Pyke
@pykey.bsky.social
Ottawa resident for the past few decades. I'm passionate about biking, the outdoors, municipal politics and urban places for people. I'm also a nurse and believe in science and vaccines. Oh and I love local beer on a fun patio. 🏳️🌈
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Family of 4 headed downtown on a Sunday for some wandering, shopping and exploration: $16.40 each way, $32.80 round trip. Parking for 2h $6
And we wonder why ppl drive.
And we wonder why ppl drive.
January 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Family of 4 headed downtown on a Sunday for some wandering, shopping and exploration: $16.40 each way, $32.80 round trip. Parking for 2h $6
And we wonder why ppl drive.
And we wonder why ppl drive.
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OC Transpo in two acts: Offer free service, then offer no service at peak demand.
January 1, 2026 at 1:49 PM
OC Transpo in two acts: Offer free service, then offer no service at peak demand.
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The thing is that the train station doesn’t need to be in the middle of nowhere. It could be, should be, a hub with plentiful, housing, business, etc., around it. But decades of inept planning, and road building has orphaned it. 1/
December 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The thing is that the train station doesn’t need to be in the middle of nowhere. It could be, should be, a hub with plentiful, housing, business, etc., around it. But decades of inept planning, and road building has orphaned it. 1/
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Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
I wonder if @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social has any New Year resolutions
If not, may I suggest fewer lies/spin and more accountability.
Remember the million trees you promised to plant 3 years ago Mark? How's that going? 🤡
If not, may I suggest fewer lies/spin and more accountability.
Remember the million trees you promised to plant 3 years ago Mark? How's that going? 🤡
January 1, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I wonder if @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social has any New Year resolutions
If not, may I suggest fewer lies/spin and more accountability.
Remember the million trees you promised to plant 3 years ago Mark? How's that going? 🤡
If not, may I suggest fewer lies/spin and more accountability.
Remember the million trees you promised to plant 3 years ago Mark? How's that going? 🤡
Heading home after holiday trips to both Calgary and Toronto
It's interesting being someone who walks,bikes and occasionally takes transit.
Calgary isn't good. Toronto is better than it was. I'm coming home appreciating Ottawa and also hatibg parts of it.
It's interesting being someone who walks,bikes and occasionally takes transit.
Calgary isn't good. Toronto is better than it was. I'm coming home appreciating Ottawa and also hatibg parts of it.
December 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Heading home after holiday trips to both Calgary and Toronto
It's interesting being someone who walks,bikes and occasionally takes transit.
Calgary isn't good. Toronto is better than it was. I'm coming home appreciating Ottawa and also hatibg parts of it.
It's interesting being someone who walks,bikes and occasionally takes transit.
Calgary isn't good. Toronto is better than it was. I'm coming home appreciating Ottawa and also hatibg parts of it.
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The brightest moments in The Council Meeting That Was Heard Around The World were: @catmckenney.bsky.social calling in from Kent Street and also that moment later in the meeting when they were so angry their hair was completely vertical. Happy New Year to you and Jellybean, you absolute legend. <3
Would big man Tim Tierney who likes to throw traffic cones around walk through the convoy downtown? No.
It was Catherine McKenney. They also know the lived difference between what is actual safety (empathy, funding, housing etc etc) and what suburbanites experience as “feeling unsafe” ie seeing
It was Catherine McKenney. They also know the lived difference between what is actual safety (empathy, funding, housing etc etc) and what suburbanites experience as “feeling unsafe” ie seeing
December 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The brightest moments in The Council Meeting That Was Heard Around The World were: @catmckenney.bsky.social calling in from Kent Street and also that moment later in the meeting when they were so angry their hair was completely vertical. Happy New Year to you and Jellybean, you absolute legend. <3
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Liar, liar, pants on fire.
‘Not really focused on the election’: Ottawa mayor says lots of work to come in 2026
‘Not really focused on the election’: Ottawa mayor says lots of work to come in 2026
In a year-end interview with CTV News Ottawa’s Patricia Boal, Sutcliffe said he still has nearly a full year of work ahead of him.
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December 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Liar, liar, pants on fire.
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#ottbike I urge you to write to the PM and local councillor regarding this project : ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
Bike lanes were completely removed from the project with a total disregard to cyclist's safety. I don't except the local councillor with a DUI to be much help.
