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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

RE: Bike lanes save lives and promote health. Removing bike lanes will lead to injury and death. #signed by 600 healthcare workers and counting via #doctorsforsafecycling h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social @safestreetsto.bsky.social #BikeTO

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AyJay 68 @ayjay68.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Don't make me tap the sign Mark.

A Venn diagram showing the intersections between three 'wants' - stable services, low density, and low taxes, demonstrating the compromises required for any two and the fact that all three are not simultaneously possible.

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Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Morning: advocacy ride (h/t Step Thru for organizing, what a route!) Lunchtime: grocery shop by bike Afternoon: @velocanadabikes.bsky.social AGM (& well-deserved celebration of @sflkirk.bsky.social!) There are many ways to get involved & many people doing the work to make places bike-friendly.

People on bikes wait at a red light in a bike lane on Elgin Street

A long line of people biking trying to safely cross Colonel By Drive near Bank St

People on bikes on Rideau St bike lane with lots of people walking in both directions because there is no sidewalk here in the heart of Ottawa (and the underpass alternative is closed)

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Seniors are being arrested protesting Mark Carney's complete capitulation to the oil and gas industry. They're wearing pictures of their grandchildren

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2026

Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A shout out to the seniors climate caravan who are descending on Ottawa for the opening of Parliament. Canada cannot ignore our obligation to respond to the climate catastrophe that is being handed to our children. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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SENIORS DESCEND ON OTTAWA TO DEMAND ACTION

The Seniors Climate Caravan is gathering to fight for the future generations of Canada. They need your help!

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David V. Wright @davevwright.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is a significant early win for anyone interested in transparency and accountability toward achieving (or missing) international climate change commitments. While the youth may not be ultimately successful, this will still get important evidence on the record. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Carney government dealt an early blow in climate litigation | CBC News

A federal court refused to strike down a climate lawsuit brought against the Carney government by Canadian youth.

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Strong Towns Ottawa @strongtownsottawa.ca · 21/09/2026

What possible reason could we have to oppose the vacant unit tax? It's a simple form that's easy to fill out, and is extremely beneficial. It not only ensures properties aren't being hoarded and kept vacant, it also uses the funds to directly build more housing. This is a win-win.

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I had the best time at the Kidical Mass ride to the Climate March rally this morning. Safe cycling facilities give kids independence, reduce emissions, prevent accidents and improve health outcomes.

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Kidical Mass Ottawa @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What a ride! 🚲💚🌎 Huge thanks to everyone who joined today’s Kidical Mass. So many smiling kids, families, and advocates rolling together for safe, joyful streets. And so powerful to join up with @ottawaclimate.bsky.social. People want community. People want climate action.

A bike with a sign attached to a basket that says "Safe streets, clean air, healthy kids". Many other bikes and people are in the background

A large group of people and bikes in a park

People riding bikes on a car-free street

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The golf course is hardly greenspace. Even the councilor there describes it as some horribly contaminated hellscape. At least the proposed development will have actual parks which will be open to the public year round.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 19/09/2026

I gave a talk yesterday at a clean tech in incubator, and this was literally my thesis.

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Kidical Mass Ottawa @kidicalmassottawa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's Kidical Mass to the Climate March today! 🚲🌎🚲 We're getting ready to see you soon. Reuse a cereal box to make a sign, or pick up one of these extras our team has put together! #SafeStreetsForKids #ThisMachineFightsClimateChange

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On the Tewin development, @mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social says he doesn't want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting the development. "We shouldn't waste taxpayers money on a lost cause." Meanwhile in Kanata Lakes, he's spending millions to block 1,480 homes from being constructed there.

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Ecology Ottawa @ecologyottawa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We’re here at Centretown United Church for Ottawa’s 2026 Mayoral Eco Debate! Four mayoral candidates are about to discuss climate action, transportation, housing, urban growth, trees and greenspace, and community resilience. We’ll be live skeeting throughout the evening. Follow along!

