is unsustainable environmental and economically.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Suburban expansion costs increase to $465 per person per year in Ottawa | CBC News
Infill development is known to be much cheaper for cities than adding new subdivisions, and City of Ottawa staff have shared estimates for how much the municipality saves — and spends — depending on w...
www.cbc.ca
February 17, 2026 at 10:24 PM
For context, a study the City of Ottawa commissioned showed that new sprawl costs $465 per person per year, whereas high-density infill "pays for itself and leaves the city with an extra $606 per capita each year."
Sprawl is unsustainable environmental and economically.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sprawl is unsustainable environmental and economically.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) president David Mastin said the province has underfunded public education by $6.3 billion since 2018, citing a 2025 report by @ricardotranjan.bsky.social @ccpa-on.bsky.social #CanEd www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
School board takeovers distraction from chronic underfunding of Ontario schools, say teacher and student reps | CBC News
As Ontario's education minister mulls eliminating the role of school board trustees provincewide, groups representing Ontario educators and students say the province is taking over boards to distract ...
www.cbc.ca
February 17, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) president David Mastin said the province has underfunded public education by $6.3 billion since 2018, citing a 2025 report by @ricardotranjan.bsky.social @ccpa-on.bsky.social #CanEd www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Education should set you up for success, not a lifetime debt sentence. It’s time to end Doug Ford’s vicious cycle of cuts and save OSAP.
February 17, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Education should set you up for success, not a lifetime debt sentence. It’s time to end Doug Ford’s vicious cycle of cuts and save OSAP.
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Happy Lunar New Year! Wishing you health, happiness, and prosperity as we celebrate new beginnings and welcoming good fortune for the year ahead.
February 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Happy Lunar New Year! Wishing you health, happiness, and prosperity as we celebrate new beginnings and welcoming good fortune for the year ahead.
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"I don’t believe we need to spend 2% of our GDP on military spending, as we need that money for other things, including the climate emergency . . . The idea that we should now move to 5% of GDP is a destructive and nihilistic fantasy, pouring fuel on the climate fire."
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My Interview With Avi Lewis, Candidate for Leader of the Federal NDP
I met Avi Lewis 30 years ago when he was a journalist working at CityTV in Toronto, while I worked across the street in the National Film Board building.
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February 17, 2026 at 11:40 PM
"I don’t believe we need to spend 2% of our GDP on military spending, as we need that money for other things, including the climate emergency . . . The idea that we should now move to 5% of GDP is a destructive and nihilistic fantasy, pouring fuel on the climate fire."
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CCLA and fellow advocates are deeply concerned by the Ontario government’s anti-democratic takeover of locally elected school boards.
Read more here.
ccla.org/press-releas...
Read more here.
ccla.org/press-releas...
CCLA Condemns Ontario’s Growing Takeover of Local School Boards - CCLA
Those affected by Bill 9 will have to choose between their faith and their profession or their studies – a dilemma that has no place in a democracy.
ccla.org
February 17, 2026 at 9:13 PM
CCLA and fellow advocates are deeply concerned by the Ontario government’s anti-democratic takeover of locally elected school boards.
Read more here.
ccla.org/press-releas...
Read more here.
ccla.org/press-releas...
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"With the recent move to push aside the elected Peel District School Board, seven boards are now under direct provincial control.... Collectively, these boards serve more than 718,000 students – nearly 35 per cent of Ontario’s publicly funded student population."
#OntEd
#OntEd
February 18, 2026 at 12:56 AM
"With the recent move to push aside the elected Peel District School Board, seven boards are now under direct provincial control.... Collectively, these boards serve more than 718,000 students – nearly 35 per cent of Ontario’s publicly funded student population."
#OntEd
#OntEd
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Another part of Lowell Green’s shtick was calling his show “The Island of Sanity.” He, and by extension his listeners, were the only sane people. The show was largely a catalogue of outrages, perpetrated by crazies.
February 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Another part of Lowell Green’s shtick was calling his show “The Island of Sanity.” He, and by extension his listeners, were the only sane people. The show was largely a catalogue of outrages, perpetrated by crazies.
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You didn’t get to understand the world better by listening to Lowell Green.
February 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM
You didn’t get to understand the world better by listening to Lowell Green.
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If they had reasons for what they had said or did, those mattered as much as the argument a guy shouting in the street is making to the voice in his head.
Lowell Green didn’t traffic in knowledge, or rational virtue. He trafficked in outrage.
Sometimes justifiable outrage, but always outrage.
Lowell Green didn’t traffic in knowledge, or rational virtue. He trafficked in outrage.
Sometimes justifiable outrage, but always outrage.
February 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM
If they had reasons for what they had said or did, those mattered as much as the argument a guy shouting in the street is making to the voice in his head.
Lowell Green didn’t traffic in knowledge, or rational virtue. He trafficked in outrage.
Sometimes justifiable outrage, but always outrage.
Lowell Green didn’t traffic in knowledge, or rational virtue. He trafficked in outrage.
Sometimes justifiable outrage, but always outrage.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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Lowell Green was a racist demagogue who used his CFRA radio show as a soapbox to rant about immigrants and target racialized communities in Ottawa
Contrary to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's eulogy here, Lowell wasn't proud of Canada – he wrote an entire book about how it wasn't white enough for him
Contrary to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's eulogy here, Lowell wasn't proud of Canada – he wrote an entire book about how it wasn't white enough for him
February 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Lowell Green was a racist demagogue who used his CFRA radio show as a soapbox to rant about immigrants and target racialized communities in Ottawa
Contrary to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's eulogy here, Lowell wasn't proud of Canada – he wrote an entire book about how it wasn't white enough for him
Contrary to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's eulogy here, Lowell wasn't proud of Canada – he wrote an entire book about how it wasn't white enough for him
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Grateful to have the support of former Alberta MLAs Maria Fitzpatrick, Jon Carson and Estefan Cortes-Vargas.
