Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦
@heatherbadenoch.bsky.social
She/Her. Living liver donor (non-directed), plasma donor. Skye and Dori’s fur-mom. RIP Mini, my Saint Bernard. Runs Village PR: comms for nonprofits. Lefter than left. Not related to that hateful UK "leader." Taller than you. Ottawa 🇨🇦
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Hello!
I post about:
- living organ donation (mostly liver because it’s a thing I did and loved, non-directed)
- my rescued dog, Skye
- Ottawa 🇨🇦
- Communications and PR for charities
- Things I cook, if they turned out exceptionally well (or badly)
- My leftie political opinion. Very, very left.
I post about:
- living organ donation (mostly liver because it’s a thing I did and loved, non-directed)
- my rescued dog, Skye
- Ottawa 🇨🇦
- Communications and PR for charities
- Things I cook, if they turned out exceptionally well (or badly)
- My leftie political opinion. Very, very left.
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An oft-repeated statistic says men apply for a job when they have 60% of the qualifications while women wait till they have 100%. Pretty sure that stat was debunked, but …
Several men seem to think that being Mayor is a suitable starter job for someone with no municipal experience. It’s not.
Several men seem to think that being Mayor is a suitable starter job for someone with no municipal experience. It’s not.
January 31, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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It’s still -30°C with the windchill, but the days ahead look way more reasonable. A balmy -6 coming up.
January 30, 2026 at 5:10 PM
It’s still -30°C with the windchill, but the days ahead look way more reasonable. A balmy -6 coming up.
Reposted by Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦
There's no longer any question: it's time to compensate transit riders for what they're going through. These pictures are heartbreaking - people going to evening shifts, home and family, class.
From the ottawa community on Reddit: Train Evacuation
Posted by WA472P - 136 votes and 43 comments
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January 28, 2026 at 2:39 AM
There's no longer any question: it's time to compensate transit riders for what they're going through. These pictures are heartbreaking - people going to evening shifts, home and family, class.
Reposted by Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦
Interesting to see Alex Lawson scrubbed from the PoliticalIntel consultants site amidst running for mayor web.archive.org/web/20251221... #ottnews
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January 23, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Interesting to see Alex Lawson scrubbed from the PoliticalIntel consultants site amidst running for mayor web.archive.org/web/20251221... #ottnews
Please spread the word to our neighbours about a place to get warm.
@jleiper.bsky.social @catmckenney.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @shawnmenard.bsky.social
@jleiper.bsky.social @catmckenney.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @shawnmenard.bsky.social
Ottawa temperatures are dropping as low as -29°C this weekend. 🥶
Need a place to warm up in Centretown? Visit the Taggart Family Y lobby at 180 Argyle Avenue.
We have seating, wifi, and washrooms. Low-cost meals and snacks are available from Chef Ric's.
Keep safe and bundled up! 🧣
Need a place to warm up in Centretown? Visit the Taggart Family Y lobby at 180 Argyle Avenue.
We have seating, wifi, and washrooms. Low-cost meals and snacks are available from Chef Ric's.
Keep safe and bundled up! 🧣
January 23, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Please spread the word to our neighbours about a place to get warm.
@jleiper.bsky.social @catmckenney.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @shawnmenard.bsky.social
@jleiper.bsky.social @catmckenney.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @shawnmenard.bsky.social
Hootsuite is working with ICE to support their "social listening", but it's Hootsuite that isn't reading the room. Despite the reaction to learning they are working with ICE, Hootsuite doubled down during an internal all-hands call on Thursday. Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0bde79a...
Hootsuite CEO says ICE contract will stand as long as agency honours terms and conditions
‘We did nothing wrong here,’ head of Vancouver social media company said in internal call with employees
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January 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Hootsuite is working with ICE to support their "social listening", but it's Hootsuite that isn't reading the room. Despite the reaction to learning they are working with ICE, Hootsuite doubled down during an internal all-hands call on Thursday. Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0bde79a...
Where we spend our money matters because every purchase acts as a vote for the kind of world we want to live in. Alternatives to Hootsuite include Planable, Buffer and Sprout Social. Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0bde79a...
Vancouver social media company Hootsuite looking to work with ICE to ‘build trust’
Company has secured a project with ICE that involves ‘social listening’ after cancelling a contract in 2020 over employee backlash
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Where we spend our money matters because every purchase acts as a vote for the kind of world we want to live in. Alternatives to Hootsuite include Planable, Buffer and Sprout Social. Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0bde79a...
Bizarre thing at Ottawa airport last night. We landed on an Air Canada flight from Mexico. Someone messed up, because we got off the plane, no customs or immigration, and went directly to the luggage carousel. People with carry-on-only just walked out of the airport. Nobody cleared customs.
January 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Bizarre thing at Ottawa airport last night. We landed on an Air Canada flight from Mexico. Someone messed up, because we got off the plane, no customs or immigration, and went directly to the luggage carousel. People with carry-on-only just walked out of the airport. Nobody cleared customs.
Reposted by Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦
Council will soon be voting on a new zoning by-law that adds greater density and focuses on 15-minute communities across Ottawa. I've been thinking a lot about growing up in Convent Glen in that context, and offer the following: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_0R....
Growing up in Convent Glen's 15-minute community
YouTube video by Kitchissippi Ward
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January 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Council will soon be voting on a new zoning by-law that adds greater density and focuses on 15-minute communities across Ottawa. I've been thinking a lot about growing up in Convent Glen in that context, and offer the following: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_0R....
In case you needed something hopeful.
(We’re in Mexico and don’t know these lovely people)
(We’re in Mexico and don’t know these lovely people)
January 8, 2026 at 9:03 PM
In case you needed something hopeful.
