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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I can’t imagine having a basement apartment during the Canada Day storm and flooding. #Ottawa www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canada Day storm upends lives of flooded apartment building's residents | CBC News
Residents of an apartment building on McEwen Avenue are facing displacement since Wednesday afternoon's ferocious storm flooded the lobby and basement, cutting off the building's power supply.
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Marilou @mariloupage.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
That you? “During his editorship, as of October 2020, the Press Complaints Commission and its successor IPSO made fourteen rulings against the paper. The publication was also forced to pay damages for libel on several occasions throughout his tenure.”
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Apparently Carney is a fan of the saying “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” #CdnPoli bsky.app/profile/ersh...
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City of Ottawa @en.ottawa.ca · 02/07/2026
Avoid unnecessary travel as #OttCity recovers from today's storm. To report flooding issues, please contact 3-1-1. For more information on storm impacts, service disruptions, road closures, and safety information, visit: bit.ly/4vK1VLV
Graphic with a blue background. A pictogram of a thundercloud with rain drops is on the left side.
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
#CanadaDay 🫎🇨🇦🦫 @weathernetwork.bsky.social www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...
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Oh, Canada! Honouring our nation's five most beloved animal icons - The Weather Network
Canadian wildlife is second to none. Narrowing down a list of Canada’s five greatest animals isn’t going to be easy, but our very own Mia Gordon and Nathan Coleman gave it a try. Watch the video abo...
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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Ottawa 👨‍🦳: now is not the time to act on climate Also Ottawa: images.twnmm.com/c55i45ef3o2a...
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OTTAWA (YOW)
GREATEST SINGLE DAY RAINFALL (JULY) |
NEW RECORD 90
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Ottawa PREVIOUS
ON RECORD 79
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JULY 24, 2017
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Ian Black @blacksweather.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
8:37 pm July 1 2026. Getting a little tired of a forecast of “a few showers” from someone in Toronto when we have been seeing ongoing “training storms” with drenching, FLOODING rains in and around Ottawa since 2pm. #ONStorm
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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I'm sure this is a long-shot, but if anyone has a gas-powered sump pump they can spare, I've got a family in my neighborhood with water almost up to their basement ceiling who sure could use it. If so, email me at knoxdalemerivale@ottawa.ca
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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This was not an LRT issue. It was a trespasser on the track issue. Spread the word.
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Radio-Canada Info @info.radio-canada.ca · 01/07/2026
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Des inondations rapportées dans l’ouest d’Ottawa
Les fortes pluies de mercredi après-midi entraînent des inondations localisées à Ottawa.
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Ottawa Public Health @ottawapublichealth.ca · 01/07/2026
For the latest updates on the current heat event and a list of places to cool off that are open on Canada Day check out ottawa.ca/en/heat-warn...
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Staying cool in hot weather - Heat warning | City of Ottawa
Canada Day is a statutory holiday where many malls and facilities are closed. Here a few spots – especially in the downtown – where you can take a break from the heat.
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
As of today in Ontario, if your driver’s licence is from a jurisdiction that does not have a driver’s licence exchange agreement with Ontario, you need to first pass a G2 road test, then wait at least 12 months to take the G road test. 🚙🚗 #ONpoli 🚘 www.ontario.ca/page/exchang...
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Exchange an out-of-province driver’s licence
How to switch a driver’s licence from another province, state or country for an Ontario driver’s licence.
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Ottawa Public Health @ottawapublichealth.ca · 01/07/2026
If you’re out celebrating today, it’s a good idea to keep water and sunscreen on you. Drink plenty of water and be sure to spend time in the shade throughout the day. Look out for friends, neighbours and older adults living alone who may need extra help in the heat and check in with them.
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦🦫🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦🦫🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 Bonne fête du Canada!
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Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
@evansolomon.bsky.social Can the Canadian government please quit pushing this scam industry run by billionaires out to destroy knowledge and the planet? “He seemed to use it more as a digital priest whose primary purpose was to confirm that he was right and everyone else was mistaken.”
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
#CdnPoli bsky.app/profile/tjhe...
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andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
‘Let’s grab a couple of pints and watch the game in the ACE district’ said no one going to the ByWard Market.
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Is the @ncc-ccn.gc.ca just not posting here any more? Eastern Bridge over the Ottawa River: “The Government of Canada is moving forward with the next phase of the new interprovincial bridge project on the Montée Paiement–Aviation Parkway corridor.” #Ottawa #Gatineau ncc-ccn.gc.ca/projects/eas...
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An Eastern Bridge in the National Capital Region
Every day, we work to build an inspiring capital that is a source of pride for all Canadians.
