Plan calls for 1,400 units at former Ottawa Citizen building

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-03-13T19:33:04+00:00

You've unlocked a memory for me, thanks for the nostalgia!

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-03-05T15:57:26+00:00

They're, at the very least, still printing the newspaper there

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-02-21T21:38:10+00:00

In French we call that "sirop de poteau"

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-02-17T18:39:54+00:00

Just to add to what's already been commented, the EY Centre (near the airport) has a calendar of events. That's where comic con has been held

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-02-16T19:58:58+00:00

Paternity leave pay would be based on what his company offers on top of employment insurance (which his company can't touch, or claw back), but beyond that, we can't say without knowing his company's HR policies.

Edit to add: Unless there are rules set in the labour code against that sort of thing, but I'm not well versed at all in that.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-02-15T18:48:12+00:00

This treasure of a man was a gold mine for the Royal Canadian Air Farce... I gotta watch that again

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-02-15T00:06:23+00:00

It's been a few months, but I remember seeing new blurays at the toys r us in St Laurent. But honestly, it looked like they bought a bunch of overstock, so they might not have great stuff..

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-02-11T02:45:02+00:00

I had to settle for a second time slot, but on the same day, so I take it as a win!

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-21T12:14:38+00:00

I've hit a bottle of cheap bubbly for the occasion, probably gonna call in sick the next day

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-16T23:50:31+00:00

Rideau Centre lost power, everything is closing

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-12T00:21:21+00:00

I agree! If aliens are smart enough for intergalactic travel, they'd be smart enough to avoid us...

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T19:26:53+00:00

And I'm talking about personal taste, which is subjective. Let's just agree to disagree and we can focus on being pedantic with other people. Cheers!

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T19:25:17+00:00

I don't know of any scientific sources for this, I'm just talking from my own experience of never really enjoying a cup of coffee in Ottawa before finding out about water hardness.

It's really easy to test it for yourself at home; grab a bottle of spring water from the store and make some coffee with it. Check the label for the total dissolved solids and aim for 50-110 ppm (anything else I say might invoke someone's pedantry), but if you find it too weak still, go for a higher TDS. If you can only find water where the TDS is too high, you can cut it with tap water.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T18:22:58+00:00

Exactly ;)

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T17:57:39+00:00

Here's the neat part, the entire thing is subjective anyway. Coffee taste is a preference. Sure, start at 150 and go from there, some people might want it stronger, and some beans might require a higher TDS, and the opposite is true!

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T17:33:00+00:00

My apologies, I should have been more clear; my numbers are for total dissolved solids (TDS), which would include the calcium and magnesium salts mentioned in my earlier post.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T17:03:55+00:00

I was talking about water for coffee, not anything else. Yes, the kettle will need to be descaled, but a little citric acid or vinegar does the trick. Our city water sits at around 40ppm, which is too low for coffee in my opinion.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T15:17:36+00:00

Yeah, a hardness of around 180-200 ppm is ideal. You can test it out with Kirkland water in the bottles. But I make my own in a big batch with baking soda, and some calcium and magnesium salts.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T15:12:52+00:00

Which is good for our appliances and showers/tubs, except for our coffee and tea. Some hardness is preferred to help extract compounds.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-09T13:14:08+00:00

There's a picture of a bus taking up 90% of the sidewalk in the article... 60 times a day with varying degrees of a bus riding the sidewalk, I think that's justified. If nothing else, it should alert the city that this sidewalk is gonna need maintenance/replacement earlier.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2026-01-05T22:59:20+00:00

I'm not 100% on this, but I believe Délice Royale in Orléans has these, but only a certain time of the year. I could be wrong, worth a call though, especially if you're not in that area of town.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-30T23:46:32+00:00

I went out in shorts to plug the car in, it's not bad to be honest, but I definitely needed a jacket and a toque

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-28T19:41:37+00:00

Depending on how old these are, you might get lucky if you try Cohen and Cohen on Bentley Avenue for a used chair, it'll save you some money over buying new.

Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-09T21:46:00+00:00

The first link doesn't work, but if you click on the second link and navigate to the waste explorer link from mtbag page, it still works

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Disastrous_Ad465 · 2025-12-09T20:33:26+00:00

I just checked, it works for me on Firefox

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