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Not yet. There was a sign.
December 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Not yet. There was a sign.
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Same. Been many times and it isn’t even in my neighbourhood.
December 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Same. Been many times and it isn’t even in my neighbourhood.
Sadly, Life of Pie just a few blocks north of here on Bank St will be closing at the end of December.
December 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sadly, Life of Pie just a few blocks north of here on Bank St will be closing at the end of December.
Extremely. But then, he did buy out another antique shop in the 1990s when the store moved to this location. #OldOttawaSouth
December 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Extremely. But then, he did buy out another antique shop in the 1990s when the store moved to this location. #OldOttawaSouth
That photo is from August. I take photos all year long but only post on IG about a building when I’m looking at its neighbourhood context.
It was still going when I was by there in the autumn.
It was still going when I was by there in the autumn.
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
That photo is from August. I take photos all year long but only post on IG about a building when I’m looking at its neighbourhood context.
It was still going when I was by there in the autumn.
It was still going when I was by there in the autumn.
At least five years.
At this point, the store has been running for four decades, and Eric Yardley had another antique shop in Quebec before that. And a career as a teacher. So he may want to finally retire now but antiques are a hard business these days, so who would buy his inventory now?
At this point, the store has been running for four decades, and Eric Yardley had another antique shop in Quebec before that. And a career as a teacher. So he may want to finally retire now but antiques are a hard business these days, so who would buy his inventory now?
December 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
At least five years.
At this point, the store has been running for four decades, and Eric Yardley had another antique shop in Quebec before that. And a career as a teacher. So he may want to finally retire now but antiques are a hard business these days, so who would buy his inventory now?
At this point, the store has been running for four decades, and Eric Yardley had another antique shop in Quebec before that. And a career as a teacher. So he may want to finally retire now but antiques are a hard business these days, so who would buy his inventory now?
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Mark is campaigning because he can. He’s using earned media by the power of his position because the only other way is through paid, and he can’t do that yet. And the official channels of the city and police are also becoming his distribution. These are norms being abused and he’s not going to stop
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Mark is campaigning because he can. He’s using earned media by the power of his position because the only other way is through paid, and he can’t do that yet. And the official channels of the city and police are also becoming his distribution. These are norms being abused and he’s not going to stop
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What Sutcliffe did with the $1 million bullshit announcement is leverage non-political services to intentionally subvert the ability of city council to even have a discussion and he should be taken to the carpet for it. Non-stop cuz he’s just getting started. Marks done this 2x already #ottawa
December 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
What Sutcliffe did with the $1 million bullshit announcement is leverage non-political services to intentionally subvert the ability of city council to even have a discussion and he should be taken to the carpet for it. Non-stop cuz he’s just getting started. Marks done this 2x already #ottawa
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And one of the issues that they have to counter is that what we see in the amalgamation of power into smaller and smaller concentrations groups/actions is that there’s a level of shamelessness required for this. And that shamelessness is giving folks the ability to rewrite the boundaries #ottawa
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And one of the issues that they have to counter is that what we see in the amalgamation of power into smaller and smaller concentrations groups/actions is that there’s a level of shamelessness required for this. And that shamelessness is giving folks the ability to rewrite the boundaries #ottawa
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I think any / all #ottawa city councillors who have a somewhat identifiable value set to publicly shame and oppose what Sutcliffe is doing. This isn’t about just getting things done. It’s intentional and undemocratic and folks can’t wait till 2026 to start calling this out on mass 2/
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I think any / all #ottawa city councillors who have a somewhat identifiable value set to publicly shame and oppose what Sutcliffe is doing. This isn’t about just getting things done. It’s intentional and undemocratic and folks can’t wait till 2026 to start calling this out on mass 2/
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This bus was parked on the wrong side of the road, on the sidewalk, blocking the sidewalk and bike lane. I asked one of the half dozen cops standing 20 feet away to write them a ticket and he said "I prefer not writing tickets". And then just did nothing.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This bus was parked on the wrong side of the road, on the sidewalk, blocking the sidewalk and bike lane. I asked one of the half dozen cops standing 20 feet away to write them a ticket and he said "I prefer not writing tickets". And then just did nothing.
Inspired why? I’m a heavy user of both, and they have very different core functions and core users. And only one is answerable to the City of Ottawa. A change in federal priorities or policies (which will inevitably happen) and then the OPL has a problem.
This was not driven by inspiration.
This was not driven by inspiration.
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Inspired why? I’m a heavy user of both, and they have very different core functions and core users. And only one is answerable to the City of Ottawa. A change in federal priorities or policies (which will inevitably happen) and then the OPL has a problem.
This was not driven by inspiration.
This was not driven by inspiration.
Wikipedia is not a primary source. Entries get edited for politically contentious issues, especially local ones off the radar of the organization.
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Wikipedia is not a primary source. Entries get edited for politically contentious issues, especially local ones off the radar of the organization.
It’s funny that you think they should have _planned_ for the new “not-so-central” library to not been on the LRT. And that even though the whole LeBreton development gave them options to do so.
This is not the win you think it is.
This is not the win you think it is.
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It’s funny that you think they should have _planned_ for the new “not-so-central” library to not been on the LRT. And that even though the whole LeBreton development gave them options to do so.
This is not the win you think it is.
This is not the win you think it is.
That is not a fact, let alone a simple fact. It is also premised on the idea that combining the OPL with the National Archives is a good idea.
As for LeBreton, it’s not just about you (or me), it’s the “Central Branch” but it isn’t central at all. Under your logic, it could’ve been at South Keys.
As for LeBreton, it’s not just about you (or me), it’s the “Central Branch” but it isn’t central at all. Under your logic, it could’ve been at South Keys.
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
That is not a fact, let alone a simple fact. It is also premised on the idea that combining the OPL with the National Archives is a good idea.
As for LeBreton, it’s not just about you (or me), it’s the “Central Branch” but it isn’t central at all. Under your logic, it could’ve been at South Keys.
As for LeBreton, it’s not just about you (or me), it’s the “Central Branch” but it isn’t central at all. Under your logic, it could’ve been at South Keys.
But what it won’t be is anywhere near where people who work downtown are. The people who would pick up and drop off books on their lunch break or after work? No more. They couldn’t even get it right at a LRT station.
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
But what it won’t be is anywhere near where people who work downtown are. The people who would pick up and drop off books on their lunch break or after work? No more. They couldn’t even get it right at a LRT station.
While Jim Watson hated the building, the Main Branch won awards when it was built. What a sad but very Ottawa demise for yet another George Bemi building downtown.
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
While Jim Watson hated the building, the Main Branch won awards when it was built. What a sad but very Ottawa demise for yet another George Bemi building downtown.
That would involve putting a limit of what the developer could do. That is something neither Jim nor Mark would do, neither of whom actually like the residents of Centretown.
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
That would involve putting a limit of what the developer could do. That is something neither Jim nor Mark would do, neither of whom actually like the residents of Centretown.
I know what will fix this: A brand new stadium at Lansdowne that’s too small for one of its main users!
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I know what will fix this: A brand new stadium at Lansdowne that’s too small for one of its main users!