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Nova Scotia born and raised, living in the nation's capital.

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alexcullen.bsky.social @alexcullen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The implication is that the old #OCTranspo leadership wasn't doing its job, but it was you & your Council supporters that cut service & raised fares that contributed to our transit ills. BTW these electric buses were ordered by the previous Council.
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Howdy! Alberta separatists + American Republicans. Read all about it. --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Nathan VanderKlippe, Grant Robertson, and friend.
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hidden Harvest Ottawa rescues fresh fruit from urban trees, collecting over 120,000 pounds since 2012 #Canada donating the produce to local food agencies, you can register your local trees for harvest Link ottawa.hiddenharvest.ca
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City of Ottawa @en.ottawa.ca · 16/09/2026
The countdown is on for the Ottawa 200 Block Party on Saturday, September 26 at #OttCity Hall. Enjoy a day filled with live performances, cultural entertainment, food, art, history, games and trivia. Check out the schedule and start planning your day: bit.ly/4dG043v
Spectators cheering in front of a live stage show. Two hands forming the shape of a heart. TEXT: OTTAWA200 BLOCK PARTY,  CELEBRATE TOGETHER, SEPTEMBER 26, MARION DEWAR PLAZA.
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Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Meshell Ndegeocello “Don’t You Want Me” (Official Video) -> Watch now & pre-order the new album "Synonym" out Oct. 2: meshellndegeocello.lnk.to/DontYouWantMe
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Not only was Phil Edwards one of Canada's most decorated Olympians, he was a Second World War veteran, a respected doctor and a world-renowned expert on tropical diseases. This is his story. 📸 Wikicommons 🧵 1/9
The photo is a black-and-white image of an athlete wearing a shirt with "CANADA" prominently displayed across the chest. The athlete is standing with their hands on their hips, which might suggest a pose of confidence or readiness. The background is plain and out of focus
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Yep. I was right. This is lifted directly from Alex’s campaign. How about somebody running for mayor with a fresh idea of their own? Is that too hard to ask? And honestly, shouldn’t this be the norm? Shouldn’t be normal that anyone in the city hires for any reason should be paid fairly? #LowBar
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
100% #OttCity is a G7 capital and has the potential to be so much more than it is. This needs a vision, leadership and the will to implement. This is beyond the federal aspects (and thanks to @ncc-ccn.gc.ca for the great #PlacesForPeople); we need to be proud of our city 1/
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Jeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Rural Ottawa deserves more than empty promises. Our rural communities need reliable roads, transit, recreation, emergency services and infrastructure. But Sutcliffe’s plan doesn’t come with the funding to deliver them.
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CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here’s how Ottawa’s mayor, councillors spent $28.9 million on office expenses this term
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Here’s how Ottawa’s mayor, councillors spent $28.9 million on office expenses this term
Ottawa’s mayor and councillors have spent millions of dollars on staff salaries, advertising and websites, and external services during this term of council.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A New Color (1/5🧵)
Page 1: A man is walking home, smoking a cigarette, being quietly trailed by a UFO above him. As he enters his apartment, two aliens watch from inside the ship. Alien 1, who has a large head, says, “that’s him. Let’s move.” Page 2: The man walks upstairs as the aliens watch from the entrance of the building. The man enters his apartment and greets his little dog. Suddenly there is a knock at the door.Page 3: he peers through his peephole, and sees the two aliens standing in the hallway. Alien 1 is holding a briefcase. From behind him, the voice of alien one: “don’t scream.” Page 4: The aliens are seated across the room on the man’s couch. Sadie is in her bed next to them. Alien 1 says, “you’re not in any danger. Have a seat.” The man looks at his dog and thinks, “sadie is unusually calm.” Alien 1: don’t scream, or it’s a problem.
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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 20/08/2026
I will keep posting these videos on bike lanes that Ford is threatening to remove daily until morale improves. Today we are on Bloor at Brunswick, during afternoon rush hour on a Wednesday. No congestion to be found. 38 bikes and 25 cars over 2 light cycles.
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Ottawa Road Trips 🇨🇦 @ottawaroadtrips.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
With all this tariff talk in the air (AGAIN), it seemed like a good time to reshare my great big guide to shopping Canadian. It focuses on businesses in #Ottawa, Eastern Ontario and the Outaouais, but also includes links to producers elsewhere in Canada. #elbowsup ottawaroadtrips.com/2025/02/03/b...
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Buy local in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario and the Outaouais! - Ottawa Road Trips
Buy local in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario and the Outaouais—and avoid tariffs!—at local companies making food, beverages, clothes, soap and much more.
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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 15/08/2026
The problem isn’t the Night Mayor | Letters to the Editor ottawacitizen.com/opinion/the-...
