Ottawa flu vaccination clinics…
… protect yourself and your family! Please note: Some clinics are by appointment only, and need to be booked online. Date Location Time Saturday, October 29 Holy Trinity Catholic High…
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Richard’s GPS Trail Maps Website Updated
I have updated my Richard's GPS Trail Maps website with:New overview map: Stony Swamp Conservation Area TrailsandRevised map: Old Quarry Trail System
United They Stand, While Democracy Falls
There are two very different stories playing out in two of the most contested democratic chambers in Canada right now. One chamber is Toronto City Hall and the other is…
United They Stand, While Democracy Falls
There are two very different stories playing out in two of the most contested democratic chambers in Canada right now. One chamber is Toronto City Hall and the other is…
The Most Annoying Thing About Cycling in Ottawa: Postscript
I was riding the shared bike path along the Ottawa River today and across from the War Museum on the pathway I noticed three yellow dots similar to the three…
I fashionably DISAGREE, SIR!
I take exception to the claim that ByTown peeps are among the worst-dressed in the world! An article on MSN Travel’s website said Ottawa’s bureaucratic, political stylings made it “perhaps…
Friday miscellany…
The Ontario election is underway. The latest Harris-Decima poll is somewhat encouraging, but it is early. Yet, 11 points is significant. Maybe that old Ontario tradition of going one way…
The Most Annoying Thing About Cycling in Ottawa
We all agree that Ottawa is a great place for cycling, but it is not perfect. Apart from the fact that the City of Ottawa and NCC have to do…
Richard’s GPS Trail Maps Website Adds South March Highlands Maps
I have added the following maps of the South March Highlands (SMH) trails to my Richard's GPS Trail Maps website. South March Highlands Trails South March Highlands Conservation Forest Intermediate…
Bike Sharing in Canada
This Summer I had the pleasure of using bike sharing in Ottawa. Had I know how easy it was, I’d have used it in Toronto too, and possibly Montreal while…
Canada’s Unenviable Royal RaceTo The Past
Where are Canadian progressives when you need them? Where were Canada’s anti-mornachists, pacifists and nationalists when Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative government were planning to return Canada to…
When Beavers Abandon Their Dam: Heron Pond, South March Highlands
This summer a breach in the dam at Heron Pond in the South March Highland was discovered that appeared to be a natural occurrence. In such cases the beavers will…
Toronto and Ottawa
From Church St. looking northish. View from our hotel room. We paid a little extra over the Hotwire price to get this room, but it was worth it. Security blanket…
Graham Fraser’s So-called Secret Shoppers
Graham Fraser, Canada's commissioner of official languages, has kicked off a bit of a kerfuffle in the nation's capital over a recently announced plan to investigate the state of bilingualism…
I need some help from the Ottawa Twitter and Facebook communities…
… in trying to track down some scumbags who defiled Pleasant Park School (OCDSB: JK -> 6… yeah, little kids) with some truly disgusting graffiti at some point over the…
Double Standards And Chauvinism In The Nycole Turmel Affair
For over a week now, politicians, the media and pundits have relentlessly sniped interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel for her past association with the Bloc Quebecois. To them, it’s not…
Ontario Provincial Election Opportunity To Defeat Stephen Harper
While attending a barbecue hosted at Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s family home, Prime Minister Stephen called for Liberal Premier McGuinty’s defeat during the October 6 Ontario Provincial election. This isn’t…
Dumping Shit in The Ottawa River
This blog post contains graphic language because there is no way to pretty up dumping shit in the city's drinking water source.If I were to walk into the Ottawa River…
Ottawa: Proud of It’s Municipal Water Supply and It’s Pathways – The Disconnect
Ottawa is very proud of the quality of it's municipal drinking water supply and goes to great lengths to assure people they do not need to buy bottled water.Ottawa is…
EthicalOil.org: Canada Tar Sands Propaganda And Insult to Canadians
Former federal Conservative operative, Alykhan Velshi, is at it again. As Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s communications director, earlier this year, he stirred controversy when he used Canadian government stationery while…