This is about the most “Canadian” that Ottawa can get.
Hopefully the weather will stop being so moody, and the Rideau Canal will open up again soon.
Category Archives: Ottawa
Looking for The Iron Heel
Searching, in vain, for Jack London in Ottawa.
I spent a good three hours walking around tonight looking for a copy of The Iron Heel by Jack London. It is the first of five novels on the reading list for my english class. Every other student must have been proactive about getting books for this class, because all these stores (all nine of them!) were out of stock.
Octopus Books – Bank Street and Third Avenue
Patrick McGahern Books – Bank Street and Third Avenue
Dragon Tail Bookshop – Bank Street and Fourth Avenue
Book Bazaar – Bank Street and Frank Street
The Book Company – Bank Street and Slater Street
Chapters – Rideau Street and Sussex Drive
Sunnyside Bookshop – Dalhousie Street and Murray Street
Argosy Books – Dalhousie Street and Guigues Avenue
The Book Market – Dalhousie Street and Rideau Street
Can’t believe I walked this far in the cold only to come home empty handed. On the bright side, the War Memorial looked so pretty tonight:
Update 01/26/10:
I did end up getting The Iron Heel from Octopus Books. It’s less than 300 pages and it took forever to get through.
Atheist Bus Rides the TTC
Ask and You Shall Receive
Today, Philip Chin from the Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign sent me a link to FLIKR pictures of the Atheist Bus ads on the side of some TTC busses.
“I think the pictures add a degree or normalcy and tangibility to the campaign. Once people see the ads running for a few weeks in Toronto without any problems, hopefully they’ll be more receptive to us in other parts of the country,” said Chin in the email.
Check out the slideshow here.
Read Kicked off the bus, an editorial in the Ottawa Citizen by Justin Trottier, president of the Freethought Association of Canada.
Photo courtesy of Philip Chin from the Canadian Atheist Bus Campaign.
All Aboard the Atheist Bus
The Little Campaign that Could
Well there seems to be quite an uproar in Ottawa about the Atheist Bus ads.
Early last week, Ottawa was picked to be the next city for the Atheist Bus Campaign.
OC Transpo rejected the ads, and the Freethought Association faces a lot of challenges ahead before the campaign gets approval in Ottawa.
The matter will be further explored before full city council next Wednesday.
The ads were expected to roll out on Toronto buses this week, but I haven’t seen one yet. Here’s hoping.
Atheist Bus Campaign Coming to Ottawa
Don’t Worry, Just Enjoy Life.
The Freethough Association of Canada wants to put Atheist advertisements on the side of OC Transpo busses.
My first Centretown News story went live today. Check it out here.
Photo courtesy of atheistbus.ca
Graffiti in the Glebe
The Bank Street Blemish
It’s not charming, quaint or cozy. Graffiti just doesn’t fit in the Glebe.
Ethik tag on a Bank Street alley.
Is graffiti meant to shock you with a message, or is the act of tagging buildings shocking enough in itself?.
Graffiti above the Body Shop and Magpie Jewellery.
If you manage to spot the graffiti on Bank Street, you will notice they are bold enough to stop you in your tracks. It will make you pause for a second and think. The kind of thinking where you turn your head to the side and say, “Now wait just one minute.”
Small tag at Bank and 5th Avenue.
Somehow, the graffiti artists have managed to make them blend seamlessly into the background of the busy street.
Rainbow tags on a dumpster.
Taking a second look at the graffiti on Bank Street is enough to make you stop and turn your head to the side, thinking “How charming.”
Paper Clips 