Sean Devine
@seandevine9.bsky.social
City Councillor for Ward 9 (Knoxdale-Merivale). Proud husband and father of 4. Singer in a garage band.
Wow, indeed. Artistic tributes to Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
February 17, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Wow, indeed. Artistic tributes to Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Eager to see what comes out of making Ottawa-Gatineau the host for Canada's Defence Innovation Hub. Led by the inspiring Sonya Shorey, I'm glad to see @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social and my colleague Councillor David Hill taking leadership roles on the Task Force. www.investottawa.ca/dihub/taskfo...
Canada's Defence Innovation Hub in Ottawa | Invest Ottawa
Where every breakthrough strengthens our sovereignty and builds our economy.When the world changes, we don’t just react — we unite, we adapt and we lead.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Eager to see what comes out of making Ottawa-Gatineau the host for Canada's Defence Innovation Hub. Led by the inspiring Sonya Shorey, I'm glad to see @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social and my colleague Councillor David Hill taking leadership roles on the Task Force. www.investottawa.ca/dihub/taskfo...
While I always think it’s decent to sympathize with families grieving the loss of a loved one, I would not set out to lionize Lowell Green, at least not without a more balanced commentary that recognized the well-documented and justifiable criticisms. 1/
I’m very sad to hear of the passing of legendary Ottawa broadcaster Lowell Green. I grew up listening to Lowell on CFRA and then became a colleague and friend for 20 years. He was a groundbreaking talk show host and proud Canadian.
February 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
While I always think it’s decent to sympathize with families grieving the loss of a loved one, I would not set out to lionize Lowell Green, at least not without a more balanced commentary that recognized the well-documented and justifiable criticisms. 1/
In between coats while painting my son’s bedroom, I popped over to The Glens Winter Carnival. Grenfell Glen Park is always a lovely spot, all year round. 1/
February 16, 2026 at 1:31 AM
In between coats while painting my son’s bedroom, I popped over to The Glens Winter Carnival. Grenfell Glen Park is always a lovely spot, all year round. 1/
This is an interesting idea. Pick a commercial area in Ottawa that could use more foot traffic, identify a vacant store, City retrofits it for bike parking. It's likely cheaper than building new infrastructure. Even as - dare I say - a pilot project. @sjamieit.bsky.social thoughts?
Downtown Ottawa could use an indoor bike lot in a vacant storefront that is unrentable without more foot and bike traffic.
The city has expanded its cycling network in recent years, and secure parking remains a critical puzzle piece. At the convergence of necessity and opportunity, this passage turns underperforming retail units into bike infrastructure, increasing its relevance while supporting the mobility transition.
February 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This is an interesting idea. Pick a commercial area in Ottawa that could use more foot traffic, identify a vacant store, City retrofits it for bike parking. It's likely cheaper than building new infrastructure. Even as - dare I say - a pilot project. @sjamieit.bsky.social thoughts?
The Ottawa Humane Society (OHS) is urgently looking for 30 foster volunteers to support their Sheltering Animals From Emergencies (SAFE) program. To find out more, and hopefully get signed up as a volunteer, visit their website at the link below.
www.ottawahumane.ca/get-involved...
www.ottawahumane.ca/get-involved...
Foster Homeless Pets - Ottawa Humane Society
Volunteer to foster cats, kittens, dogs, puppies and more pets who need you. Foster volunteers take care of homeless animals in their homes. Sign up today.
www.ottawahumane.ca
February 13, 2026 at 9:24 PM
The Ottawa Humane Society (OHS) is urgently looking for 30 foster volunteers to support their Sheltering Animals From Emergencies (SAFE) program. To find out more, and hopefully get signed up as a volunteer, visit their website at the link below.
www.ottawahumane.ca/get-involved...
www.ottawahumane.ca/get-involved...
We’re about to celebrate Black History Month at City Hall, in a very festive event co-hosted by @rawlson.bsky.social and @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social.
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 PM
We’re about to celebrate Black History Month at City Hall, in a very festive event co-hosted by @rawlson.bsky.social and @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social.
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Having spent most of my working life in transport policy, this is the essential truth that so many people - including politicians with responsibility for transport decisions - don’t or won’t get.