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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is why there needs to be a very sober and serious discussion about all kinds of infrastructure upgrades - stormwater, sanitary, electrical, parks - to support this intensification. I know that developers have legislated requirements on some infra, but not some needs are not covered.
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If you are a business owner and you use Moneris debt terminals, please dump them and choose a Canadian alternative. Thank you for your attention to this matter. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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A Canadian payment giant is being sold to U.S. private equity. Is your digital privacy at risk? | CBC News
Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal are selling payment processor Moneris Solutions Corp. to San Francisco-based investment firm Francisco Partners. Some analysts are raising concerns around wha...
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CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Almonte festival gives families the chance to experience the vibrant art of puppetry
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Almonte festival gives families the chance to experience the vibrant art of puppetry
Families got the chance to experience the vibrant art of puppetry at an international festival in Almonte, Ont. this weekend.
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Imagine if, aside from all the other climate change things we could do, we’d stop expanding housing onto farmland/flood zones; we built up transit instead of roads; built sponge parks and invested in infrastructure; made cities more sustainable. All things also make quality of life better.
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Jeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yesterday, I shared my plan to build a transit system that works. A citizen seat on the transit commission, a transit service guarantee, reversing the New Ways To Bus cuts, dedicated bus lanes, and getting transit procurement back on track. Learn more about my plan: www.leiper2026.ca/priorities
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Jeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
In the last term of Council, we lost the citizens' seat on the Transit Commission. When I'm Mayor, I'll bring it back. Learn more about my transit plan here: www.leiper2026.ca/priorities?a...
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Meanwhile, #OttCity hires Consultants, who recommend expanding suburbs, paving over farmland and worsening are climate position with ever increasing costs and fossil fuel dependence while council majority continues to undermine transit  www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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A new Barrhaven? Study proposes massive shift to boundary limiting sprawl | CBC News
In the face of ballooning population forecasts, the City of Ottawa commissioned a study that recommended opening up an area of rural land almost the size of Barrhaven to suburban development.
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Jeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Ottawa can be a city that works. A city where the bus comes on time. A city where we fix and take care of what we own. A city that is affordable for you and your family. Learn more and join us here: www.leiper2026.ca
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Rafael Moco @rafaelmoco.art · 27/07/2026
Hello everyone! Many of you likely saw this image recently with the Apple TV+ 'Neuromancer' promotion. Some know, others don't, but this artwork is mine, created alongside actor & post-production artist Milton Menezes, as a personal project and a homage to the original Neuromancer romance
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 24/07/2026
“The National Post and Toronto Sun endorsed Pierre Poilievre in the 2025 federal election, and at least 11 of Canada’s legacy news outlets endorsed the Conservatives in the six previous elections. “There’s an obvious media bias towards the CPC, despite Poilievre’s claims that the opposite is true.”
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Canada’s mainstream media has a Conservative bias
Canada’s mainstream media has a Conservative bias.
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Medias 🇨🇦 @mediasca.skyfleet.blue · 24/07/2026
He died after a violent altercation with Ottawa police. 10 years later there are still calls for change
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He died after a violent altercation with Ottawa police. 10 years later there are still calls for change | CBC News
Saturday will mark 10 years since Abdirahman Abdi died after a violent arrest by Ottawa police, and advocates say that while some positive steps have been taken in the last decade to help people in mental health distress, the changes so far need to be followed by more.
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WIRED @wired.com · 23/07/2026
MSG owner James Dolan insists that the facial recognition system deployed at his venues is an essential security measure. So why was it disabled during one of the year's most high-profile events: the pre-wedding celebration of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? www.wired.com/story/for-ta...
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For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark
MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.
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The Unrepentables @theunrepentables.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Things to do in Ottawa during the month of August. Lots of local fairs and fests #Ottawa #OttawaInAugust #OttawaEvents #Summer2026
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Canadian political landscape is fundamentally shifting under Prime Minister Mark Carney. To be informed participants in our democracy, Canadians have GOT to recognize this reality. Let me explain:
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
#NovaScotia A man with only the clothes on his back received a personalized shopping experience in downtown Truro, N.S., part of a new initiative by the store and a local shelter. 3 businesses partnering with Truro Housing Outreach Society, funding for more available www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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How private shopping experiences in Truro are 'normalizing' the lives of shelter clients | CBC News
A man with only the clothes on his back received a personalized shopping experience in downtown Truro, N.S., part of a new initiative by the store and a local shelter.
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Dominique Millette @clickerati.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Ontario government cutbacks helped destroy Northwestern communities. Source: Ethan Lang, "Ford defends Ontario emergency firefighting budget as province asks Ottawa to help with evacuations", CBC, Jul 16, 2026
 “While firefighters and emergency personnel have worked tirelessly on the ground, the response from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources did not reflect the urgency of the situation facing Whitesand First Nation and surrounding areas,” said Devon Wanakamik, the incident commander for the evacuation.
