andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 3hThere are 18 games in a CFL season. The Ottawa Redblacks have now lost 15 of them. 150
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 7hRuh-roh … I’m seeing fans in Redblacks jerseys heading towards Landsdowne. Will it be 0-15 today (21 straight loses since the streak began last season)? 020
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 12hLondon School of Economics graduate Neil Saravanamuttoo: "When I go around the city and I talk to voters, they ask me why can we not decrease property taxes? And I say that's a completely fair question," he said. This isn’t a mayoral race, it’s a clown show. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWhat's your number? Mayoral candidates pressed on tax pledges | CBC NewsMayoral candidates Alex Lawson, Mark Sutcliffe, Jeff Leiper and Neil Saravanamuttoo faced off Thursday at a debate hosted by the Ottawa Board of Trade, where deep divisions emerged over their plans fo... 0136
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 17hNEW | Ottawa mayoral candidate Mark Sutcliffe promises to pay Nigerian prince up front fee and provide City of Ottawa bank details in return for 15% of prince’s trapped fortune as part of bold plan to close $10 billion infrastructure funding gap over the next 10 years. 1172
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026LOL the fleet has been held together with rubber bands and duct tape for so long that we’re all now going gaga over the introduction of one (1) new bus (with more to come - a shame though they’re not electric) 181
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BREAKING | US Secretary of War unveils new upgrades to combat gear. 020
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Area man running for mayor promises to hire magician who can make 25¢ coins appear from behind children’s ears as part of ambitious plan to bridge city’s $10 billion gap in infrastructure funding (that he helped create). 091
Reposted by andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Fantastic! Now, how are we gonna do this? If you also promise to keep taxes to no more than 2.5%? We’ve seen, and are living with the results of years of insufficient and wasteful taxation. Raising isn’t the only answer but you’re so-called savings haven’t been. How is this going to be achieved? 1/ 5266
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ottawa mayoral candidate Mark Sutcliffe promises if elected to launch Go Fund Me page to address city’s looming $10 billion gap in infrastructure funding. 2222
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Start by getting rid of the cars that circle like sharks. The ByWard Market is an incredibly hostile space for pedestrians. 230
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This city is facing an infrastructure funding gap to the tune of $10.8 billion over the next decade and Sutcliffe’s solution to that appears to be to have a rummage around under the sofa cushions in the hopes of finding some loose change. 270
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026CBC you are being kind to suggest the funding mix is ‘unclear’. His ‘funding mix’ is a fantasy. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caSutcliffe pledges billions to fix crumbling roads, pipes and city buildings, but funding mix unclear | CBC NewsAs he seeks re-election, Mark Sutcliffe is promising to fully fill a funding gap for fixing aging infrastructure, though he's hoping the provincial and federal governments will step in to pay. If not,... 1113
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Construction at Landsdowne continues at pace (steel frame emerging from behind the hoarding). If only we could could figure out a way to build housing as fast as we build arenas. 0100
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I thought they’d stopped handing out economics degrees in boxes of Cracker Jacks. 150
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Saw this bus making its way down Bank Street this afternoon. 6710, IYKYK. 110
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And we now take you live to Ottawa’s mayoral race ... 0110
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Can’t make any new investments with tax increases capped at 2.5% so a rearrangement of the deck chairs will have to do. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...ctvnews.caSutcliffe pledges to bar non-Ottawa residents from first night of swimming lesson registrations if re-elected mayor of OttawaMark Sutcliffe is promising Ottawa parents that he will make it easier to sign up for swimming lessons if he’s re-elected as mayor in the upcoming municipal election. 2157
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“Making matters worse are municipal budgets that consistently fail to rise with inflation, said Siemiatycki.” “We paid for those tax freezes by delaying and deferring maintenance. And now the bill has come due.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWhy doesn’t my bus ever seem to come on time? | CBC NewsTransit reliability is an issue that's high on the mind of voters — and it comes down to much more than predictable traffic patterns, with transit agencies in Ottawa and across Canada struggling under... 11410
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ottawa families are managing their costs carefully. Ottawa’s mayor is not. “The city simply isn't raising enough money to replace and renew crumbling infrastructure.” “The funding gap is projected to be a whopping $10.8 billion over the next decade.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caVoters want infrastructure to keep up with houses. Why the mismatch? | CBC NewsThe city has a long list of roads and transitways it needs to keep up with booming growth, but some have spent years or decades sitting on the shelf. Why? 2121
