John Redins
@johnredins.bsky.social
People call me an advocate. I believe I am more than that. johnredins.com
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...
Artificial intelligence can do anything. Can it give me a salary of a professional ball player?
October 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Artificial intelligence can do anything. Can it give me a salary of a professional ball player?
City Council passed a motion to negotiate with Metrolinx to take over Ottawa LRT as a Doug Ford election promise. This is what the city is negotiationing with
"The project is at least $1 billion over budget and was scheduled to open in 2020" Englinton LRT. City of Ottawa as well is even bypassed
"The project is at least $1 billion over budget and was scheduled to open in 2020" Englinton LRT. City of Ottawa as well is even bypassed
October 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
City Council passed a motion to negotiate with Metrolinx to take over Ottawa LRT as a Doug Ford election promise. This is what the city is negotiationing with
"The project is at least $1 billion over budget and was scheduled to open in 2020" Englinton LRT. City of Ottawa as well is even bypassed
"The project is at least $1 billion over budget and was scheduled to open in 2020" Englinton LRT. City of Ottawa as well is even bypassed
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Friday, You weigh in on the decision by Doug Ford to table legislation that would ban photo radar in the province. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ford government says it will ban speed cameras across Ontario | CBC News
Ontario Premier Doug Ford called the traffic enforcement tool a "cash grab" at a news conference in Vaughan Thursday. He said his government will introduce new legislation to ban speed cameras.
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September 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Friday, You weigh in on the decision by Doug Ford to table legislation that would ban photo radar in the province. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Hear your stories in our reality check on Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program. Is too easy to access? You can hear your stories on the Ontario Today pod here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
September 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hear your stories in our reality check on Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program. Is too easy to access? You can hear your stories on the Ontario Today pod here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Well look at that... Ottawa's City Manager just sent out a "Clarification on In-Office Standard and Flexibility in Alternative Work Arrangements" via email to Councillors and senior staff.
In short: hybrid work will very much continue after January 1.
In short: hybrid work will very much continue after January 1.
September 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Well look at that... Ottawa's City Manager just sent out a "Clarification on In-Office Standard and Flexibility in Alternative Work Arrangements" via email to Councillors and senior staff.
In short: hybrid work will very much continue after January 1.
In short: hybrid work will very much continue after January 1.
Few weeks ago I was interviewed by CBC Ottawa about the new Canadian Disability Benefit. I am quoted in the first part of this interview #cdnpoli
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Rabia Khedr - CBC Ottawa Morning August 26, 2025
YouTube video by Disability Without Poverty
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September 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Few weeks ago I was interviewed by CBC Ottawa about the new Canadian Disability Benefit. I am quoted in the first part of this interview #cdnpoli
youtube.com/watch?v=XLyh...
youtube.com/watch?v=XLyh...
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Hey Ottawa people! We’re doing a virtual talk on Tuesday (September 16) with @otttransitriders.bsky.social for their Annual General Meeting.
Join us to talk about urbanism, transit advocacy, and the Ottawa context.
Their AGM is in person in Sandy Hill and streamed online.
Join us to talk about urbanism, transit advocacy, and the Ottawa context.
Their AGM is in person in Sandy Hill and streamed online.
September 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Hey Ottawa people! We’re doing a virtual talk on Tuesday (September 16) with @otttransitriders.bsky.social for their Annual General Meeting.
Join us to talk about urbanism, transit advocacy, and the Ottawa context.
Their AGM is in person in Sandy Hill and streamed online.
Join us to talk about urbanism, transit advocacy, and the Ottawa context.
Their AGM is in person in Sandy Hill and streamed online.
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The #WeekWithoutDriving is coming to Ottawa Sep 29 - Oct 5. For drivers, it's a chance to experience other mobility modes. For those who take #octranspo, #ottbike or #ottwalk, it's time to advocate for easier, more reliable and more enjoyable travel.
More: bikeottawa.ca/2025/09/04/j...
More: bikeottawa.ca/2025/09/04/j...
September 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The #WeekWithoutDriving is coming to Ottawa Sep 29 - Oct 5. For drivers, it's a chance to experience other mobility modes. For those who take #octranspo, #ottbike or #ottwalk, it's time to advocate for easier, more reliable and more enjoyable travel.
More: bikeottawa.ca/2025/09/04/j...
More: bikeottawa.ca/2025/09/04/j...
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As always, @samhersh01.bsky.social is blunt. This city could be so much better, especially on issues like transit. @otttransitriders.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/opinion/hers...
Hersh: The mayor has made our public transit mess even worse
OC Transpo riders are suffering the consequences of a growing budget hole, writes Sam Hersh.
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September 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
As always, @samhersh01.bsky.social is blunt. This city could be so much better, especially on issues like transit. @otttransitriders.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/opinion/hers...
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Routes 6, 40, 43, 90, 92, 98, 105, 116, 197 will detour due to Hunt Club Road paving work (Bank to Airport) on select dates only, between September 10 and 30, 8 pm to 5:30 am. www.octranspo.com/en...
September 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Routes 6, 40, 43, 90, 92, 98, 105, 116, 197 will detour due to Hunt Club Road paving work (Bank to Airport) on select dates only, between September 10 and 30, 8 pm to 5:30 am. www.octranspo.com/en...
A former city councillor advised me that I can be brutally honest at times. Do city councillors possess the fortitude to challenge administration on a vote regarding the cost of R1 service to the city each time a train experiences difficulties, given that city staff claim they cannot release the
September 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A former city councillor advised me that I can be brutally honest at times. Do city councillors possess the fortitude to challenge administration on a vote regarding the cost of R1 service to the city each time a train experiences difficulties, given that city staff claim they cannot release the