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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · 11d

COVID vaccine still free in Ontario as chief medical officer calls for action to combat skepticism, mistrust

As this province rolls out its fall vaccination campaign at pharmacies, doctors’ offices and clinics, it is bucking a trend.

1 million: Heart Institute's plan to screen Canadians, starting with Ottawa's mayor

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · 21d

A great initiative from the Ottawa Heart Institute. Story by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/heart-i...

The ambitious program to screen for heart-disease risks began Tuesday with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe as Patient No. 1.

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · 22d

Criminal trial starts for Ottawa man over hedge-trimming death | CBC News

Steven Deans, a longtime supervisor with Best Green Hedges, is charged in the May 2023 death of Nick Chenier.

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alex 🇨🇦🍉 @alex-is.online · 22d

Diagram of all current indefinite Temporary Speed Restrictions in effect on Line 1. This info has not been public but I finally got an MFIPPA released recently so I can share this. All TSRs except the ones at the ends are at the request of Alstom, and have been in place since the LRT inquiry in 2022

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · 23d

A lovely, sad profile of Robert Munsch

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When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · 23d

G2 driver travelling double the limit caught by OPP

Dozens of charges were laid in a late-night Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) traffic enforcement blitz this week. On Sept. 10 and 11, officers, undercover police and the OPP traffic enforcement plane c...

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Lindsay but pumpkin-spiced @lindsaynicolle.bsky.social · 29d

I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover

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JW Roulston 🇨🇦🇳🇿🇮🇪 @ottawakiwi.bsky.social · Sep 7

I live in Queensway Terrace North. My street FINALLY got a sidewalk & a decent drainage system. What a fantastic impact - more people out walking with strollers & mobility aids, decent management of rainwater, good access to the bus & incoming LRT, & it looks great.
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Ecology Ottawa @ecologyottawa.bsky.social · Sep 6

This outcome is very disappointing.

As one resident with mobility challenges put it, accessibility is always more important than neighbourhood character.

This decision also sets a concerning precedent for an important active transportation policy. #OttWalk #OttRoll

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Councillor says sidewalks planned for Manor Park neighbourhood will be deferred

Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Rawlson King says a plan to install sidewalks in the Manor Park neighbourhood as part of a road renewal project will be deferred.

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Sep 7

80 years ago, Igor Gouzenko defected in Ottawa with secrets of a Soviet spy operation. @ottawacitizen.com ottawacitizen.com/news/nationa...

Fifteen Canadian stories: Igor Gouzenko's defection put Ottawa on the front line of the Cold War

Defector Igor Gouzenko hid in a neighbour’s apartment on Somerset Street in Ottawa while Soviet agents ransacked his own, looking for documents on a spy network tha…

How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Sep 5

Extraordinary reporting. This reminds me of a similar daring and disastrous SAS raid into Argentina during the Falklands War. How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

He lost his wife to cancer. Now he's pushing for faster access to treatment

Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Sep 5

What an amazing man and story by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/faster-...

John-Peter Bradford co-founded the Ottawa-based non-profit Life-Saving Therapies Network to quicken Canada's sluggish drug approval system.

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Sep 3

Carleton's river pedestrian bridge to stay open in winter, councillors say | CBC News

The pedestrian bridge over the Rideau River between Carleton University and Vincent Massey Park will remain open this winter unlike the last, according to two city councillors.

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Sep 3

Public health concerns aside, how is this considered normal? “DeSantis … also announced the creation of a commission to align Florida with goals laid out by Robert F. Kennedy Jr…. The commission will be headed by Casey DeSantis, the governor’s wife.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

Florida Says It Plans to End All Vaccine Mandates

The Millionaire Who Left Wall Street to Become a Paramedic

Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Sep 2

An incredible story of the millionaire turned paramedic. This paragraph lingers: “He knew it would not work. The girl could not be revived. With every chest compression Mr. Kleisner administered, the beads in her hair clicked against the metal stretcher.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/n...

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Sep 2

Citizen's Bruce Deachman honoured for stories about homeless people

Bruce Deachman was awarded the Shepherd of the Good Hope Media Award for his reporting of homelessness across the city.

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Aug 30

Opinion: Donald Trump is on the brink of becoming a dictator. Can he be stopped?

As the guardrails of American democracy fall one by one, it is no longer a question of where the President is going, but how fast he will get there

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Aug 28

A lovely tribute to Harvey Glatt by Bruce Deachman. It had been a long time since I’d heard the name Joe Hall and the Continental Drift! ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Deachman: Music man — How Harvey Glatt shaped my love of a good tune

As a young person, I became addicted to music, and Harvey Glatt was my dealer, writes Bruce Deachman.

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Aug 28

Councillors reject recommendation to dock pay from Coun. Stéphanie Plante

Council instead voted to reprimand Coun. Stéphanie Plante over her outspoken social media posts.

An Ontario woman died of an infection after an abortion. Her sister says doctors failed her

Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is horrifying

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When Rheanna Laderoute fell ill, doctors failed to follow up on signs of sepsis. Her sister wants accountability

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Aug 26

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OC Transpo forecasting $47M deficit this fiscal year | CBC News

Revenue falls short at OC Transpo as ridership remains stuck in lower gear and help from higher levels of government proves elusive.

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'Do they want us all on the street?': Eviction can mean homelessness for Ottawa seniors

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.com · Aug 26

Most of the renovictions that my office hears about involve seniors — long-term tenants who have paid their rent for decades and then are evicted so the landlord can jack up the rent. Glad that the @ottawacitizen.com delved deeper into to this issue.

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Seniors are becoming the new face of the renovicted. And if they lose their homes, many can't afford a new place to rent.

Adam: Punishing this Ottawa councillor for social media remarks is wrong

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Aug 26

“The idea that Plante’s comments rise to intimidation and bullying is absurd,” writes Mohammed Adam. I agree
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Stéphanie Plante was entitled to share her strong feelings about the proposal for tent-like structures to house refugees in the suburbs.

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Blair Crawford @getbac.bsky.social · Aug 21

How Harvey Glatt brought culture to Ottawa's 'wasteland'

A lifelong music fan, Glatt helped the careers of many Canadian artists and music-industry entrepreneurs.