Bike lanes were completely removed from the project with a total disregard to cyclist's safety. I don't except the local councillor with a DUI to be much help.
Varennes Boulevard Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Study and Valin Street Active Transportation Project | City of Ottawa
The purpose of this study is to recommend permanent roadway modifications intended to improve safety for all road users, primarily by reducing vehicular speeds.
ottawa.ca
December 31, 2025 at 3:23 AM
#ottbike I urge you to write to the PM and local councillor regarding this project : ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
Bike lanes were completely removed from the project with a total disregard to cyclist's safety. I don't except the local councillor with a DUI to be much help.
Bike lanes were completely removed from the project with a total disregard to cyclist's safety. I don't except the local councillor with a DUI to be much help.
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Meanwhile, here's Mark Sutcliffe proudly saying the city's housing plan is "being described as the most ambitious municipal housing plan in Canada."
ottawacitizen.com/news/sutclif...
Yes, BY THE THE, THE MAYOR.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ottawacitizen.com/news/sutclif...
Yes, BY THE
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December 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Meanwhile, here's Mark Sutcliffe proudly saying the city's housing plan is "being described as the most ambitious municipal housing plan in Canada."
ottawacitizen.com/news/sutclif...
Yes, BY THE THE, THE MAYOR.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ottawacitizen.com/news/sutclif...
Yes, BY THE
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Twenty-five years after Ottawa's amalgamation, still the same fantasy.
Nepean was debt-free largely because it could offload expensive infrastructure to the regional government and expensive social services to the smaller central City of Ottawa. Not its inherent virtue.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nepean was debt-free largely because it could offload expensive infrastructure to the regional government and expensive social services to the smaller central City of Ottawa. Not its inherent virtue.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
December 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Twenty-five years after Ottawa's amalgamation, still the same fantasy.
Nepean was debt-free largely because it could offload expensive infrastructure to the regional government and expensive social services to the smaller central City of Ottawa. Not its inherent virtue.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nepean was debt-free largely because it could offload expensive infrastructure to the regional government and expensive social services to the smaller central City of Ottawa. Not its inherent virtue.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The pedestrian was hit while on the sidewalk. Driver didn't have a license...
Also, isn't it unusual for police to announce they've arrested/charged someone but not identify who?
Also, isn't it unusual for police to announce they've arrested/charged someone but not identify who?
Ottawa man arrested after hit-and-run left pedestrian with critical injuries ottawacitizen.com/news/arrest-...
December 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The pedestrian was hit while on the sidewalk. Driver didn't have a license...
Also, isn't it unusual for police to announce they've arrested/charged someone but not identify who?
Also, isn't it unusual for police to announce they've arrested/charged someone but not identify who?
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Same location, slightly different angle. Is this a cry for help? Is Mark trapped in a parking lot?
December 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Same location, slightly different angle. Is this a cry for help? Is Mark trapped in a parking lot?
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I had a similar issue. After filing an info request, I was falsely told no info on the subject existed. When I said I had some info already, they told me I should've told them that. They then gave me a few internal emails that discussed how little information they could "get away with" telling me.
City manager’s emails scarce on details on how 5-day return to office mandate came to be | CBC News
As the City of Ottawa’s 'new standard' for five days in-office begins in the new year, internal documents from the city manager’s office show how Wendy Stephanson planned to defend her controversial d...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I had a similar issue. After filing an info request, I was falsely told no info on the subject existed. When I said I had some info already, they told me I should've told them that. They then gave me a few internal emails that discussed how little information they could "get away with" telling me.
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I shouldn’t have to “Donate” to my local libraries. But with @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social austerity budgets and money badly directed to things like Lansdowne 2.0, I guess that’s where we’re at? No “Donate” button for the Police though?
December 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I shouldn’t have to “Donate” to my local libraries. But with @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social austerity budgets and money badly directed to things like Lansdowne 2.0, I guess that’s where we’re at? No “Donate” button for the Police though?
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@arieltroster.com It's happening again. #ottbike
December 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
@arieltroster.com It's happening again. #ottbike
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really troubling things happening at Carleton University whose Board of Governors have approved an “institutional impartiality policy” which silences departments and groups and prevents them from speaking up against global injustices and genocides.
leveller.ca/2025/12/docu...
