Tag Archives: Ottawa
Impromptu Art
In a weird way, it makes sense. Public art, created by the people, just outside Canada’s National Gallery. When you are inside the gallery you are required to wear a sticker that shows you have paid the admission fee. Each day the sticker is a different color – that way people are less likely to […]
The Ottawa Solution
Transit officials have figured out how to stop Ottawa’s light rail trains from breaking down in inclement weather. The solution was simple: stop the service when bad conditions are forecast. At least this approach is consistent. Ottawa’s articulated buses (the ones that bend in the middle) no longer run on snowy days. That is more […]
Friday’s Question
A portion of Ottawa’s light rail system (LRT) was out of order this week due to weather conditions. This time it was freezing rain. Other weather-related times it has been cold, heat, rain, snow and perhaps even windstorms on Jupiter. The list of “reasons” seems endless.And the weather closures don’t take into account for the […]
Back To Work
It’s Monday. For most people it is the start of the work week. For Canada’s civil servants it is another day closer to having to go back to work. It’s not that they haven’t been working. It is just that they have been working from home. They have been told that will change this summer, […]
Ice Dreams II
Another photo essay, ice sculptures from the 2026 edition of Winterlude.
Ice Dreams I
Ottawa’s annual winter carnival, Winterlude, ends today. As usually happens, I wound up not taking part in very much. My wife and I did take in the ice sculptures in Confederation Park downtown. I didn’t find them as compelling as in some other years, but that may be because I usually have seen them when […]
A Different View
It’s funny how you can walk by something hundreds of times and not notice. Or maybe I did notice that the Confederation Building in downtown Ottawa is reflected in the glass of the building across the street, I noticed this on Saturday. Has me wondering what else I have been missing.
A New View
My wife and I moved residences earlier this year. Just down the street, but a couple of hundred feet higher. I do have some reflections on the process that will be coming this fall, but today just a few pictures of Friday’s sunset. I don’t remember it looking like this when we lived at street […]
Men At Work
When the water main burst the truck was not in the hole. It wasn’t even on site. I’m not sure I have much confidence in the City of Ottawa’s repair crews when practically the first thing they do is get their truck stuck in a hole. That’s probably why the repair has taken longer than […]
Light Rail Dreams
Apparently Kevin Costner wasn’t completely accurate in the movie Field of Dreams when he said “if you build it they will come.” The Ottawa version is “we have built it, and we are going to make sure you come. You have no choice” Ottawa’s transit provider, OC Transpo, unveiled a complete revamping of its system […]
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