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The Weather Network @weathernetwork.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Get ready for the heat and humidity, Ontario, as peak temperatures this week will reach into the 30s while feels-like values could make their way into the 40s. #ONwx ow.ly/HkBX50ZhYYX
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First extreme heat event of the summer will invade Ontario this week - The Weather Network
Get ready for the heat and humidity, Ontario, as peak temperatures this week will reach into the 30s while feels-like values could make their way into the 40s in some locales
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James Boxall 🇨🇦🍁 @jamesgis.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Well, at least they created "Ai Ambassadors" to help you get used to the slop :-) Over 40yrs the most often used phrase is the "new thing" was going to be "transformative for #education." That is, until it isn't. If you have to say that, then your PR is just bull shite! www.ox.ac.uk/gen-ai
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Generative AI at Oxford
We’re embracing AI in education, research and professional services, and managing the challenges this technology poses for higher education by encouraging safe and responsible use.
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Occasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Canada day is going to feel like 47° C (33c with 74% humidity) Reminder: If the person is suddenly confused or has lost consciousness or cannot be woken - call 9-1-1. It's almost always a life-threatening event. Stay hydrated with electrolytes Listen to your body Reapply sun screen frequently
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Here in #OttCity I’d guess half our LRT runs thru miles of greenbelt/farmland or is buried along a river, and/or has stations orphaned at highway off-ramps. This was a conscious choice, to hamstring dev because it was cheap. Inept planning, lack of leadership to see value.
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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Through an FOI request, I got a copy of the unreleased Ottawa Speed Zone Policy Update (page 158). Lots to read through! sjamieit.github.io/files/A20260... They also included the existing 2009 Speed Zoning Policy, and it has some... interesting mocking and dismissal of complaints about speeding.
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Paul 🇨🇦 🚵 @paul-pothier.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Saw something like this just a couple of hours ago on Sussex Driver gets a little past a cyclist in the bike lane, then pulls in front, into the bike lane and stops Red plates They would’ve gotten a pretty significant rap on the window if they did that to me
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The @en.ottawa.ca really needs to start enforcing laws about cars parking on bike lanes. I just saw a car stop in front of a cyclist on Sussex, forcing her to suddenly go into car traffic. #Ottawa @bikeviewca.bsky.social
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CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
One Tank Trips: Bonnechere Caves
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One Tank Trips: Bonnechere Caves
Located about an hour and a half west of Ottawa, the Bonnechere Caves give visitors a chance to explore underground. CTV’s Dylan Dyson reports.
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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
M 7.1 earthquake 21 km W of Morón, Venezuela earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
The location of the earthquake is marked by a star. It is on the coast of Venezuela.
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Occasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
34 operators looking to be hooked up in the next two years. The demand is 86% of the current demand for the entire city. That's nuts. You're going to have to hook yourself up to the provincial grid on that one.
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Occasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
You know we can just say no... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Data centres hungry for power putting 'extraordinary pressure' on Hydro Ottawa | CBC News
'By the end of this year, we will have received requests to connect that exceed the total amount of power that is used today by residents and businesses within the city of Ottawa,' says company's CEO.
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Sounds just like ON where there’s $20 billion in backlogged repairs to schools across the province. Not to mention healthcare, transit, housing, the destruction of the Ontario science center, a mega spa on the waterfront BB airport expansion But hey buck a beer and a tunnel under the 401…
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Completed in 1964 for the CBC as its Ottawa headquarters soon after the George Dunbar Bridge over the Rideau River was completed, 1500 Bronson Ave one of the first buildings in a cluster of federal government buildings in Confederation Heights. #Ottawa #613history www.instagram.com/p/DL2zs5Txq-...
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Confederation Heights, including the iconic CBC building beside Bronson Avenue, are set for redevelopment. 🏢🏠🏠🏠🏢 #Ottawa www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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NCC approves plan for Ottawa's 'underutilized' Confederation Heights | CBC News
The National Capital Commission (NCC) has outlined its vision for the redevelopment of a parcel of prime federal land in Ottawa that it says is "underutilized."
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Yes, I have been wearing my old Ghana football shirt all day. #Ghana #WorldCup 🇬🇭⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Why are we being asked to subsidize condo developers for their failed real estate speculation? #CdnPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Critics slam government plan to 'bail out' sagging condo sector in B.C. | CBC News
A plan by the B.C. government and Ottawa to buy thousands of vacant condo units and turn them into affordable housing is drawing criticism. Some call it a "bail out" for developers.
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The New Orleans @theneworleans.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Ottawa struggles to shift its transportation focus from car-centric infrastructure to more sustainable options. The city's budgeting, mandated by Ontario laws, prioritizes road maintenance, consuming most funds.
