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It was a year ago today that the Bank Street Bully incident happened. The ensuing police investigation fizzled out and, as far as I can tell, there were no real consequences to Constable Eric Post. But I like to think that the blog post was a consequence. The story got around. And now, one year […] I spent yesterday at the Homelessness Forum, which was sponsored by the Alliance to End Homelessness. This is my third year attending and blogging about this event (see 2007and 2008). I like it because it’s free. Actually, that’s an over-simplification. Because it’s free, it attracts the kind of people who might not normally attend conferences, […] It was a busy, busy weekend, including a brief trip to Montreal, the TimeRaisers event on Saturday night, and the Vintage Clothing Sale on Sunday, with knitting, novel-writing, novel-reading and breakfast eating crammed into random little pockets of time. TimeRaiser was even better this year than last, because they simplified and streamlined the whole thing. It’s […] My blogiversary snuck past me! I launched Knitut.net on October 11th, 2005. I like to celebrate its birthday every year by taking a little statistical snapshot and highlighting any highlights from the previous year. As of October 11th, 2009, there were 1013 posts on Knitnut.net, and 9458 comments. # of POSTS Police watchdog drops blogger case (Ottawa Citizen, September 25, 2009) And so ends another chapter in the life of the Bank Street Bully. There are no surprises here. But how come, in the Citizen article, everything I said or wrote is qualified by words like “allegedly” or “claimed,” which makes it sound like I’m lying? And […] The Shepherds of Good Hope just purchased a hotel about two blocks from my house. It will provide supportive housing for about 50 clients, including frail elderly people, people who are succeeding in the Managed Alcohol Program, and people living with mental illness. Carlington has reacted with the predictable community rallying cry of “Not in My […] Thanks for all your good wishes for surgery today. I’m feeling better than yesterday and looking forward to getting the tumour out of my body. I’ll be injected with a radioactive substance at 8:00 this morning (for the sentinel node biopsy) and surgery is scheduled for early afternoon. I’m already starving. I should be home by […] If you’ve ever driven past the Shepherds of Good Hope, on Murray Street near King Edward, you might have felt a little intimidated by the clusters of ragged street people who live on the fringes of society and who congregate outside the shelter. Some of them smoke and talk amongst themselves. Some talk to themselves. […] Yesterday, River Ward City Councilor Maria McRae sent out an email to her mailing list. Here’s what it said: Hello everyone: As you know, community safety and crime prevention continue to be a priority for me and I applaud your efforts in working with me and the Ottawa Police Service to make sure that you identify issues […] Did you hear about Project CRACKDOWN and the resulting police sweep of the Byward Market? The Ottawa Police’s Street Crimes Unit spent four months investigating open drug use in the Market and then conducted a sweep of low-level street dealers on Thursday in preparation for tourist season. Tourist season. Think about it. That’s how we define […] |
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