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 27/09/2026And they lost (0-14). Just gonna quickly check in on that Landsdowne deal … “… the city expects the Redblacks’ revenues to grow by 9.85 per cent over the next four years. The auditor says that’s almost double the growth the team has actually seen.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAuditor general highlights risks of latest plan to retool Lansdowne Park | CBC NewsThe Lansdowne 2.0 redevelopment plan faces risks including a tight construction timeline, tariffs, Redblacks attendance and the uncertainty built into a financial deal that lasts until 2075, according... 2214
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There’s a Redblacks home game at Landsdowne today. This is from when they were 0-7. If they lose today they’ll be 0-14. 060
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Now that you’ve been appeased with your free weekend of transit peasants you will stop moaning about the shoddy service. These are the rules. 1142
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If you think you’re hearing artillery fire later this afternoon … 010
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Vintage Ottawa bus at the Ottawa 200 Block Party with burgundy interior and vinyl seats (who else remembers interiors similar to this?). The ‘party’ itself felt a bit lame but maybe I breezed through during a lull in the proceedings. 5132
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026For the love of all that is holy can we pretty please de-amalgamate and let the idiots in the suburbs and rurals deal with this and pay for it with their own tax dollars. I live in a city. A lot of folks who live in what’s currently considered my city actually do not. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caMayoral debate shows wide gulf over urban sprawl | CBC NewsOttawa mayoral hopefuls are taking different positions on how far the city should sprawl to make space for hundreds of thousands more residents expected in the coming decades. 2329
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026static.klipy.comHomer Simpson Sprays Bleach in EyesAlt: Homer Simpson Sprays Bleach in Eyes 040
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026And that rat is now the MP for Battle River — Crowfoot 🐀 070
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Go take a look at the moon. It’s Waxing Gibbous. 🌖 040
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Is one of the reasons that someone keeps insisting on capping tax increases at 2.5%? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caVoters want infrastructure to keep up with houses. Why the mismatch? | CBC NewsThe city has a long list of roads and transitways it needs to keep up with booming growth, but some have spent years or decades sitting on the shelf. Why? 2122
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Quick, update your iOS before the decision is made to add this without your consent to your music library or streaming app playlists. 021
Reposted by andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ottawa Mission says ‘unprecedented need’ for services strained by supervised consumption site closuresbit.lyOttawa Mission says ‘unprecedented need’ for services strained by supervised consumption site closuresThe Ottawa Mission’s impact report says the organization has faced another year of “unprecedented need” for its services, pointing to the closure of supervised consumption sites and a need for more financial assistance from upper levels of government as contributing to the worsening of the homelessness and addiction crisis in the city. 022
Reposted by andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦Glen Gower @glengower.ca · 24/09/2026Attending the Ontario Bicycle Summit today and took a bike tour to Biidaasige Park on Ookwemin Minising. 381
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 23/09/2026On the specific point about the closure of supervised consumption sites worsening the homelessness crisis - congratulations Doug Ford voters, you did that. 183
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 23/09/2026No, you won’t. If you follow through on keeping tax increases capped at 2.5% there’ll be no money for this or any of the other empty pandering campaign promises you’ve been peddling. 1111
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Another driver has driven their car into a building in #Autowa. 180
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s possible to have a ‘pro-growth agenda’ AND have strong environmental and labour rules. 171
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A curse on every Ontarian who voted for this garbage government. 091
Reposted by andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 22/09/2026Stephen Harper’s biggest mistake was not running as a Liberal 1531774
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The view from the dock at Patterson Creek. 0110
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My rural home is on a gravel road and has a well & septic system, I don’t own a bike & it’s too far to walk anywhere, if I wanted to use public transit (I don’t) I’d have to drive to it first, and my new community centre was paid for by taxpayers in the urban wards, so yeah, 2.5% sounds about right. 062
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Railways allegedly played an important role in uniting this country. That’s all now so obviously been utterly and completely forgotten. 141
Reposted by andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Well, of course those hippy Marxists at the Financial Times would say that. 026160
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026And remind me again, why was it suspended in the first place? 050
andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Incumbent Sutcliffe hammers Leiper on tax hikes …” 🙄 HAMMER BACK AND EXPLAIN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF TAXES *AREN’T* RAISED!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caMayoral candidates pledge to better prepare Ottawa for major storms. But who will pay? | CBC NewsMark Sutcliffe, Jeff Leiper and Neil Saravanamuttoo all promised to harden stormwater infrastructure at a Thursday evening eco-themed debate that, more than once, turned into a sparring match on propo... 161