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Transit woes? Busted sidewalks? Closed rec centres? Long waiting lists for affordable and emergency housing? Parks without washrooms? Closed pools and beaches? Pot holes in roads? Want more of this? Then keep on supporting and voting for 2.5% caps like this.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/09/2026

No New Yorker should lose their life just trying to get around our city. We refuse to accept preventable tragedy as an inevitable part of living in New York. That's why we’ve announced more than 100 policies to make our streets safer over the next 10 years.

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Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Streets are for people - including rave-style DJ kindergartens staying up past their bedtime. Bike Night was the coolest. Thanks @ncc-ccn.gc.ca!

A kid wearing dino pajamas sita in the back of a longtail bike holding glow sticks and spinning on a toy dj booth. They are wearing a helmet with a glow headband sticking high out of it.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Doug Ford knew that banning speed cameras in Ontario would cost lives. He did it anyway. He also knows that banning and removing protected bike-lanes in Ontario will cost lives. He did it anyway. Every resulting life stupidly cut short is on him.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

To be clear, the #WARonWALKING is a big tent that includes the war on safe and efficient urban biking, on workable and well connected public transit, on all ages and abilities accessibility, and more. It’s a war against better cities with more real options, and a war for car dependency. #UrbanTruth

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Chris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.com · 10/09/2026

Super cool that Victoria did this after a single 9 month study and not..checks Ottawa notes.. several studies and not planning to roll out anything until 2028

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Chris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.com · 09/09/2026

This is what’s in store if Sutcliffe successfully gets the LRT uploaded to the province.

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Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Excited to talk about one of my favourite activities on Friday because I do wheelie love the bike bus!

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Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ahem! This 🎉👇 Going for a bike ride today? Come chat with us at Vincent Massey noon-2pm. We’re hosting a picnic, and there’ll be munchies. Happy cycling! 🚲

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

No matter what else you think of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (I have both applauded and criticized his various choices since he took office), his climate change-related decisions have allowed Avi Lewis and the NDP to successfully stake a firm, clear leadership position on the critical issue.

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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

No matter what they claim, the REAL “war” that’s been going on in our cities has been a WAR ON WALKING. And it’s been going on for a century. #UrbanTruth

Mostly black text on white background: “ The Road Lobby claims that there’s a war going on in our cities. There is, but it’s not the war they’ve been lying about. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.“ Via the Urban Truth Collective.

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

OMG, we did! Incredible photos by Richard Seck: www.richardseck.com/criticalmass...

A photo by Richard Seck of Friday's critical mass bike ride in Toronto showing the Bloor Viaduct bridge packed with people on bikes from end to end

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Chris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.com · 01/09/2026

Because Ottawa doesn't track Scope 3 (supply chain) emissions, its official climate dashboards completely ignore: The energy used to bake raw asphalt and concrete Diesel burned by private contractor dump trucks Portable generator emissions

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On the one hand, some people want to make it so that kids and other people aren't crushed to death by cars. On the other hand, some people are upset that they might have to pay attention, slow down or be inconvenienced by about 15 seconds. So you can see how it's a "war on cars."

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Birmingham 20mph limit: a 'life saver' or 'a war on cars'?

Birmingham City Council is proposing the city becomes England's first 20mph city.

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is a standard move for the government - motion to dismiss on the basis that "it's political." Plus, no lawyers fight more passionately for a cause than government lawyers for oil & gas projects.

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Carney government asks court to strike down climate litigation | CBC News

The federal government is asking a court to toss out a high-profile environmental lawsuit, arguing it has no business directing Canada's climate policy.

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

$50 million for rural roads (over 4 years) on top of existing funding levels. Where does this money come from? A reminder that LRT frequency was cut from 5 to 10 minutes to save $1.6 million/yr. 70,000 bus service hours were cut in New Ways to Bus to save $10 million/yr.

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thanks to Doug Ford and Paul Calandra, 80,000 elementary educators have to order classroom supplies from Staples this year instead of from their school boards. I decided to do a little comparison shopping for school supplies many of us will have to order over the course of a school year. 🧵 #OntEd

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Cathy Curry at Planning Committee today: "You are all aware [...] what is going on in Kanata right now with the flooding, almost 600 homes, and you can imagine my reality when most of them are along the golf course lands." No they aren't. Most flooding was in Beaverbrook, with its 1960s sewers.