They've fought for a more fair and inclusive future, and they know what's possible when we elect more New Democrats because they helped deliver it.
They've fought for a more fair and inclusive future, and they know what's possible when we elect more New Democrats because they helped deliver it.
February 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Grateful to have the support of former Alberta MLAs Maria Fitzpatrick, Jon Carson and Estefan Cortes-Vargas.
They've fought for a more fair and inclusive future, and they know what's possible when we elect more New Democrats because they helped deliver it.
They've fought for a more fair and inclusive future, and they know what's possible when we elect more New Democrats because they helped deliver it.
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It was amazing to see so many people out enjoying the sunshine at the Whitehaven Winter Fun Day yesterday, including a very spirited, vigorously contested game of hockey. An absolutely beautiful day. Many thanks to the Whitehaven Community Association for organizing it.
February 15, 2026 at 8:31 PM
It was amazing to see so many people out enjoying the sunshine at the Whitehaven Winter Fun Day yesterday, including a very spirited, vigorously contested game of hockey. An absolutely beautiful day. Many thanks to the Whitehaven Community Association for organizing it.
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I’m a proud Albertan and a proud Canadian.
Flag Day is a great opportunity to remember that we all do better in a strong, united Canada.
Flag Day is a great opportunity to remember that we all do better in a strong, united Canada.
February 15, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I’m a proud Albertan and a proud Canadian.
Flag Day is a great opportunity to remember that we all do better in a strong, united Canada.
Flag Day is a great opportunity to remember that we all do better in a strong, united Canada.
Baseball spring training starting? Be still, my beating heart!
February 16, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Baseball spring training starting? Be still, my beating heart!
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WATCH: How this small city tripled its cycling in just 11 years, via @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social.
(spoiler: It’s Victoria BC in Canada, and it’s worth watching)
(spoiler: It’s Victoria BC in Canada, and it’s worth watching)
How This Small City Tripled Its Cycling In Just 11 Years
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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February 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
WATCH: How this small city tripled its cycling in just 11 years, via @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social.
(spoiler: It’s Victoria BC in Canada, and it’s worth watching)
(spoiler: It’s Victoria BC in Canada, and it’s worth watching)
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Yesterday, I completed the Gatineau 50k Classic Loppet along with @alexcullen.bsky.social & our oldest grandson who skied with his grandfather the whole way. So proud of both of them. What an amazing way to spend Valentine’s Day.
February 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Yesterday, I completed the Gatineau 50k Classic Loppet along with @alexcullen.bsky.social & our oldest grandson who skied with his grandfather the whole way. So proud of both of them. What an amazing way to spend Valentine’s Day.
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O-Train east extension delayed by train availability, axle issues ottawacitizen.com/news/o-train...
February 13, 2026 at 3:45 AM
O-Train east extension delayed by train availability, axle issues ottawacitizen.com/news/o-train...
Why wasn't Council (and the public) informed? This is public property, paid for by taxpayers, and could have been put to good use - the greenspace retained, the gym retained, other parts re-used. #ottcity
City of Ottawa knew school board was selling vacant school in 2018, and wasn't interested ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Why wasn't Council (and the public) informed? This is public property, paid for by taxpayers, and could have been put to good use - the greenspace retained, the gym retained, other parts re-used. #ottcity
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Cheers to long weekends, #OttCity!
Certain services, like waste collection, will be operating on holiday schedules tomorrow, February 16, due to Family Day.
Take note of all impacts here: https://bit.ly/4aIzBBi
Certain services, like waste collection, will be operating on holiday schedules tomorrow, February 16, due to Family Day.
Take note of all impacts here: https://bit.ly/4aIzBBi
February 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Cheers to long weekends, #OttCity!
Certain services, like waste collection, will be operating on holiday schedules tomorrow, February 16, due to Family Day.
Take note of all impacts here: https://bit.ly/4aIzBBi
Certain services, like waste collection, will be operating on holiday schedules tomorrow, February 16, due to Family Day.
Take note of all impacts here: https://bit.ly/4aIzBBi
This is bad policy, bad politics. The drawing of Congressional seat boundaries (a state responsibility in the U.S.) should not be a political exercise. It should be done by a non-partisan independent commission based on fundamental democratic principles. Otherwise abuse occurs. #USPolitics
As Hakeem Jeffries sits in the minority of a GOP-controlled Washington, he is still haunted by a Republican gerrymandering gambit that he believes cost him the speaker’s gavel — and cost his party control of the House.
This time, he’s making sure Democrats fight back. https://cnn.it/3ZEmbQz
This time, he’s making sure Democrats fight back. https://cnn.it/3ZEmbQz
February 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This is bad policy, bad politics. The drawing of Congressional seat boundaries (a state responsibility in the U.S.) should not be a political exercise. It should be done by a non-partisan independent commission based on fundamental democratic principles. Otherwise abuse occurs. #USPolitics
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What would be the most socially useful way to spend a billion dollars?
What would be the most socially useful way to spend a billion dollars?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
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February 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM
What would be the most socially useful way to spend a billion dollars?