Brigitte Pellerin

Ottawa

Writer at Freelance

Columnist at Ottawa Citizen

https://t.co/JFYJpjjy5m J’écris. Writer. @OttawaCitizen columnist.

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Pellerin: Ottawa People's Summit shares ideas for a better city

1 week ago | ottawacitizen.com | Brigitte Pellerin

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1'We love this city, but we don’t like what’s happening at City Hall, and we want to do something about it.'Article contentMaybe I’m too optimistic for my own good, but I have a feeling we’ll look back on this time as when people power was born. In the United States, so many Americans are organizing to resist abuses coming from the White House.
Pellerin: Ottawa People's Summit shares ideas for a better city

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Brigitte Pellerin

The north-side stands at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa: Those who dislike what city hall is doing often point to plans for Lansdowne. (Credit: Tony Caldwell)Maybe I’m too optimistic for my own good, but I have a feeling we’ll look back on this time as when people power was born. In the United States, so many Americans are organizing to resist abuses coming from the White House.
The little falls that could have

1 week ago | randomactsofurbanism.substack.com | Brigitte Pellerin

The last time I was in Dublin was before the pandemic and I did roam a lot before and after the karate world championships in which I was competing in forms and fighting. I wrote a short story about going to the Cliffs of Moher and getting lost on the only road between those magnificent rocks and Galway. You should read it. It’s real funny.
Of kings and snakes

1 week ago | bamaqc.substack.com | Brigitte Pellerin

Coverage of the King reading the Speech from the Throne is available in many places, including CBC. Coverage starts in the morning, around 9 am Eastern. The Speech itself is scheduled for 11 Eastern. The snake handling preacher’s story is here. The book written about it is here. The link to the documentary is available through this news article. I found it on Bell Fibe TV, Crave on demand.
Cheers to ... whatever stupid season this is

2 weeks ago | brigittepellerin.com | Brigitte Pellerin

I don’t know if you saw the story but I nearly fainted with disbelief. It looks like the city of Ottawa might think about considering the possibility of evaluating the options of perhaps allowing adults sometimes and in limited places to drink beer outside. Gosh.
Pellerin: Raise a glass to the possibility of drinking, in moderation, in an Ottawa park

2 weeks ago | ottawacitizen.com | Brigitte Pellerin

Advertisement 1For most of us, moderate drinking is pleasurable and mostly harmless. The City should permit in selected public parks. Article contentAs we prepare for a royal visit, it’s important to remember how to behave properly when out in public. This will serve us well when the weather finally remembers it’s nearly summer and we go outside in a public park and crack open a cold one. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentDidn’t you see the news?
The return of Saturn

2 weeks ago | bamaqc.substack.com | Brigitte Pellerin

Here is what you need to know about the Saturn rocket at the state line. This news station has a fantastic video segment on it, too. The short version is: Yay! It might be back! The previous rocket, developed at Huntsville’s Marshall Space Flight Center, had been in place at the rest stop since about 1979 before it was dismantled in 2023.
Not faceplanting in DC and other great book news

3 weeks ago | brigittepellerin.com | Brigitte Pellerin

I have been busy writing the book on Bruce Fanjoy and his campaign to defeat Pierre Poilievre. It’s a short book I’m going to publish myself because even though publishers are very interested in his story, they can’t possibly do it in a month. It is a crazy fast timeline, in their defence. But I want this out pronto. I want this book to tell the story of who Bruce Fanjoy is, why he did what he did, and how he did it.
Pellerin: Ontario's new housing bill won't reduce homelessness

3 weeks ago | ottawacitizen.com | Brigitte Pellerin

Advertisement 1'In general people don’t move from an encampment to a subdivision in Markham,' an Ottawa housing expert says. Article contentA new noise bylaw will make it easier for Ottawans to whoop it up a little louder, and I suppose that’s good. But it won’t prompt those of us who are waiting for visible progress in the fight against homelessness and housing unaffordability to scream for joy. Recent news reports have us quietly optimistic at best.
Let’s celebrate Juneteenth!

3 weeks ago | bamaqc.substack.com | Brigitte Pellerin

Some of the pictures of Taylor’s mural!Wondering about Clear ID? Gummies are regulated. And so is vaping. Good luck on making the kids obey those rules! Juneteenth is a state holiday in Alabama now, and here’s the Obama tweet that will lead you to the whole story on the redistricting. And before Canadians get too smug, here’s the story on the Manitoba hospital *still* named after a doctor who performed starving experiments on Indigenous children for the federal Department of Indian Affairs.