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Matt @futurematt.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I would love to see every engineering firm in Ontario stand up and declare they will not take any contract that would remove bike lanes.

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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 15/08/2026

MP Dean Allison's upcoming anti-vax COVID "inquiry" includes BC family doctor Charles Hoffe. Reminder about Hoffe: - was an immediate virulent opponent of COVID vaccines - one the main sources of the "clot shot" smear - can't keep his numbers straight when talking about what he's seen/studied

Screenshot of video posted on FB by former Con MP Michelle Ferreri.

BC family doctor Charles Hoffe speaks at podium in a press conference. Video text above says: Dr. Charles Hoff speaks out on behalf of his vaccine injured patients.
www.allisoninquiry.com. CC at the bottom of the video says "I tried to alert my colleagues"

My tweet from Nov 6, 2021:

This Rebel News Interview with Charles Hoffe is only 2 days old and >10K views so far.

Highlights:
Intense windchime soundtrack
Hoffe misquoting his own D-dimer "research" (52% vs 62% with "microthrombi")
Downplaying risk of COVID to kids while fearmongering about vaccines

*screenshot of a Rebel News video called: "What parents need to know before jabbing their little kids" that shows Drea Humprey interviewing Charles Hoffe*

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Edge O. Erin @edgeoerin.com · 15/08/2026

177,402 Canadians want Pete Hoekstra removed as US Ambassador to Canada. We need to get that number up, way up! Please spread the word. Gloves Off! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Petition e-7531 - Petitions

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Urbanist Tony Soprano Back in the day, the bakery, the social club, and the butcher were all on one block. Now they want single-family zoning. You gotta drive 5 miles to a strip mall for gabagool.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This is BAD NEWS for public safety & mobility in Ontario. Make no mistake what this ruling means—the lower court decision established that ripping out protected bike-lanes WILL cost lives & that was unconstitutional. This Appeal decision says Doug Ford is constitutionally allowed to ENDANGER LIVES.

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Ontario appeal court says Ford can rip out Toronto bike lanes | CBC News

Premier Doug Ford’s government can rip out 19 kilometres of protected bike lanes in Toronto, the Court of Appeal for Ontario has ruled in a decision released Friday, reversing a lower court decision m...

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The war will be won. The battle is one of many.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It's interesting. Earlier in the verdict they say the court has no interest if bike lanes are good or bad, etc, but here they are making a value judgement based on....their own bad common sense

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bikebike @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Wanna know how bad this is in Canada, specifically? Just one data point: There is no "bike industry" organization in a nation of 44 million people. No retailer support. No lobbying for Canadian bicycle-related businesses. No efforts to control imports of dangerous devices. Ziltch.

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CAFES Ottawa @cafesottawa.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🗳️ Join The Peoples Official Plan (POP) and CAFES Ottawa for the Mayoral Candidate Forum & Meet and Greet on Wednesday, August 26. All Mayoral candidates have been invited to this forum. RSVP🔗 www.eventbrite.ca/e/mayoral-ca... 📅 Wed, August 26, 2026 🕕 6:00 PM 📍Nepean Sportsplex Hall A

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 09/08/2026

Yes, Cdns are paying attention. How can we not, under smoke-filled skies? But worry isn’t enough. If we don’t know what to do, more disasters just leave us feeling even more helpless. To catalyse action, we need to know: 1. what’s happening, 2. why it’s happening, AND 3. what we can do about it.

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Canadians' climate change concerns rebound amid wildfire season | CBC News

The percentage of Canadians who see addressing climate change as a top priority spiked this summer after years of it taking a back seat to other issues, recent polling has found.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Improve safety in Ottawa by donating to the very able challenger for his seat. www.milburn2026.ca

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Cathryne Milburn for Beacon Hill-Cyrville

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

My big realization: how many child-related trips (schools, daycares, libraries, parks) don't line up well with transit. Like here. Transit is barely faster than walking (cycling is on par with driving). I've always liked cycling, but I've learned it's even more important for car-free families.

driving: 13 minutes, transit: 30, walking: 36, cycling: 11

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