To reduce congestion, you reduce capacity and reduce speed. The empirical evidence is overwhelming.
To reduce congestion, you reduce capacity and reduce speed. The empirical evidence is overwhelming.
If you widen that highway
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
you won’t reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
February 10, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Having spent most of my working life in transport policy, this is the essential truth that so many people - including politicians with responsibility for transport decisions - don’t or won’t get.
To reduce congestion, you reduce capacity and reduce speed. The empirical evidence is overwhelming.
To reduce congestion, you reduce capacity and reduce speed. The empirical evidence is overwhelming.
Reposted by Sean Devine
We're saying YES to housing in Ottawa. We're working hard to build more homes, and build them faster. To build more, we need more talented professionals working in the construction trades.
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
We're saying YES to housing in Ottawa. We're working hard to build more homes, and build them faster. To build more, we need more talented professionals working in the construction trades.
Hello @helps.octranspo.com, I'm an Ottawa City Councillor. I'd like to know whether this issue has been actioned, as you say it has. I've been at this bus stop, and the 82 does not appear on the electronic board. I'd appreciate a BlueSky response, and I'll send this same request by email.
February 6, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Hello @helps.octranspo.com, I'm an Ottawa City Councillor. I'd like to know whether this issue has been actioned, as you say it has. I've been at this bus stop, and the 82 does not appear on the electronic board. I'd appreciate a BlueSky response, and I'll send this same request by email.
I’m taking the morning off work while taking my daughter to her ringette game out in Richmond - go Nepean Ravens! Who do I bump into other than this handsome fella, my hard-working colleague Councillor David Brown. The guy is everywhere and everyone knows him.
February 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I’m taking the morning off work while taking my daughter to her ringette game out in Richmond - go Nepean Ravens! Who do I bump into other than this handsome fella, my hard-working colleague Councillor David Brown. The guy is everywhere and everyone knows him.
This is the nightmare that all of Council and @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social fear most, when we lost the proven deterrent of Automated Speed Enforcement cameras. Thank God the child is still alive. 1/ ottawacitizen.com/news/baby-st...
Baby in stroller left with minor injuries after near-miss with driver in Kanata
A stroller tipped over following a near-miss with a driver in Kanata on Thursday morning, leaving a baby with minor injuries.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:50 PM
This is the nightmare that all of Council and @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social fear most, when we lost the proven deterrent of Automated Speed Enforcement cameras. Thank God the child is still alive. 1/ ottawacitizen.com/news/baby-st...
So this was cool. At tonight’s Ottawa Sports Awards, I got to meet Canadian Olympian gold medalist Glenroy Gilbert (4 x 100m relay, Atlanta 1996), tonight’s winner of Male Coach of the Year.
February 5, 2026 at 2:22 AM
So this was cool. At tonight’s Ottawa Sports Awards, I got to meet Canadian Olympian gold medalist Glenroy Gilbert (4 x 100m relay, Atlanta 1996), tonight’s winner of Male Coach of the Year.
So great to be with so many of my Council colleagues and the Mayor at the Ottawa Sports Awards celebrating our city’s amazing athletes.
February 5, 2026 at 2:08 AM
So great to be with so many of my Council colleagues and the Mayor at the Ottawa Sports Awards celebrating our city’s amazing athletes.
Great to be out in Fisher Heights to listen in as residents learn and ask questions about a major intersection improvement project coming up soon!
February 3, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Great to be out in Fisher Heights to listen in as residents learn and ask questions about a major intersection improvement project coming up soon!
In the latest issue of my Ward 9 Newsletter, I address the need for an OC Transpo Accountability Framework, the items I brought to the New Zoning By-Law, and news about a Canadian first - about permeable pavement! That and lots more. As always, thanks for reading! www.seandevine.ca/february_3_2...
February 3, 2026, Newsletter
Ward 9, Knoxdale-Merivale
www.seandevine.ca
February 3, 2026 at 10:32 PM
In the latest issue of my Ward 9 Newsletter, I address the need for an OC Transpo Accountability Framework, the items I brought to the New Zoning By-Law, and news about a Canadian first - about permeable pavement! That and lots more. As always, thanks for reading! www.seandevine.ca/february_3_2...
