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- Strollers on buses revisted by Postcards from the Mothership on Nov 18, 2009
Today, OC Transpo is issuing new guidelines on the management of the priority seating on buses. The guidelines will no doubt be both controversial and divisive, because the gist of the proposed guidelines include a new “stroller policy”...
- Ottawa Olympic Torch Relay meets Parliament Hill Christmas lights!! by Postcards from the Mothership on Nov 17, 2009
How cool is this? According to the NCC’s website, the annual Christmas Lights Across the Capital festival, otherwise known as the lighting of the downtown holiday lights, will this year coincide with the arrival of the Olympic Torch in Ottawa:...
- An open letter to the people running the Walter Baker H1N1 vaccine clinic by Postcards from the Mothership on Oct 29, 2009
Dear nurses, paramedics, city staff and others who were staffing the Walter Baker H1N1 vaccination clinic yesterday: Thank you. I tried, as I was moving through the various stations and lines yesterday to say thank you personally to as many people...
- H1n1 vaccines, Canadian babies denied Baby Einstein refund, and other miscellany by Postcards from the Mothership on Oct 27, 2009
I read with interest the story in the media this weekend of how the Walt Disney Company is offering refunds on the purchase of Baby Einstein DVDs, after the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood challenged the idea that the DVDs were a teaching to...
- 30 “essential” Ottawa blogs by Postcards from the Mothership on Aug 18, 2009
Props to OttawaStart (one of my fave resources for local information) for this excellent list of 30 Essential Ottawa Blogs – and I don’t just say that because I’m on the list! (*blush*) It’s not a definitive list of the best...
- Ottawa Fall Fiction writing contest by Postcards from the Mothership on Aug 17, 2009
The folks at Apartment 613, one of my new favourite local blogs, are sponsoring a Fall Fiction writing contest: “We’re accepting entries of original fiction of 1000 words or less. There is no restriction on topic - but a local Ottawa hook is...
- Blog out loud! by Postcards from the Mothership on Jul 16, 2009
I think this is such a neat idea! Lynn of Turtlehead has been working tirelessly to set up what I think is one of the coolest bloggy events I’ve heard of: Blog Out Loud. She’s invited a bunch of Ottawa bloggers not just to meet and sch...
