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Laura Smith

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Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Not sure what to think of this City of Ottawa PSA on street safety… The image is kind of graphic and the statement suggests to bicyclists you can follow the rules but drivers will still kill you. 🤷‍♂️ #yowbike #bicycle
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Shireen Ahmed @shireenahmed.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Don't worry, Canada! The 2027 Women's World Cup is next summer in Brazil and we will take all this passion and support dorect it to CanWNT ! We are a soccer nation and our duty, commitment and desire does not end here. It begins. ⚽️🇨🇦✨️
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
HISTORY MADE!! 🇨🇦 ⚽️ #caanmnt
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The last time i had my picture taken at the mall was with Santa. @vanessagilles.bsky.social was much less scary. @pastaandsalsa.bsky.social #CanWNT 🇨🇦⚽️
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Announcer just said they have the roof closed and AC on in Houston! These “hydration breaks” are baldly about making money for people who already have plenty, not player well-being. #worldcup
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
#caturday #worldcupcats #canmnt
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
What did i tell you people? #gggs #ottawa #otttraffic #autowa
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Ottawa Race Weekend. Great Glebe Garage Sale. Blackjacks game. Rapids game. Athletico game. This weekend will be an autopocolipse in downtown Ottawa. Bike. Walk. Bus. If you own a car, do not attempt to use it in the city core. Maybe consider selling it at the GGGS #ottawa #theglebe #otttraffic
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Laura Smith @pastaandsalsa.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I see you, feminist CBC chyron writer. #MensWorldCup
Group of workers protest outside TTC office. Headline specifies “men’s World Cup”
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
We didn't just send the best scientists and astronauts on Artemis II. We sent the very best of ourselves. What can we do? Choosing kindness and compassion here on Earth matters more than we may ever know. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... #ArtemisII
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
While some folks downstairs are still complaining about a sporting event and languages they don’t understand. Up here in Canada, the CBC is showing Olympic hockey with play-by-play in Inuktitut. It’s the Canadian experience I didn’t know I needed. ❤️🇨🇦 #olympics #inuktitut
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
There’s a rose garden blooming at Bank and Fifth. A bunch of roses Shu Flora ordered were not fit for sale, so they donated them to the neighbourhood. I smelled them before I saw them. Lovely. 🌹 #ottawa #theglebe
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Is it weird that a lot of Ottawans’ entry point into Heated Rivalry is a casual reference to the Treasury Board?
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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Across the River from the Capital (A Northern Nativity) William Kurelek 1975
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The camera is giving Mo on the bench the Taylor at a Chiefs game treatment. #lfc #mocam
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
November 11, 1975: My father is a photographer for the Sault Star. He gets an early call from his editor saying the storm that felled trees and barns in the city wrecked an ore carrier on Lake Superior. He drives up to Pancake Bay to capture images of wreckage and search efforts #edmundfitzgerald
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Laura Smith @pastaandsalsa.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Sure wish downtown churches (mine included) would advocate for better transit on weekends so that that would be a reasonable option for folks coming to church.
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Laura Smith @pastaandsalsa.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
www.cbc.ca/life/food/re... #BlueJays #LetsGoBlueJays
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Must-make recipes for your Blue Jays World Series watch party | CBC Life
Chef Dwight Smith shares his best game-day recipes and tips for keeping things easy — so you don’t miss a single home run.
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
It's been 25 years since One-Big-Ottawa was imposed on us. The world has finally taken note: this thing doesn't really work for urban or rural residents. I wrote about why and what's next. glebereport.ca/articles/ott... #ottawa #ottcity #deamalgamateottawa
City of Ottawa produced map showing Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal fitting in Ottawa's current boundaries.
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
No one can say we don’t know how to prevent road deaths anymore. Lower speeds. Modern pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. Public transit that gets people out of cars. That’s it. The longer we resist the more families will be shattered by a preventable death. #visionzero yle.fi/a/74-20174831
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Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Ottawa’s core is struggling. This Globe’s editorial takes note and makes a no longer radical recommendation to Doug Ford: break it up. “Some blame falls on the city and the province. Ottawa is too big and should be broken up into urban and rural municipalities.” #breakupottawa #onpoli #ottawa
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Globe editorial: A rescue plan for Ottawa’s ailing core
There are things the federal government can do to help the capital reflect the nation’s G7 status
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Laura Smith @pastaandsalsa.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
My reading project for the year is Robert Caro’s The Power Broker. Lots of lessons for city planning; this one seems particularly relevant for #Ottawa. Raising fares discourages people from taking transit. #otttransit #octranspo #autowa #RobertMoses #RobertCaro
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Laskinator @laskinator.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
@en.ottawa.ca @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social Is this the city you want? We can "master plan" all we want, but we need actual action.
