Deachman: By sheer coincidence, I was at Britannia Beach when a swimmer...
After two incidents inside a week in Britannia Bay, let's talk solutions.
View ArticleDeachman: Hollywood strike outcome may affect us all — and not just what we...
It’s not surprising that labour negotiations surrounding artificial intelligence would arise in the film industry ahead of other businesses.
View ArticleDeachman: This isn't how transit is supposed to work. Ottawans are angry. And...
This week’s LRT shutdown feels like an inflection point in Ottawans’ relationship with their transit system.
View ArticleDeachman: Ottawa's raging debate over transit rolls on
There’s clearly not a single solution to the city’s transportation issues that will satisfy most people, or maybe even many.
View ArticleDeachman: Remembering the boys buried in Alfred, Ont.'s unmarked graves
Three boys died decades ago at a school run by the De La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools. Their names were never released because, until recently, no one ever asked.
View ArticleDeachman: Ottawa's waterfront could really use some better amenities
The NCC is in the process of creating its next Core Area Sector Plan, to come into effect when the old one expires in 2025. Let's start with some public toilets.
View ArticleDeachman: How do you spell frustration? Transit riders offer entries for the...
“I have friends around the world who say, ‘Oh, yeah. We hear about you guys and your wonderful transit system that doesn't work.’”
View ArticleDeachman: If OC Transpo were a restaurant, it would have closed ages ago
While customers spend too much of their days on public transit that doesn't work properly, they shouldn't also be concerned about the cost.
View ArticleDeachman: If it's Thursday, it must be a tornado. Just ask Michel Simonot
On Thursday evening, Simonot’s house stood in the way of a tornado. It sounded like a freight train and blew a hole through his roof.
View ArticleDeachman: Cheers to the freakin’ weekend, I'll drink to that (in a park)
Or, why the city should follow the lead of other municipalities and ease its restrictions against having a drink in a park
View ArticleDeachman: Seven LRT stops, seven questions with Wilson Lo
On the system’s first day back in operation after a three-week shutdown, the Barrhaven East councillor (and former OC Transpo bus driver) met with Bruce Deachman for the commute.
View ArticleDeachman: Emergency 988 suicide prevention hotline will also expose funding...
The sheer simplicity of a three-digit number will de-escalate more crises. But what about services for the next day?
View ArticleDeachman: Sutcliffe has some goofy arguments for opening the QED to cars
The people of Ottawa are right to mock the mayor for his 150 seconds walking on a quiet Queen Elizabeth Driveway
View ArticleDeachman: Jim Watson's 'on time and on budget' promise laid the groundwork...
Let's not repeat the former mayor's mistake with the repairs.
View ArticleDeachman: If you're in Canada, you can't see this article on Facebook. You...
Given Canadians’ reliance on them, do social media platforms have an obligation to maintain that information flow, and should they help pay for it?
View ArticleDeachman: What happens when Mark Sutcliffe's Queen Elizabeth Drive data gets...
Ottawa's mayor repeatedly touts the importance of making data-informed decisions. He shouldn't mislead the public with bad data on the QED debate
View ArticleDeachman: Don't light a match to 24 Sussex just yet
Where will we house our prime ministers, and what do we do with 24 Sussex? The problems should be dealt with separately.
View ArticleDeachman: Homelessness is citywide in Ottawa. Solutions must be too
A proposal before Ottawa Council to buy the Diocesan Centre and convert it into supportive housing makes sense, both socially and economically.
View ArticleDeachman: Ideas aplenty from readers about what to do with 24 Sussex
What to do with the official residence of the prime minister, and where the prime minister should live, are generating a lot of debate.
View ArticleDeachman: A decade later, Connor Boyd's memory is still with me
Boyd was only 21 years old on Sept. 18, 2013, when the OC Transpo bus/Via Rail train collision in Barrhaven took his life.
View ArticleDeachman: What I saw in the middle of the “One Million March for Children”...
A thin line of police and a wide chasm of thought separated participants at Wednesday's marches for and against trans rights.
View ArticleDeachman: OC Transpo needs to get good — and get good fast
What seems abundantly clear is that OC Transpo isn’t going where people want it to.
View ArticleDeachman: They come to say 'thanks,' but also to make sure we keep Ukraine in...
“It's important to remind people that Ukraine is the shield for the whole democratic world."
View ArticlePolice board expected to approve $115.4-million contract for new south facility
The contract includes a 7.5-per-cent contingency of just over $8 million. The overall cost of the project is $193.7 million.
View ArticleDeachman: A plan to address workplace abuse was unanimously accepted by city...
Reports of city employees facing harassment while on the job have been rising steadily for the past three years.
View ArticleDeachman: Answering 94 Calls to Action will take time. But let's not take too...
For starters, Sept. 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. And yet it’s not a statutory holiday for everyone in the country.
View ArticleDeachman: New Lansdowne 2.0 plan might appease some critics, but it's not...
We want green space and shade trees and washrooms and others public amenities that make our lives and visits to Lansdowne better. But we’re also facing some tough choices about city-owned facilities...
View ArticleDeachman: We shouldn’t have to choose between schools and green space
And for once, if the city gets Plouffe Park development right, we won’t have to
View ArticleDeachman: A case for Lansdowne development — and maybe true love
As Lansdowne continues to evolve, it more and more becomes the kind of meeting place that cities need.
View ArticleDeachman: Can one homeless man's housing crisis help others?
Ending the homeless and housing crises, of course, would be ideal, and Claude Lurette hopes his story will increase awareness and action.
View ArticleDeachman: I walked into a $400 a year fee-for-service health clinic looking...
Inside the South Keys Health Center practitioner clinic: "The only one who has answers is me, and I don't have answers."
View ArticleDeachman: Province's urban boundary reversal should have city council...
Ontario's reversal on adding 650 hectares to Ottawa's boundary better fits the city's plans for intensification. But what else might change?
View Article6 Ottawa-inspired costumes to make for Halloween 2023
If you own a printer, scissors, construction paper and some string, you can make an Ottawa Halloween costume that'll be the envy of your friends.
View ArticleDeachman: Walk softly, carry big air rights
Rather than simply sell the development air rights at Lansdowne, the city needs to wield them to get the greatest community good.
View ArticleDeachman: My Santa Claus parade includes Girl Guides
I was never a girl guide. But I have been Santa Claus.
View ArticleDeachman: Punting debate on Lansdowne 2.0 motions to next week makes time for...
There are numerous issues absent from the 2.0 proposal that need to be looked at, including public transit access, public realm amenities, a green roof on the proposed Event Centre and cash...
View ArticleDeachman: City can't ignore affordable housing simply to get Lansdowne 2.0...
The 2.0 plan as it is written is woefully inadequate and an abrogation of the city’s own priorities on affordable housing.
View ArticleDeachman: Draft police budget underscores need for feds' support — and money
The city should be doubling its efforts to pressure the federal government to contribute more to policing costs in Ottawa when, as was the case with the convoy, or more recent demonstrations related to...
View ArticleDeachman: When a restaurant is a ‘grocery store,’ it can’t sell booze
The owners of La Bottega Nicastro and Mercato Zacconi have been singled out by the province's alcohol and gaming commission
View ArticleDeachman: One small step for Ottawa winter walkers could be one great leap...
Ottawa will shovel the Corktown and Flora footbridges over the Rideau Canal, releasing the walkways from the annual winter “stair prison.”
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