For DW members living in Canada's National Capital

A Matter of a Problematic Chicken Chain

2025-08-05T19:06:11Z

Posted by: dewline

So did we miss a chance to prevent a Chick-Fil-A location going up in Orléans?

https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/D07-12-24-0131/details

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Welcome to 2023 (Belatedly)

2023-01-23T16:11:27Z

Posted by: dewline

We're mostly still here, and we've survived another municipal election. Whether we do well with its consequences...?

Any thoughts?

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Checking In - September 2022

2022-09-12T00:30:31Z

Posted by: dewline

It's been a couple of years, yeah, but I wanted to check in with everyone still active hereabouts...?

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Business Resource: Together Apart

2020-04-15T12:47:47Z

Posted by: dewline

I just heard about this via NCF and CBC Ottawa. If you're in the Ottawa area, this might be helpful to you. You can search by category and neighbourhood. If there's an equivalent resource for Gatineau, please let me know so that I can add it?

https://www.together-apart.ca/

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Restaurants Offering Take-Out and/or Delivery?

2020-04-10T19:39:13Z

Posted by: dewline

Notice any omissions to this list, anyone?

https://apt613.ca/covid613-takeout-by-neighbourhood/

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JOB SEARCH: Apt 613's Monthly Arts/Culture Job Listings

2020-04-06T14:51:55Z

Posted by: dewline

Some of you might be interested in these.

https://apt613.ca/ottjobs-april-2020/

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Birds in Ottawa-Gatineau?

2020-03-19T18:19:49Z

Posted by: dewline

What are you seeing lately?

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OC Transpo Measures in the Time of Pandemic

2020-03-19T18:04:36Z

Posted by: dewline

Details and links here for anyone interested:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/octranspo-covid19-safety-bus-lrt-1.5498997

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Coping With COVID-19

2020-03-17T22:07:44Z

Posted by: dewline

How's everyone here doing so far?

We'll try to get a list of relevant links set up later today or tomorrow, but any suggestions on what to add in are welcome.

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OC Transpo Update - Morning of 9 March 2020

2020-03-09T14:08:26Z

Posted by: dewline

Hoping this doesn't mess up anyone's day or night...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-gatineau-traffic-march-9-2020-1.5490688

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Herongate Situation as of End of Feb 2020

2020-02-27T20:34:17Z

Posted by: dewline

Been watching this play out from a distance over the last year or two. A few friendly acquaintances have either lived or worked in the affected area.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/legal-fees-piling-up-heron-gate-residents-1.5477429

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27 Feb 2020: Blizzard Mode

2020-02-27T14:11:51Z

Posted by: dewline

Looks like we've got a partial urban shutdown underway due to today's weather. Details here:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/closures-winter-storm-ottawa-gatineau-thursday-1.5477273

Or here:

https://ottawastart.com/useful-links-to-help-you-survive-a-winter-storm-in-ottawa/

En français:

https://www.ledroit.com/actualites/tempete-hivernale-transport-scolaire-annule-en-ontario-ecoles-fermees-en-outaouais-9c2560f31c5f708cf6d1a03daefaff4c

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1542468/tempete-outaouais-gatineau-ottawa-neige

https://www.ledroit.com/actualites/ottawa/lo-train-paralyse-durant-la-tempete-de-neige-777eaf6d377e1dfc6527d04a899ae4a5

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CBC: Mrs. Tiggy Winkles Closing Down

2020-02-27T01:25:52Z

Posted by: dewline

This toy store has been an Ottawa-the-city institution for decades. Yes, I've bought the odd gift for relatives and friends there since moving to Ottawa. It's going to hurt to lose them for a lot of people.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mrs-tiggy-winkles-closes-1.5477333

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Neighbourhood Names - Memory Refresher?

2020-02-27T01:19:39Z

Posted by: dewline

I'll probably end up looking this up myself later, but does Lowertown have a French version of its name?

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Ottawa Statuses and Alerts

2019-08-13T19:45:19Z

Posted by: dewline

For your bookmarks:

https://ottawa.ca/en/alerts-and-statuses

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Just to Keep Up to Date

2019-06-27T12:59:06Z

Posted by: dewline

Our community is still here, as quiet as it's been this past year and a half.

Everyone okay?

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Open Transit Thread

2018-02-01T01:18:09Z

Posted by: dewline

Anyone else got the sense that our transit drivers were getting more trouble than they deserved this afternoon?

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Weather Question - 29 December 2017

2017-12-29T15:02:25Z

Posted by: dewline

How's everyone here coping with the weather at the moment?

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Net Neutrality Protests?

2017-12-06T17:29:03Z

Posted by: dewline

Noting this:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/net-neutrality-protests-start-thursday-how-to-find-one-near-you/

Does anyone know of such events being planned for Ottawa-Gatineau?

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Local Newspapers

2017-12-03T14:44:20Z

Posted by: dewline

Since the latest round of chain-owned newspaper closures was announced by TorStar and PostMedia this past tenday or so, someone was smart enough to work up a list of neighbourhood-specific weeklies and monthlies being published across Ottawa-Gatineau:

http://ottawastart.com/a-list-of-community-news-outlets-in-ottawa/

If you don't see yours on the list, let them know which one(s) and where to find them on the web if possible.

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Status Note

2017-07-09T02:10:00Z

Posted by: dewline

Not seeing much additional conversation here, but I am seeing slow growth in the roster. That's good.

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Playoffs 2017

2017-05-07T00:00:09Z

Posted by: dewline

Since we have at least two people interested in the Sens' playoff run now in progress, I'm opening up this posting for discussing that sports project.

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On the Flooding of May 2017

2017-05-04T22:13:39Z

Posted by: dewline

Posting some links to CBC coverage...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/gatineau-flooding-streets-canals-basements-pools-1.4099209

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/gatineau-aerial-flooding-west-quebec-1.4099340

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/rainfall-warning-ottawa-gatineau-1.4099808

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/flooding-what-to-do-if-it-happens-to-you-1.4099086

Throwing the mike to the rest of you...

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A mystery of flags

2017-04-29T03:43:14Z

Posted by: dewline

Been seeing flags from Elmvale to Centretown to Orléans flying at half-mast, and I can't remember who it is that's died to trigger the honour...

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Opening up the room

2017-04-28T01:36:03Z

Posted by: dewline

So, it seems we've got at least 30 or so Dreamwidth users calling the region home. So maybe we could do with a forum of our own?

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