Don Cochrane 🇨🇦
@doncochraneyow.bsky.social
Retired from a career that took me around the world and continually reminded me that Canada is a wonderful place. Winnipeg transplant, currently living in Ottawa. Interested in issues concerning politics, law, and human migration.
Someone down the street seems to have used pretty much all of the snow in their small front yard to build this snowguy.
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Someone down the street seems to have used pretty much all of the snow in their small front yard to build this snowguy.
Evening light. All told, looks like we’ve got a moderate amount of snow - perhaps 6-8 cm. our neighbour’s snow removal guy came around, so perhaps ours will come by later. We’re not exactly snowed in, though…
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Evening light. All told, looks like we’ve got a moderate amount of snow - perhaps 6-8 cm. our neighbour’s snow removal guy came around, so perhaps ours will come by later. We’re not exactly snowed in, though…
Rideau Canal, Ottawa - November 30
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Rideau Canal, Ottawa - November 30
More to come, but a good start.
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
More to come, but a good start.
We’re expecting 10+ centimetres of snow tonight and tomorrow here in Ottawa. Fall is definitely handing off to winter.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We’re expecting 10+ centimetres of snow tonight and tomorrow here in Ottawa. Fall is definitely handing off to winter.
A beautiful fall day in Ottawa’s greenbelt…
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A beautiful fall day in Ottawa’s greenbelt…
Civil disobedience in Ottawa - the NCC closes off stairs everywhere because of course no one wants to walk in winter, right?
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Civil disobedience in Ottawa - the NCC closes off stairs everywhere because of course no one wants to walk in winter, right?
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
Rideau Canal - November 23
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Rideau Canal - November 23
Rideau River, Ottawa - November 23
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Rideau River, Ottawa - November 23
Colonel By supervising the renovations to the Parliament Buildings
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Colonel By supervising the renovations to the Parliament Buildings
I always look at these two paintings when I am in the National Gallery. They depict the shipbuilding and timber operations of Allan Gilmour and co., in 1840.
The Gilmour family were ancestors of mine, though Allan Gilmour himself was a bachelor. He was a noted patron of the arts in Ottawa.
The Gilmour family were ancestors of mine, though Allan Gilmour himself was a bachelor. He was a noted patron of the arts in Ottawa.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I always look at these two paintings when I am in the National Gallery. They depict the shipbuilding and timber operations of Allan Gilmour and co., in 1840.
The Gilmour family were ancestors of mine, though Allan Gilmour himself was a bachelor. He was a noted patron of the arts in Ottawa.
The Gilmour family were ancestors of mine, though Allan Gilmour himself was a bachelor. He was a noted patron of the arts in Ottawa.
National Gallery of Canada, November 22
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
National Gallery of Canada, November 22
It’s so nice to know that I can go and look at this painting any time that I want.
It was one of my grandmother‘s favourites.
It was one of my grandmother‘s favourites.
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It’s so nice to know that I can go and look at this painting any time that I want.
It was one of my grandmother‘s favourites.
It was one of my grandmother‘s favourites.
With apologies to those who worked hard on it, the Ottawa Santa Parade was pretty sad.
I remember intricately decorated floats, clowns, the Shriners on their motorcycles and little cars… and a lot more people lining the route.
I guess parades just aren’t much of a draw any more.
I remember intricately decorated floats, clowns, the Shriners on their motorcycles and little cars… and a lot more people lining the route.
I guess parades just aren’t much of a draw any more.
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
With apologies to those who worked hard on it, the Ottawa Santa Parade was pretty sad.
I remember intricately decorated floats, clowns, the Shriners on their motorcycles and little cars… and a lot more people lining the route.
I guess parades just aren’t much of a draw any more.
I remember intricately decorated floats, clowns, the Shriners on their motorcycles and little cars… and a lot more people lining the route.
I guess parades just aren’t much of a draw any more.
Rideau Canal, Ottawa - November 19
A beautiful clear early evening as commuters rush home…
A beautiful clear early evening as commuters rush home…
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Rideau Canal, Ottawa - November 19
A beautiful clear early evening as commuters rush home…
A beautiful clear early evening as commuters rush home…
Urban beavers are at it again. The National Capital Commission is losing a lot of trees along the Rideau River to the industrious rodents.
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Urban beavers are at it again. The National Capital Commission is losing a lot of trees along the Rideau River to the industrious rodents.
My father, in 1967. Evidently up to no good.
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My father, in 1967. Evidently up to no good.
This map, showing who voted for Lansdowne 2.0 and who did not, tells the story. The suburbs can impose their will on almost any issue by virtue of their representation on council.
Time to de-amalgamate. Or for the Feds to create a true National Capital Region independent of the provinces.
Time to de-amalgamate. Or for the Feds to create a true National Capital Region independent of the provinces.
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This map, showing who voted for Lansdowne 2.0 and who did not, tells the story. The suburbs can impose their will on almost any issue by virtue of their representation on council.
Time to de-amalgamate. Or for the Feds to create a true National Capital Region independent of the provinces.
Time to de-amalgamate. Or for the Feds to create a true National Capital Region independent of the provinces.
It’s shocking how many people cannot interpret data or understand how inflation rates work.
Too many look at the graph for groceries and shelter and have the immediate reaction that they are being lied to, that prices “haven’t dropped”.
Too many look at the graph for groceries and shelter and have the immediate reaction that they are being lied to, that prices “haven’t dropped”.
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It’s shocking how many people cannot interpret data or understand how inflation rates work.
Too many look at the graph for groceries and shelter and have the immediate reaction that they are being lied to, that prices “haven’t dropped”.
Too many look at the graph for groceries and shelter and have the immediate reaction that they are being lied to, that prices “haven’t dropped”.
Great burn by Miller, but to go back to Scheer's post - what is a "Grey Cup anthem"?
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Great burn by Miller, but to go back to Scheer's post - what is a "Grey Cup anthem"?
I'm so old that I remember that whenever there was an election, a list of all of your neighbours and their occupations was posted on a telephone pole. You were supposed to look at it and make sure you were on the voters' list.
It was a great way to find out what your neighbour did for a living.
It was a great way to find out what your neighbour did for a living.
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I'm so old that I remember that whenever there was an election, a list of all of your neighbours and their occupations was posted on a telephone pole. You were supposed to look at it and make sure you were on the voters' list.
It was a great way to find out what your neighbour did for a living.
It was a great way to find out what your neighbour did for a living.
Rideau Canal, Ottawa - November 15, 2025
This November has definitely been on the cooler side.
This November has definitely been on the cooler side.
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Rideau Canal, Ottawa - November 15, 2025
This November has definitely been on the cooler side.
This November has definitely been on the cooler side.
Chilly morning walk at Mud Lake, Ottawa
November 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Chilly morning walk at Mud Lake, Ottawa
There’s an exception if the parent of the person born outside of Canada was posted outside of Canada with the military, as a diplomat, or otherwise in the service of the federal or provincial government.
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
There’s an exception if the parent of the person born outside of Canada was posted outside of Canada with the military, as a diplomat, or otherwise in the service of the federal or provincial government.