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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh, the irony of all those suburban voters who actively voted for candidates who have made it their mission to make downtown a shittier place, and who actively hate transit and have made it a miserable experience, are finding out that those decisions have consequences.

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happy first gotcha anniversary, Dori! She’s the little boxer on the right ❤️

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

An anti-2SLGBTQIA+ organization was invited to Ottawa to assist with flood cleanup. They are here. This same group was in NYC during COVID and turned away queer volunteers during COVID. Here's how NYC felt after receiving support from this group. council.nyc.gov/press/2020/0...

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Where is the line on what we'll invite into our city? Why are the city's inclusive values bending? Is the city an ally only when times are good, but not when times are tough? If an anti-2SLGBTQIA+ group is invited following a flood, what other hate will the city invite after the next disaster?

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Alyssa 🍁 @alyssagambone.northsky.social · 15/07/2026

Get this hate group out of our city.

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Catherine McKenney @catmckenney.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Why are we bringing a known anti-LGBTQ+ organization into our city at a time when we are faced with growing homophobia and transphobia? This is the same group that turned away queer volunteers during COVID www.nydailynews.com/2020/04/14/c... We can help residents without making many feel unsafe

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Christian charity takes heat for anti-gay work requirements at COVID-19 field hospital

The Christian charity group that erected a 68-bed field hospital in Central Park to care for coronavirus patients is under fire for requiring volunteers to sign a “statement of faith” that disqualifie...

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Laskinator @laskinator.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Weird, 2 days after a journalist/potential councilor posted about a homeless encampment, it's swarmed with bylaw, cops, and heavy equipment. Trillium path past Commanda may be closed. I didn't bother trying. So where will these people sleep tonight? @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Don is a husband and father of two. Don and Paul, my husband, ran a renovation business side-by-side for more than a decade. He's just 41 and in a cancer battle. Our dear friend will need blood transfusions. Join our team and choose an appointment: myaccount.blood.ca/en/join-team...

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Benjamin Warner tragically died from a drug overdose in British Columbia in August 2024. He had registered to be a deceased organ donor. Ben saved three lives — one of them being Mark Hofeling. Mark recently met Ben's mom. globalnews.ca/news/1180949...

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‘Part of my very being’: B.C. liver recipient meets donor’s mother | Globalnews.ca

Benjamin Warner, 37, tragically died from a drug overdose in August 2024 and Holly said they were not surprised to learn their loving and lively son was an organ donor.

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Ottawa's speed cameras issued more than 1.1 million tickets from July 2020 until they were shut down in November 2025. But sure... 36 tickets and loads of in-person human hours in 18 school zones are a reasonable substitute. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

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Ottawa police issue 36 tickets during school zone safety blitz

The Ottawa Police Service says officers handed out 36 tickets during a safety blitz at 18 school zones in Ottawa last week.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

In Ontario, a long list of high risk conditions makes many Ontarians eligible for Covid boosters, starting today. You can find more information here. Please share this information with people in your life at risk of severe Covid. They might not even be aware that they are or that they're eligible.

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COVID‑19 vaccines

Learn about Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination program and how to book a vaccine.

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

You'll need a tissue for this emotional meeting. In the dark moments when a family learns their loved one is dead, organ donation is a silver lining. They are proud of their loved one's final gifts. www.cbs19.tv/article/news...

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East Texas liver recipient meets family of organ donor that saved his life

According to the family, Armando Olivan’s donations benefited more than 70 people through organ and tissue transplants.

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Today is Trans Day of Visibility. Alberta parents of trans youth stood at the legislature yesterday: their children are being harmed by anti-trans policy. Supported by Queer Momentum and led by Fae Johnstone, I managed media relations to help ensure these voices were heard.

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

My nephew Cameron got a letter from @canadaslifeline.bsky.social: he has a rare Ro blood subtype that can help patients with Sickle Cell Disease. He says he can’t take credit for genetics. But he can take credit for booking an appointment and donating. (At 6' tall, it's rare that I feel short.)

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Try whatever you want humans, I WILL find a way to bark at everyone.

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Free 9-week cognitive behavioural therapy group sessions for mothers and fathers. For those feeling depressed, sad, anxious, worried, angry or overwhelmed. Offered by @ottawapublichealth.ca For mothers: www.parentinginottawa.ca/en/becoming-... For fathers: www.parentinginottawa.ca/en/becoming-...

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Mental Health in Pregnancy and After Birth

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Rescued from a puppy mill. Living the life she deserves ❤️

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Jeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Leiper and McKenney: Ford, don’t privatize our water. Act today. Leiper et McKenney : Ford, ne privatisez pas notre eau. Agissez dès aujourd’hui. kitchissippiward.ca/2026/03/14/d...