Folks in Fisher Heights, Parkwood Hills, General Burns and Carleton Heights, I hope to see you at tonight's Public Info Session on the proposed intersection modifications for Fisher Avenue & Meadowlands Drive. ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
Fisher Avenue & Fisher Avenue/Meadowlands Drive intersection | City of Ottawa
The project also includes full road reconstruction with sidewalks, dedicated bike lanes along Fisher Avenue from Meadowlands Drive to Dynes Road and a fully protected intersection at Fisher Avenue and Meadowlands Drive.
ottawa.ca
February 3, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Folks in Fisher Heights, Parkwood Hills, General Burns and Carleton Heights, I hope to see you at tonight's Public Info Session on the proposed intersection modifications for Fisher Avenue & Meadowlands Drive. ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
This is another example of why Ottawa needs a Transit Service Reliability & Accountability Framework.
0 minutes and cancelled. Your really outdoing yourself #OcTranspo
February 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
This is another example of why Ottawa needs a Transit Service Reliability & Accountability Framework.
This is good to see (and likely a reputable source 😉). Among major Canadian cities (pop. 500K+) Ottawa ranks #1. Among ALL Canadian cities, we rank #4. Some of the numbers don't seem right (transit time, avg. rent), but it's still good to rank so high. 1/ www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Canada’s 100 Most Livable Cities
Explore our third data-driven ranking of the most desirable places to live in the country
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February 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This is good to see (and likely a reputable source 😉). Among major Canadian cities (pop. 500K+) Ottawa ranks #1. Among ALL Canadian cities, we rank #4. Some of the numbers don't seem right (transit time, avg. rent), but it's still good to rank so high. 1/ www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
I’m solo-parenting this weekend, with a full slate of kids’ activities to do, so I couldn’t make it to all the Ward 9 events taking place. But I managed to pop over to the Fisher Heights Winter Carnival - which had a great crowd - and bumped into my federal counterpart @anitavandenbeld.bsky.social.
January 31, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I’m solo-parenting this weekend, with a full slate of kids’ activities to do, so I couldn’t make it to all the Ward 9 events taking place. But I managed to pop over to the Fisher Heights Winter Carnival - which had a great crowd - and bumped into my federal counterpart @anitavandenbeld.bsky.social.
If you can, go check out @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social’s surprise bit on CBC’s The Debaters between Ron Sparks and Derek Seguin. Seriously funny. I’m slow clapping.
January 31, 2026 at 6:31 PM
If you can, go check out @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social’s surprise bit on CBC’s The Debaters between Ron Sparks and Derek Seguin. Seriously funny. I’m slow clapping.
Silver lining.
January 31, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Silver lining.
Such a beautiful and loving tribute, and just a little bit cheeky. youtu.be/vOWn4CUsFak
Noah Reid performs A Case of You | Noah Reid interprète A Case of You
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January 31, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Such a beautiful and loving tribute, and just a little bit cheeky. youtu.be/vOWn4CUsFak
It's not enough simply to strive to be "the most housing-friendly city in Canada"; the plan needs to be financially sound, recognizing that how cities grow determine whether they'll remain financially viable. Edmonton, once again, leads the way. 1/ www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
City council mulls high development costs for new neighbourhoods
Edmonton city councillors debated plans for developing new neighbourhoods on Wednesday.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:11 AM
It's not enough simply to strive to be "the most housing-friendly city in Canada"; the plan needs to be financially sound, recognizing that how cities grow determine whether they'll remain financially viable. Edmonton, once again, leads the way. 1/ www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Nominations are open for Distinguished Women Ottawa's next awards gala in April. Submit someone deserving of recognition for their valued contributions, whether for Lifetime Contribution, Historical Trailblazers, Women of Inspiration, and Community Pillars. Good luck! frottawadw.ca/ottawa-disti...
Femmes remarquables Ottawa Distinguished Women
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January 30, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Nominations are open for Distinguished Women Ottawa's next awards gala in April. Submit someone deserving of recognition for their valued contributions, whether for Lifetime Contribution, Historical Trailblazers, Women of Inspiration, and Community Pillars. Good luck! frottawadw.ca/ottawa-disti...