interesting

Here’s a cool post from uOttawa’s Facebook page (best to open this up on your phone in the Facebook app, but computer works too):

[caption id=“attachment_56775” align=“alignright” width=“376”] It’s a thing![/caption] The Ottawa-Vanier candidates debate was barely 20 minutes in when it was interrupted by one of Canada’s most prolific political candidates. John Turmel has run for political office in Canada at least 84 times at all levels of government over the past few decades, frequently in Ottawa. ...

_ (press release) _ OTTAWA—Their Excellencies the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Mrs. Sharon Johnston will meet with Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince ( ** Haakon) ** and The Crown Princess ( ** Mette-Marit) ** of Norway, at Rideau Hall, on ** Monday, November 7, 2016 ** . ...

[caption id=“attachment_55342” align=“aligncenter” width=“630”] Image via Carp Farmer’s Market[/caption] Tucked away in rural west Ottawa, Carp is arguably a gem of a community (although we don’t hear about them often.) Now they’ll have something to put in the trophy case, with the town of just around 2,000 being ranked number one in Expedia’s list of friendliest communities in Canada: ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – The City of Ottawa Commemorative Naming Committee is conducting [ online public consultations ](http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/your-city-government/policies-and-administrative-structure/current-commemorative-naming) on eight naming proposals. The deadline for submitting comments online is December 18, 2016. ...

Here’s an article from the Oct. 13, 1951 edition of the _ ** Ottawa Citizen ** _ , just in time for throwback Thursday:

(This post originally appeared on Andrew King’s Ottawa Rewind blog) Over 10,000 years ago a body of water covered the City Of Ottawa called The Champlain Sea, a deep sideline of the Atlantic Ocean. It occupied a depression created by a continental glacier, and then it drained away as the giant glacier that once covered the northern hemisphere disappeared and the earth rebounded back into shape. ...

Here is an interesting interview in this week’s edition of Maclean’s magazine. Peter Clewes, the principal architect behind the proposed expansion for the Château Laurier, discusses the hotel’s historic design and explains the context of his design. Considering how much we lambasted him, it’s worth a read! ...

Here’s a relevant episode from The Docket, an Ottawa podcast dealing in law and policy. Hosted by lawyer Michale Spratt and former prosecutor Emilie Taman, this episode delves into police accountability with civil rights activist Desmond Cole. Of course, they also discuss the Abdirahman Abdi case at length. ...

It was National Dog Day Friday, and plenty of Ottawans had a reason to be thankful for our furry pals: https://twitter.com/ottawapoliceK9/status/769219988297175040 https://twitter.com/OttawaPolice/status/769231832365735936 (Seriously that was a terrible pun.) https://twitter.com/Ottawa_Medic/status/769174063310901249 https://twitter.com/PxPOttawa/status/769229517193932800 https://twitter.com/BlacksWeather/status/769230406910513152 https://twitter.com/capitalyoga/status/769231131459874816 https://twitter.com/Go_Taylor/status/769237595784110080 https://twitter.com/cmckenney/status/769245494249943040 https://twitter.com/OttawaFirePIO/status/769248298070839296 https://twitter.com/mbernards/status/769258914072317952 [ Happy #nationaldogday🐶 we just celebrated with Bruce waking me up from my nap by over-reacting to the doorbell. ...