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is not wanted. These assholes need to go. They can take Poilievre with them.
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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
NEW: Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming Stan Cho lives less than 6 km from Queen's Park, but he's billed the taxpayer some $16,000 in hotels over the past three years. Now, after questions from Global News, he says he'll pay some of it back. #ONPoli globalnews.ca/news/1196429...
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Ford government minister bills taxpayers $16K for Toronto hotels despite living in city | Globalnews.ca
Between 2023 and 2026, Tourism, Culture and Gaming Minister Stan Cho charged the Ontario Legislative Assembly $16,203 for 'Toronto accommodation.'
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 12/07/2026
more shameful actions (or, in this case, lack thereof) by mark carney’s government
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Ottawa tight-lipped on joining legal case against Trump sanction of Canadian ICC judge | CBC
Ottawa won't say whether it will intervene in support of a Winnipeg-born global judge who is asking a U.S. court to reverse sanctions ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump, which have left her unable...
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
So even though RTO4 started last week a plan won’t be discussed until the middle of July for fall rollout; sure, students returning to college in school in the fall will factor into implementation then but one would think we have a plan in place already. 1/
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
On July 11, 1990, the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (Oka Crisis) began. Sparked by a proposed golf course expansion onto a Kanyen'kehà:ka burial ground, the protest lasted for 78 days and changed Canadian history. This is what happened. 📸 Robert Galbraith 🧵 1/16
The photo shows a large group of people, including adults and children, gathered outdoors near a body of water with trees and a cloudy sky in the background. Many individuals are wearing camouflage clothing, and some are raising their arms or holding flags, including a red flag with a yellow sun symbol and a blue flag with white markings. The group appears to be posing for the photo, with some people standing and others kneeling or sitting on the ground. There are also a few people on ladders, adding to the sense of a communal or celebratory gathering. The scene has a natural setting with grass, logs, and a wooden lattice structure visible.
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annette hegel @erstelinie.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
My running loop took me thru Lansdowne - aka tanger mall in the downtown core - just to pile on the sad state of #ottcity planning and the ridiculous lack of tree canopy - #Suttcliffe'sOneMillionTrees my ass
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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This was a great read "A district that gives four summer weeks to the artist working the square, and three years to the printout, has its ratios exactly backwards" ottawacitizen.com/opinion/new-...
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What the new 'ACE District' gets wrong in the ByWard Market | Opinion
Ottawa says the arts district is about placemaking. So where are all the local artists, and why was the only community mural covered?
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dannydesmond.bsky.social @dannydesmond.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Slight distinction, she is African-Nova Scotian.
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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"Ottawa is a thunderstorm generator, climate-wise, and this will certainly happen again. The state of a Nation, Province and Municipality can be determined by the state of its Infrastructure, and Ottawa's state is poor. Very poor..." 2/
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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Here's a message I just got from a Ward 9 resident, whose neighborhood was heavily impacted by July 1 flooding: "As a professional engineer, I'm disturbed by the money poured into Landsdowne 2.0 when a multi-billion infrastructure deficit exists..." 1/
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
"The campaign against Bhuiyan is being led by John Mutton, who was mayor of Clarington from 2000 to 2006 and is a municipal planning consultant dubbed “Mr. X” and accused of unethical lobbying in Greenbelt scandal."
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S. Delores Tucker @bigredbunni.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I remember @mikeauxl.bsky.social told us about this in one of his streams and we laughed like wth is he talkin bout and he was right the whole time lmaoooo
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Take the Auditor General's scathing report that came out today on OC Transpo’s New Ways to Bus. Many of us on Council - myself included - were clear at the time: the plan was rushed, lacked proper planning, and risked reducing service under the banner of “optimization.” 3/ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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City auditor blasts OC Transpo bus scheduling | CBC News
Ottawa’s auditor general has released a scathing report into how OC Transpo is planning and scheduling its bus system, saying last year's "New Ways to Bus" changes were based on outdated data and driv...
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Pyke @pykey.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
@mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social promised to fix transit 4 years ago It's worse now than ever & continues the death spiral it's been on since 2011 A succession of cheap dishonest low-tax mayors destroyed a transit system that was once an example to others share.google/RcOHqihDHCFC...
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OC Transpo sees fewer passengers for four straight months
Fewer people are boarding OC Transpo buses and the O-Train this year, as OC Transpo deals with a shortage of buses and offers only single-car service on O-Train Line 1.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com
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Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study
Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is h...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 16/04/2026
Ottawa speed cameras are gone, and now speeders are back ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...
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