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Martha Webber on the Destruction of the Beaver Pond Forest
Martha Webber, renowned Kanata/Ottawa botanist, naturalist and educator, wrote the following in response to the news of the final complete clear-cutting of the Beaver Pond Forest in the South March…
Attention: dog peeps in my hood…
I don’t think there is a neighbourhood competition to see how many bags of poop can be deposited at the same stop sign. I don’t get it. You go to…
Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management at Carleton University – Carleton continues to confuse Canadians.
Breaking news, as they say, Carleton University has apparently renegotiated the deal with Clayton Riddell. Carleton seems to be talking out both sides of their mouths, still. Originally, according to…
Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management at Carleton University – Carleton continues to confuse Canadians.
Breaking news, as they say, Carleton University has apparently renegotiated the deal with Clayton Riddell.Carleton seems to be talking out both sides of their mouths, still. Originally, according to the…
Torture directives from Anttawa ‘immoral,’ NDP says
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/08/28/pol-cp-torture-opposition.html
Again,
Ottawa’s Live 88.5′s Sunday night show… Really rox. (8) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
If this happens again….
… I’ll do my best to forward the awesomeness from Tunney’s to Sparks… Seriously. I will. This be Trashy-cool. (6) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Gone AWOL..
…stolen, actually. One glass top patio table. Eight years old. Grey metal frame with some rust accents. Missing since Sunday night. Answers to “Patty”. We had used it for the…
The Rideau River…
… truly one of the great perqs of living in this City. (8) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Today in monument naming
The Harper guys are doing important bidness this summer. In addition to all the expensive and very relevant 1812 war pageantry that ministers far and wide are glorifying in this…
So the Cons are pushing the Con brand…
… by renaming the Ottawa River Parkway to the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. Whoop-dee-doo. Seriously, is this really worth the trouble? Are there not already enough buildings and structures…
Taking the Fight to Them
It’s time to do what they fear most – connect the dots. That means linking bitumen trafficking to the plight being inflicted on the poorest and most vulnerable peoples on…
The Ultimate Canadian Trivia Fundraising Party!!
I’ve been a lot less active on the blog front as well as Facebook, Twitter, etc. I try to scale back the electronic presence on my holidays and focus on…
Hey Canada, Do You Really Want to Talk?
Having a conversation with a bitumen booster is like talking to a climate change denier. It’s impossible to have a broad-reaching discussion, covering all the bases. That’s because the Tar…
Sometimes It’s the Hot Button Moments that Smoke Out Scammers
And by scammers I’m referring to the Alberta and Harper governments. When B.C. premier Christie Clark pushed the revenue-sharing hot button in opposing the Northern Gateway pipeline/supertanker proposal, the scammers…
Bruce Carson Charged
Designed as expiring news on a Friday in the middle of Summer, instead of last Winter when the report on his alleged guilt was complete, these charges come a year…
Canada’s Shame: Acclaimed Inuit Artist Pregnant And Homeless In Ottawa
“We CAN look after each other better than we do today” and “Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world. We can be a better one…
Missing Ottawa girl
See story and description here (10) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Open Letter to the National Capital Commission re Lime Kiln Trail Fire
The fire near the Lime Kiln Trail has been described as a tragedy. Perhaps not. If houses or roads had been built on the land it certainly would be a…