Category: Ottawa
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A small note to Clive Doucet: No one likes opt-out mailing lists.
Ottawa city councillor turned mayoral candidate Clive Doucet has one very small problem. He doesn’t quite get how mailing lists–particularly those advertising his position leading up to a municipal election–are actually supposed to work. Instead of allowing folks to choose to sign up for his advertisements, he chose instead to … Read the rest
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The excitement continues. Greyhound may lock out its Canadian drivers.
Just when you thought it was safe to jump across the border, someone up there’s pointing and laughing. Apparently, Ottawa’s local transit service isn’t the only one who sees a shutdown as the surest path to a contract dispute resolution. Greyhound Canada, also known as those people who will be … Read the rest
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Happy heatwave day, Ottawa!
Or I guess heatwave week would be more appropriate, what with this apparently going to be the norm for a while. Nothing says welcome to a Canadian summer quite like stepping outside and getting slapped in the face with it. At 10:30 in the morning. And yet, there’s a nasty … Read the rest
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Have some wicked nifty cool. And an earthquake.
We felt this while out investing in things of a grocery related nature. Apparently, the center of the earthquake was about 50 KM northeast of Ottawa–in other words, right in between Ottawa and Pembroke. We didn’t feel a whole lot–kind of like the mall we were in just sort of … Read the rest
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More corporate cost cutting. There goes your phone book, Ottawa.
If you’re used to picking up your residential phone book on an anual basis and are an Ottawa resident, you’ll now have to ask for it. Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Quebec City and probably others are no longer getting copies of the books, effective… well, immediately. Their reason? Most people … Read the rest
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The big hazy.
What happens in Quebec doesn’t very often stay in Quebec. Take this, for instance. Forest fires in Quebec have prompted smog/smoke alerts in Ottawa, Pembroke and area. Apparently, from what I hear, looking across the Ottawa river you can actually see it coming. Well, that settles it. The US … Read the rest
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New area code comes into affect today.
It’s official. Sometime during the next 24 hours, new phone numbers in Ottawa, Pembroke and area will show up with a new area code. The new code, 343, is to address an apparently expected shortage in available phone numbers in the area. They blame the increase in mobile phones for … Read the rest
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So Ottawa says they’re getting new buses.
City council has approved a $155.7-million deal that will replace 226 articulated buses on OC Transpo’s fleet. Does this mean the 118 will stop suffering from a rather depressing lack of air conditioning during the hottest days of summer? Yeah, I didn’t think so either. Ah well, can’t really shake … Read the rest
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Ottawa gets a new area code. Does this mean they don’t recycle?
By this time next month, new phone service will be asigned to numbers in a new, much talked about area code–that being 343. It’s supposed to go into effect as of the 17th of next month. In slightly unrelated news, my old 613 number still has up a recording telling … Read the rest
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The results of a typical morning job search in 2010. And 2009. And…
every couple days, I’ll accidentally unearth a potentially decent job worthy of at least considering applying. And, every couple weeks, I’ll find one I actually apply to. Apparently, since the advent of this newfangled recession thinggy, that’s the exception rather than the rule. Nowadays, a typical Ottawa job prospect goes … Read the rest