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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 3h

Sign up for next Wednesday's City Budget 2026 Info Session. I'll be joined by my Council colleagues @lainejohnson.bsky.social and @tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social. City staff will be on hand to answer questions. We want to hear your thoughts!
Oct 15, 6:30-8:30 pm
RSVP: www.college-ward.ca/budget_2026

Ward 7, 8, 9 Budget 2026 meeting

College Ward

www.college-ward.ca

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John Bowker @johnbowker.bsky.social · 9h

Globe and Mail editorial: “Local affairs are not improved by having Mr. Ford blunder into them” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit... #onpoli

Globe editorial: Doug Ford is not the mayor of Ontario

The premier’s continual interventions in municipal affairs diverts attention from pressing provincial issues

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Chandra Pasma @chandrapasma.bsky.social · 1d

Bill 33 will be up for debate in a couple weeks. Let’s stand together and tell Doug Ford and Minister Calandra to keep their hands off our schools.

Send them an email today: ontariondp.ca/hands-off-our-schools

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Chandra Pasma @chandrapasma.bsky.social · 1d

Proud to stand with my colleagues, parents, educators and students to demand proper funding for our schools. While schools are crumbling from $6 billion in cuts, the Education Minister brags about his government’s record. Minister, cuts are nothing to be proud of. Fund our schools!

#onpoli #onted

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CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 1d

Watch as fog rolls over Parliament Hill in Ottawa

A timelapse of fog lifting over Parliament Hill in Ottawa the morning of Oct. 10, 2025.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 1d

The Great derangement syndrome:
People telling me to stop talking about a burning planet when our Prime Minister has a "nation-building" plan to build oil pipelines, repeal the tanker ban, kill the emissions cap.
Trump is a convenient excuse for the plant burners. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Carney doesn’t rule out new pipeline to B.C., repealing tanker ban and emissions cap

As the federal government works towards its next batch of major projects, Prime Minister Mark Carney is not ruling out a new pipeline to the B.C. coast or lifting environmental policies like the tanke...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 2d

Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star

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Ottawa Citizen @ottawacitizen.com · 2d

Deachman: Speed cameras aren't the enemy Doug Ford makes them out to be ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Deachman: Speed cameras aren't the enemy Doug Ford makes them out to be

Bruce Deachman visits the 10 busiest speed cameras in Ottawa to see if they're all just cash grabs.

ottawacitizen.com

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Neil Saravanamuttoo @neilsara.bsky.social · 2d

We hit the streets to ask Ottawans what they think about Lansdowne 2.0.

How to stop this madness 👉 betterottawa.ca/fightlansdowne

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alexcullen.bsky.social @alexcullen.bsky.social · 2d

This is the Mamtani gambit. We will see how this plays out in New York City.

Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 2d

This excellent video builds out the case for public grocery stores.

This idea is landing super well with Canadians, who are tired of trading their paycheques for overpriced food so corporations can line their pockets.

It’s the kind of populist offer the NDP can win with! Join us: lewisforleader.ca

The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 2d

With grocery giants ripping off Canadians, it’s time for a bold alternative: public grocery stores.

Food analyst Aaron Vansintjan explains how a publicly-run grocery option could solve the crisis of skyrocketing food costs.

youtu.be/RPuEhQl8Cxo

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 2d

1/ My Blue Jays: A socialist reverie…

My Dad took me to the first Blue Jays game in 1977. It was so cold in Exhibition Stadium (“The Mistake by the Lake”) that asses were freezing to the aluminum bleachers.

It snowed, people left. We stayed, the Jays won!

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CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 2d

Ottawa city councillor wants to keep speed cams in school zones

An Ottawa city councillor is pushing to keep photo radar cameras in school zones, as Premier Doug Ford looks to ban them. CTV’s Kimberley Fowler reports.

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 2d

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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Glen Gower @glengower.ca · 3d

Meanwhile in Toronto

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 3d

Councillor Bravo asks about the finances of the speed camera program. CFO says 24% of fine revenue is remitted back to the province. Admin costs take 35%. Remainder goes to road safety initiatives, including to pay the salaries of 18 police officers, plus crossing guards, etc.

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alexcullen.bsky.social @alexcullen.bsky.social · 3d

We shall see if any of this will be effective, and what the loss is to City revenues. #ottcity

mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social · 3d

The feedback has been extremely positive. Ottawa’s new Housing Action Plan, with 53 recommendations that cut red tape, shorten processes, and reduce and defer fees, was passed today by city council.

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alexcullen.bsky.social @alexcullen.bsky.social · 3d

Elements of a good deal re. Ottawa's LRT: City continues to operate system, scheduling & fares belongs to City. Province funds upgrades and future extensions. #OCTranspo #ottcity #onpoli

CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 3d

Negotiations to upload O-Train to Metrolinx must be ‘good deal for Ottawa,’ mayor says

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says negotiations to upload the light-rail transit system to the Ontario government must end in a “good deal for Ottawa,” with the city maintaining control over scheduling and hiring for the O-Train service.

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Ted Raymond @tedraymond.bsky.social · 3d

The motion recommends Council “affirm the proven safety benefits” of the photo radar program and “urge the Province of Ontario to permit the retention” of photo radar cameras in school zones.

Ottawa councillor looks to keep photo radar cameras in school zones

An Ottawa city councillor wants to keep photo radar cameras in school zones, as Premier Doug Ford vows to ban automated speed enforcement cameras across the province.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Ottawa Transit Riders 🇨🇦🍁 @otttransitriders.bsky.social · 3d

After the LRT Inquiry, the mayor when elected, promised transparency to the Transit file. Bypassing the Transit Committee is transparent? #ottpoli
Negotiations to upload O-Train to Metrolinx must be ‘good deal for Ottawa,’ mayor says

www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Negotiations to upload O-Train to Metrolinx must be ‘good deal for Ottawa,’ mayor says

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says negotiations to upload the light-rail transit system to the Ontario government must end in a “good deal for Ottawa,” with the city maintaining control over scheduling and hir...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Chandra Pasma @chandrapasma.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday's announcement from OCDSB Supervisor Bob Plamondon raises a lot of questions and parents deserve answers.

#onted #onpoli

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Yesterday's announcement from OCDSB Supervisor Bob Plamondon raises a lot of questions and parents deserve answers. #onted #onpoli | Chandra Pasma

Yesterday's announcement from OCDSB Supervisor Bob Plamondon raises a lot of questions and parents deserve answers. #onted #onpoli.

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 3d

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

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Craig McNaughton @jcraigmcn.bsky.social · 3d

Premier Ford argues in his Oct. 7 letter to Mayors Brown & Meed Ward that speed cameras are "failing miserably" at slowing down drivers...

Not in Ottawa. Check out this memo:

Glen Gower @glengower.ca · 9d

Here's a memo from Ottawa's General Manager of Public Works about Automated Speed Enforcement (speed cameras)