CCOC team members tour one of the new apartments / Les membres de l'équipe CCOC visitent l'un des nouveaux appartements

An accessible washroom in one of the apartments / Une salle de bain accessible dans l'un des appartements

Sarah and Jeff pose for a selfie / Sarah et Jeff prennent un selfie

Visitors to one of the apartments admiring the large corner windows / Des visiteurs admirent les grandes fenêtres d'angle d'un des appartements.

A huge thanks to Sarah Button and the CCOC team for the tour of newly-completed 214 Carruthers! The multi-bedroom units are spectacular. Not-for-profit housing is critical to ensuring everyone can live in great neighbourhoods like Hintonburg.

Community Update February 25th We are grieving the tragic incident that occurred at Capital City Mission the morning of February 25th. A vehicle struck multiple individuals at the entrance of […]

Yesterday, one of our member agencies, Capital City Mission, lost a community member & 4 others were injured when an SUV drove into their drop-in.

We are heartbroken, & ask that you consider supporting them as they recover from this tragedy.
capitalcitymission.com/community-up...

Agreed. So short.

A related one I'd like to see pushed out more is something like: "Cyclists break the rules to save their lives. Drivers break the rules to save time."

Reminder of evidence that WAS included in the trial: - EM's weight at the time - Texts between EM and her colleague where she didn't disclose anything (used to suggest she's lying) - Suggestions by the defense team that EM wasn't actually drunk, that she lied about falling outside the bathroom at Jack's, that Foote was wearing pants when he did a "fun party trick" over her body (not face) and that she wasn't hit but rather playfully and consensually "tapped" on the butt.

Reminder of evidence that was EXCLUDED from trial: - The 2022 Hockey Canada investigation interviews with the players, which included statements that Foote was naked from the waist down when he did the splits over EM's face and that EM fell outside the bathroom at Jack's - Text from a witness immediately after the event that said "[Dube] was smacking that girl's ass so hard. It look like it hurt so bad."

And yet, during the Hockey Canada trial, we saw rape myths on full display across five teams of defense lawyers. At no point did the judge correct such myths. The judge DID make sure to remind the jury that they were to disregard signs outside that said "Justice for survivors", though. Interesting what counts as biasing. Or rather, WHO counts.

PLUS! Due to a precedent setting ruling from the Ontario Superior Court in 2024, expert witnesses in trauma are no longer allowed to be called by the Crown in sexual assault trials. The Court decided that expert testimony in that area is "unnecessary and confusing" and that "instruction against the myth-based reasoning is sufficient".

Thanks to the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres for synthesizing exactly why the Hockey Canada trial set EM up to fail.

Big Plastic wants you to think you can recycle your yogurt container Those numbered labels, vetted by private interests, can be misleading.

Most plastics are not recyclable, largely because there is no market for materials labeled 3 through 7.

from @grist.org via @climatedesk.org

I joined the @ottawacity.ottawa.ca property taxes to spatial data to create interactive "Revenue by Hectare" maps - a powerful way to understand how land use supports our city.

github.com/bickertonpa/...

Inspired by @strongtowns.org @strongtownsottawa.bsky.social and @urban3.bsky.social.

This is written by the bishop who stood up to Orange Voldemort. Everyone should be buying this. It's available on Amazon for $14. I'm an atheist and I'm buying it. #booksky

The need for a renovictions bylaw: Presentation to Ottawa's Planning Committee

Stopping the loss of affordable housing is as critical as building new affordable housing.

Stopping illegal or unnecessary renovictions before they happen is a key tool in our prevention toolbox.

Our remarks to Ottawa's Planning Committee:
www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/ottawa_renov...

Ontario Place for All Ontario Place for All is an emerging grassroots community group with a goal of keeping Ontario Place a vibrant, publicly accessible space. We also believe that any changes to Ontario Place be part of ...

Ontario Place For All has a new campaign calling on the Ford government to "Cease The Lease" with Therme. Not only is the lease 95 years, it would cost over $2 billion including moving the Science Centre there. Please sign & share. #TOpoli #ONpoli #VoteFordOut ontarioplaceforall.com/takeaction/

Tonight was the OSTA (Ottawa Student Transportation) board meeting. The elimination of the @OCtranspo youth rates will cost the local school boards millions.

Public education funding shouldn't be used to fix holes in the city transportation budget, those funds are necessary for supporting students

25% tariff on all Canadian imports will devastate gas prices. Shown here are all the cross border imports of Canadian oil. Keep in mind that a lot of US oil cannot be directly used/refined in the U.S.— we actually export U.S. “light” crude and instead import “heavy” crude to use in U.S.