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

For the Ford government, the cruelty is the point. (Closing the supervised consumption site in my community has made things so much worse.)

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

TW: Racism, white supremacy. This is happening in your ward, @timtierney.ca. At the Splash Wave Pool on Ogilvie. Source: www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/com...

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Plasma donation has arrived at the Carling Ave Canadian Blood Services. Maybe you've wanted to try donating plasma (a huge help to liver friends), but didn't want to drive to Orleans. And, it just so happened to be a Somerset West CHC blood drive today ❤️ Today was my 43rd donation.

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

It’s still -30°C with the windchill, but the days ahead look way more reasonable. A balmy -6 coming up.

“Yellow warning for cold ended” notification.

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Jeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

There's no longer any question: it's time to compensate transit riders for what they're going through. These pictures are heartbreaking - people going to evening shifts, home and family, class.

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From the ottawa community on Reddit: Train Evacuation

Posted by WA472P - 136 votes and 43 comments

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Chris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.com · 23/01/2026

Interesting to see Alex Lawson scrubbed from the PoliticalIntel consultants site amidst running for mayor web.archive.org/web/20251221... #ottnews

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Hootsuite is working with ICE to support their "social listening", but it's Hootsuite that isn't reading the room. Despite the reaction to learning they are working with ICE, Hootsuite doubled down during an internal all-hands call on Thursday. Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0bde79a...

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Hootsuite CEO says ICE contract will stand as long as agency honours terms and conditions

‘We did nothing wrong here,’ head of Vancouver social media company said in internal call with employees

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Where we spend our money matters because every purchase acts as a vote for the kind of world we want to live in. Alternatives to Hootsuite include Planable, Buffer and Sprout Social. Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0bde79a...

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Vancouver social media company Hootsuite looking to work with ICE to ‘build trust’

Company has secured a project with ICE that involves ‘social listening’ after cancelling a contract in 2020 over employee backlash

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Bizarre thing at Ottawa airport last night. We landed on an Air Canada flight from Mexico. Someone messed up, because we got off the plane, no customs or immigration, and went directly to the luggage carousel. People with carry-on-only just walked out of the airport. Nobody cleared customs.

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Jeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Council will soon be voting on a new zoning by-law that adds greater density and focuses on 15-minute communities across Ottawa. I've been thinking a lot about growing up in Convent Glen in that context, and offer the following: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_0R....

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Growing up in Convent Glen's 15-minute community

YouTube video by Kitchissippi Ward

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

In case you needed something hopeful. (We’re in Mexico and don’t know these lovely people)

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Exciting middle-age weekend plans: picked up an embroidery book from the library. @opl-bpo.bsky.social

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

My snow removal service just sent a message with, "If you have an urgent medical appointment like dialysis, cancer treatment or surgery on a day (or night) when we are expecting snow, notify us 24 hours in advance and we will do our best to clear your way out of your driveway before you go." 🥹

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The photos look like grocery stores. Did anyone see the people stealing basic necessities? No, we did not.

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

A woman who lived without hands or legs for eight years after a sepsis infection turned her limbs black can now finally hold her granddaughter’s hand, thanks to a life-changing hand transplant. ca.news.yahoo.com/hand-transpl...

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‘Hand transplant means I can finally hold my granddaughter for first time’

‘This is the most precious gift I have ever received in my life,’ Kim Smith said

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Health Canada has approved the first drug designed to treat postpartum depression. Zuranolone is a pill and can start relieving symptoms in as few as three days. One in five women experiences a depression or anxiety disorder during or after pregnancy. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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First pill to treat postpartum depression approved by Health Canada

Zuranolone is a pill taken once a day for 14 days and can start relieving depressive symptoms in as few as three days

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Nepean power outrage seems to be widespread. Neighbours are comparing notes in a local Facebook group. From Parkwood Hills to Manordale. @lainejohnson.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social @hydroottawa.bsky.social

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

An AI-powered transcription tool recorded a hospital doctors' meeting and sent the meeting notes, including patient info, to the 65 people on the meeting invite list, 12 of whom were no longer employed by the hospital. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0bde79a...

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AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff, watchdog says

The transcription tool recorded the meeting on behalf of a physician who no longer worked at the hospital

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Feeling stressed? Here’s Dori in her new hat. Sweet girl is a puppy mill rescue from Kentucky and isn’t used to the cold.

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I got a speed camera ticket this week. Do I call it a cash grab? No. Do I blame the camera? No. I was speeding (just a little, but still) and I'll pay the ticket.

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Heather Badenoch 🇨🇦 @heatherbadenoch.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Friday joy: Here's a video of Dori from earlier this week. Our Kentucky-born rescue pup experienced her first snowfall. And her first time walking in boots.

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