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Laura Smith @pastaandsalsa.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Walked south on Bank St from Somerset to Second Ave during rush hour, because no bus came during that time. Not great, @octranspo.com. #ottawa #otttransit
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Laura Smith @pastaandsalsa.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
“You just have to have a strong heart.” Highly recommend this for a Friday smile. #ottbike www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
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The very courageous six-year-old learning to ride a bike for the very first time
Brienne Glasgow’s quest to complete the childhood rite-of-passage offers a lesson on getting back in the saddle
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Canada is an experiment on this land. To be a Canadian is to fully acknowledge the generations who have lived here, and finding in their struggles the courage, resolve and optimism to build a more equitable, just and fair society. #happycanadaday 🇨🇦
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Laura Smith @pastaandsalsa.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Spotted on this morning’s walk near the #SaultSteMarie locks: a black-crowned night heron. Turns out this dude is outside its usual habitat. #BirdSky #BlackCrownedNightHeron
A big bird with a dark grey cap and wings, white chin, light grey belly and long dark beak sits on a yellow fence above swirling water. A map of the black-crowned night heron habitat, courtesy of Merlin.
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
We can all agree the highlight of yesterday's @torontobluejays.bsky.social game was the opening pitch thrown out by Chef Dwight Smith! Very cool! www.instagram.com/chefdwightsm...
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Three hours in, on the first day of advance polls, and there is a line out the door at my polling station. #cdnpoli #cdnelection #canadavotes
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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
We're mad about the focus on "fare evasion". Stop punishing people for riding the bus. The penalty is absurdly high ($260) - that's a lot more than parking in a bike lane. capitalcurrent.ca/oc-transpo-c...
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OC Transpo crackdown on fare evasion draws ire of free-transit advocate - Capital Current
An Ottawa advocate for free transit service says an OC Transpo crackdown on riders who evade paying their bus or LRT fare is unfairly punishing low-income people who can’t afford the costs of travelli...
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Say it with me: "prime minister-designate". Please share widely. #cdnpoli #parliamentarysystem #liberal #canada #liberalleadership
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
If you’re looking for a nice new breakfast spot in #Ottawa, Yolks is open on Bank in the Glebe, friends. The brand started as as a Vancouver food truck. Lots o’ space. Great service. Very good food. #TheGlebe
Two plates of oh so good breakfast foods with coffee, latte, Oj and water in a bright restaurant. Exterior of Yolks. A red brick building at Bank and Fifth with large windows and a big white on pale blue “Yolks” sign.
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Laura Smith @pastaandsalsa.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
#OCTranspo I know it has been a rough week but if you are going to detour and bypass two regular stops you need to tell people. Nothing on your website or the Transit app re: route 56. ☹️
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Ben Steiner @bensteiner00.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
TSN and CBC will broadcast NSL on a mix of streaming and linear services. CBC will have 8 matches on its national channel. A "Game of the Week" will co-stream on CBC Gem and NSL . ca, while 24 other matches will co-stream on TSN+ and NSL . ca. www.cbc.ca/sports/socce...
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CBC/Radio-Canada to broadcast, live stream games of NSL's inaugural season | CBC Sports
The NSL, Canada’s first professional women's soccer league, unveiled its schedule Thursday afternoon, with all 75 regular-season matches to air across CBC, Radio-Canada, TSN and RDS.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Feb. 19, 1958: Ellen Fairclough is named Acting Prime Minister of Canada.
Fairclough, who was also the first woman to be appointed as a federal cabinet minister, was appointed to the post while Prime Minister John Diefenbaker was away.
She held the post until his return the following day.
She was the first woman to ever hold the duties of Prime Minister of Canada.
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Ten years ago today the 17th mayor of Sault Ste. Marie was killed in a tragic accident while on his way to the library that now bears his name. At the time I knew nothing about him, but have since pored over clippings and books to help place him in the city's history en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L...
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James L. McIntyre - Wikipedia
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OneSoccer @onesoccer.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
WOW 🤯 #CanWNT ICON Desiree Scott joins Northern Super League side Ottawa Rapid FC 🇨🇦
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Carolyn Whitzman @cwhitzman.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
These are the Housing First stories we need to share www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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First came the apartment. Then he got clean. Now he's giving back | CBC News
This past April, 47-year-old Colin Baudry of Ottawa finally got his very own apartment after living on the street for a year. It's that stability that allowed him to get clean, and now he's eager to start giving back to the community that supported him.
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Kevin Dorse @kdorse.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Ottawa’s pets-in-backpacks scene is reppin’ extra hard today.
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