(We’re in Mexico and don’t know these lovely people)
(We’re in Mexico and don’t know these lovely people)
Exciting middle-age weekend plans: picked up an embroidery book from the library. @opl-bpo.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Exciting middle-age weekend plans: picked up an embroidery book from the library. @opl-bpo.bsky.social
Dori is *over* winter.
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Dori is *over* winter.
My snow removal service just sent a message with, "If you have an urgent medical appointment like dialysis, cancer treatment or surgery on a day (or night) when we are expecting snow, notify us 24 hours in advance and we will do our best to clear your way out of your driveway before you go." 🥹
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
My snow removal service just sent a message with, "If you have an urgent medical appointment like dialysis, cancer treatment or surgery on a day (or night) when we are expecting snow, notify us 24 hours in advance and we will do our best to clear your way out of your driveway before you go." 🥹
The photos look like grocery stores.
Did anyone see the people stealing basic necessities?
No, we did not.
Did anyone see the people stealing basic necessities?
No, we did not.
December 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The photos look like grocery stores.
Did anyone see the people stealing basic necessities?
No, we did not.
Did anyone see the people stealing basic necessities?
No, we did not.
A woman who lived without hands or legs for eight years after a sepsis infection turned her limbs black can now finally hold her granddaughter’s hand, thanks to a life-changing hand transplant.
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‘Hand transplant means I can finally hold my granddaughter for first time’
‘This is the most precious gift I have ever received in my life,’ Kim Smith said
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December 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A woman who lived without hands or legs for eight years after a sepsis infection turned her limbs black can now finally hold her granddaughter’s hand, thanks to a life-changing hand transplant.
ca.news.yahoo.com/hand-transpl...
ca.news.yahoo.com/hand-transpl...
Health Canada has approved the first drug designed to treat postpartum depression. Zuranolone is a pill and can start relieving symptoms in as few as three days.
One in five women experiences a depression or anxiety disorder during or after pregnancy.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
One in five women experiences a depression or anxiety disorder during or after pregnancy.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
First pill to treat postpartum depression approved by Health Canada
Zuranolone is a pill taken once a day for 14 days and can start relieving depressive symptoms in as few as three days
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Health Canada has approved the first drug designed to treat postpartum depression. Zuranolone is a pill and can start relieving symptoms in as few as three days.
One in five women experiences a depression or anxiety disorder during or after pregnancy.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
One in five women experiences a depression or anxiety disorder during or after pregnancy.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Nepean power outrage seems to be widespread. Neighbours are comparing notes in a local Facebook group. From Parkwood Hills to Manordale.
@lainejohnson.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social @hydroottawa.bsky.social
@lainejohnson.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social @hydroottawa.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Nepean power outrage seems to be widespread. Neighbours are comparing notes in a local Facebook group. From Parkwood Hills to Manordale.
@lainejohnson.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social @hydroottawa.bsky.social
@lainejohnson.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social @hydroottawa.bsky.social
Power just went out in Nepean. @seandevine9.bsky.social @hydroottawa.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Power just went out in Nepean. @seandevine9.bsky.social @hydroottawa.bsky.social
An AI-powered transcription tool recorded a hospital doctors' meeting and sent the meeting notes, including patient info, to the 65 people on the meeting invite list, 12 of whom were no longer employed by the hospital.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0bde79a...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0bde79a...
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff, watchdog says
The transcription tool recorded the meeting on behalf of a physician who no longer worked at the hospital
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November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
An AI-powered transcription tool recorded a hospital doctors' meeting and sent the meeting notes, including patient info, to the 65 people on the meeting invite list, 12 of whom were no longer employed by the hospital.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0bde79a...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0bde79a...
From the ottawa community on Reddit
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November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A review is underway of the actions of an RCMP officer who arrested a woman with a developmental disability and removed her from a mental health social centre, while off duty and in a different police jurisdiction.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Complaint filed about off-duty RCMP officer who arrested woman with autism, intellectual delay | CBC News
A complaint process is underway for an RCMP officer who arrested an intellectually delayed woman and removed her from a social centre, while off duty and in a different police jurisdiction.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A review is underway of the actions of an RCMP officer who arrested a woman with a developmental disability and removed her from a mental health social centre, while off duty and in a different police jurisdiction.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Feeling stressed?
Here’s Dori in her new hat.
Sweet girl is a puppy mill rescue from Kentucky and isn’t used to the cold.
Here’s Dori in her new hat.
Sweet girl is a puppy mill rescue from Kentucky and isn’t used to the cold.
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Feeling stressed?
Here’s Dori in her new hat.
Sweet girl is a puppy mill rescue from Kentucky and isn’t used to the cold.
Here’s Dori in her new hat.
Sweet girl is a puppy mill rescue from Kentucky and isn’t used to the cold.
I got a speed camera ticket this week.
Do I call it a cash grab?
No.
Do I blame the camera?
No.
I was speeding (just a little, but still) and I'll pay the ticket.
Do I call it a cash grab?
No.
Do I blame the camera?
No.
I was speeding (just a little, but still) and I'll pay the ticket.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I got a speed camera ticket this week.
Do I call it a cash grab?
No.
Do I blame the camera?
No.
I was speeding (just a little, but still) and I'll pay the ticket.
Do I call it a cash grab?
No.
Do I blame the camera?
No.
I was speeding (just a little, but still) and I'll pay the ticket.
Friday joy: Here's a video of Dori from earlier this week. Our Kentucky-born rescue pup experienced her first snowfall. And her first time walking in boots.
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Friday joy: Here's a video of Dori from earlier this week. Our Kentucky-born rescue pup experienced her first snowfall. And her first time walking in boots.