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Documenting Carleton's Institutional Impartiality Policy - The Leveller
By Maxwell Heroux & Maheeshan Sivanesan H ow can a singular policy that initially upset functionally every student group and faculty member, still manage to pass? That is the question that prompted th...
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December 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
really troubling things happening at Carleton University whose Board of Governors have approved an “institutional impartiality policy” which silences departments and groups and prevents them from speaking up against global injustices and genocides.
leveller.ca/2025/12/docu...
leveller.ca/2025/12/docu...
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Reckless and dangerous rhetoric from Toronto Sun columnist, Brian Lilley. Vigilantism is completely unacceptable.
December 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Reckless and dangerous rhetoric from Toronto Sun columnist, Brian Lilley. Vigilantism is completely unacceptable.
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Visit Ottawa! See our World Class parking lot snow piles!
December 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Visit Ottawa! See our World Class parking lot snow piles!
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Imagine congestion pricing in #OttCity: even just, say, just the urban area shown below, or a concentrated area bound by Bronson, 417, Rideau River… imagine how much better our city could be. Imagine a #BetterOttawa
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December 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Imagine congestion pricing in #OttCity: even just, say, just the urban area shown below, or a concentrated area bound by Bronson, 417, Rideau River… imagine how much better our city could be. Imagine a #BetterOttawa
@strongtownsottawa.ca
@bettertransitottawa.ca
@strongtownsottawa.ca
@bettertransitottawa.ca
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"The fares will increase until ridership improves!"
On Jan. 1, 2026, fares are changing. Here’s what you need to know:
➡️ Most fares will increase by about 2.5%
➡️ EquiPass, Community Pass & Access Pass remain frozen
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➡️ Most fares will increase by about 2.5%
➡️ EquiPass, Community Pass & Access Pass remain frozen
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December 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"The fares will increase until ridership improves!"
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“They’re protecting the police’s interest. They’re not even protecting the public interest.”
Ottawa Police Board claims of fair and inclusive rules for participants countered by court ruling that community members' Charter rights were infringed.
Read about it here: leveller.ca/2025/12/cour...
Ottawa Police Board claims of fair and inclusive rules for participants countered by court ruling that community members' Charter rights were infringed.
Read about it here: leveller.ca/2025/12/cour...
Court Rules Ottawa Police Services Board Cherry-Picked Public Presenters - The Leveller
By Peter Moore T he Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB) discriminated against people who wanted to present information critical of the Ottawa police at its meetings, according to a small claims court ...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“They’re protecting the police’s interest. They’re not even protecting the public interest.”
Ottawa Police Board claims of fair and inclusive rules for participants countered by court ruling that community members' Charter rights were infringed.
Read about it here: leveller.ca/2025/12/cour...
Ottawa Police Board claims of fair and inclusive rules for participants countered by court ruling that community members' Charter rights were infringed.
Read about it here: leveller.ca/2025/12/cour...
Zero honesty or accountability. @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social "balanced" approach on display yet again
leveller.ca/2025/12/cour...
leveller.ca/2025/12/cour...
Court Rules Ottawa Police Services Board Cherry-Picked Public Presenters - The Leveller
By Peter Moore T he Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB) discriminated against people who wanted to present information critical of the Ottawa police at its meetings, according to a small claims court ...
leveller.ca
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Zero honesty or accountability. @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social "balanced" approach on display yet again
leveller.ca/2025/12/cour...
leveller.ca/2025/12/cour...
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You think politician demanding full RTO give a fuck about the viral consequences? You think we couldn’t fund #ottawa public health to have vaccination clinics in all schools? Or fund central air HEPA filtration? Fords got $80 fucking billion dollars for highways. We’re lead by people who dont care
It’s awesome that no one gives a fuck about public health anymore. Our kids school had an outbreak declared last Thursday for like 3 different things with most kids and teachers getting sick between then and the communications today. #ottawa
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
‘Sky-high’ circulation of flu among Canadian kids, teens as experts brace for worsening wave of infections | CBC News
A surge of influenza among school-aged kids is linked to the recent deaths of multiple Ontario children, prompting calls for Canadian families to get vaccinated as medical experts brace for a worsenin...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
You think politician demanding full RTO give a fuck about the viral consequences? You think we couldn’t fund #ottawa public health to have vaccination clinics in all schools? Or fund central air HEPA filtration? Fords got $80 fucking billion dollars for highways. We’re lead by people who dont care