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How Provincial Rules Subtly Force Car-Centred Ontario Cities
Ottawa struggles to shift its transportation focus from car-centric infrastructure to more sustainable options. The city's budgeting, mandated by Ontario laws, prioritizes road maintenance, consuming most funds. Consequently, insufficient investment in alternatives like cycling paths and sidewalks hampers progress towards a more sustainable transportation network.
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Occasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Roàds are required to sell sprawl, which is required to move cheap development. We need to get at the root of the cancer. We have very rich organizations that all have a vested interest in very poor urban development. Thankfully though, land value matters. So we have some allies.
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Is this what Canadians voters wanted? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides | CBC News
The federal government has brought in major changes to how pesticides are regulated in Canada, granting cabinet the power to authorize the use of pesticides — even ones that Health Canada has deemed u...
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 19/06/2026
OPINION: "Congress enacted the 13th Amendment on Jan. 31, 1865, abolishing slavery. It was not until June 19, 1865, that word of the amendment reached enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, marking the origin of the Juneteenth holiday," Rodney Coates writes. buff.ly/1AYGSTT
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Opinion | Juneteenth Reminds Us of Black Americans’ Long Struggle for Education
Rodney Coates writes about the issues Black Americans faced in education after they celebrated the end of slavery.
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#OttCity earmarks hundreds of millions annually for new roads/road widenings that look good on paper & ribbon cutting; by time it’s over capacity again it’s some other poli problem. We’d get better outcomes by investing in transit & #PlacesForPeople
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Well. 🇨🇦⚽️🏆 #WorldCup www.cbc.ca/sports/lives...
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Canada's historic 6-0 World Cup win over Qatar, as it happened | CBC
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
CBC: “Environment Canada has issued a yellow severe thunderstorm watch for most of eastern Ontario Thursday that includes the possibility of tornadoes starting late in the morning.” #Ottawa #Gatineau #KingstonON ⛈️🌪️⛈️ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Dangerous thunderstorms, possible tornadoes for most of Ottawa-Gatineau region | CBC News
Environment Canada has issued a yellow severe thunderstorm watch for most of eastern Ontario and some of western Quebec Thursday that includes the possibility of tornadoes starting late in the morning...
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The Weather Network @weathernetwork.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Earthquakes Canada has reported a magnitude 4.3 earthquake occurred in Eastern Quebec Thursday morning at 10:21 a.m. EDT. ow.ly/L26Z50ZehOU
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M4.3 earthquake reported in Quebec, felt in Nova Scotia - The Weather Network
No damages or injuries have been reported.
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Ian Black @blacksweather.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A Special Weather Statement has been issued for Ottawa for potentially locally heavy rain in showers and thunderstorms. High 20° (norm is 25°). Wind SE 20-40 turning SW 40 gusts >60. Low 15°. A 60% chance of pm ☔️ or ⚡️ Fri. High 19°. Similar weather Sat. 40% chance of ☔️ or ⚡️. High 19°.
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
From @en.ottawa.ca on FB: “The City is conducting two Environmental Assessment Studies along Hunt Club from just East of Gibford Drive to West of Mac Street as well as at the Hunt Club and Bank Intersection. […] When: June 25, 2026 Time: 6 – 8 pm Location: Diane Deans Greenboro Community Centre…”
Map of project limits.
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Lots of US media are pushing that one study. A study done in the midst of multiple crises, all of which are major confounds on their dubious results. It also skips questions of urban design and known pre-existing problems of social isolation. It’s like when they pushed the line that eggs are bad.
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Waldo @waldo2006.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Getting closer
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I’m on Waldo’s trail. He’s in Ottawa. I think he wants to be found. #WheresWaldo
“Waldo” carved into clear plastic near the back exit of an OC Transpo bus. @octranspo.com
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A group stuck waiting for the pedestrian light to cross Carling to get to the Dow’s Lake LRT station across the street. The group grows, waiting waiting. Finally the light changes, we all cross the street, and reach the station in time to see the train leave before we can get down. @octranspo.com
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Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Thanks to the end of Hockey Night in Canada and public broadcasts of NHL games, the next generation of Canadians won't have the same relationship with the NHL and maybe even with hockey in general. So more money for the NHL now, but a lot less money in the long term. #HNIC www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canada grapples with loss of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada | CBC News
Canadians are grappling with the loss of a cultural touchstone after CBC announced Tuesday its Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts have come to an end.
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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Museums hold collections for a reason: “Perhaps, he says, the next big breakthrough in charting our solar system’s deepest history won’t come from exploring some distant world but rather from studying samples of space rocks …from a drawer in a museum.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/rare...
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Scientists found a piece of a lost planet in the Sahara Desert
Hints of high-pressure chemistry within a rare meteorite suggest this fallen space rock comes from a planet gone wrong in the solar system’s early history
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