Ottawa

An exclusive look at the exciting developments on O-Train Line 2 in Ottawa. Set to reopen later in 2023, this major project is reaching its final stages, wit...

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I might need to tend to my AC system. Where do you get your refrigerant evacuated quick and cheap?

Does anyone know if busses reliably have bike racks? Can I bring bikes on the LRT?

Decent video and song from a local band!

Smoke from forest fires further to the north is drifting south again, prompting warnings about air quality in parts of the Ottawa-Gatineau area.

Not a big escape room person but I'd do this.

Anyone know a good website for show (music) dates at the various venues here (particularly for things where a guitar is involved, but open to other stuff too)?

The challenge I've had for a while is this: Bands post stuff in a bunch of places, but if you don't know the band you're unlikely to see it. Venues post upcoming show dates, but if you don't know the venue (or follow all of them) you probably won't see it. Stuff like Apt613 is ok, but kind of limited. By dint of geographical data Facebook captures a lot of events, but Facebook also sucks (one because it's Facebook, two because for some weird reason it may randomly think you're in Toronto if you're out and about, I assume by way of colocation data from invading Torontonians). I flat out refuse to use Twitter. Many have tried to keep up with events in town to maintain a calendar (Covert Ottawa Guy comes to mind, there have been others too), but most have failed or have such a broad focus that things get missed. But I still hold out hope for an indie web solution - some person or group still trying to keep abreast of the scene themselves and tracking what's coming down the pipe.

Does such a thing exist in 2023 for Ottawa? More broadly, how do you folks discover upcoming shows (or events in general) you want to check out?

What is your favourite place in Ottawa that doesn't exist anymore? I've spent most of my formative years outside of Ontario, but as a frequent visitor and now resident Ottawa always struck me as a place that doesn't really value the longevity of cool stuff. Maybe it's just ignorance of the economic forces involved, but any time I was shown something cool here I always left with the sense that it wouldn't be there next time.

For me, I divide this into places I've been and places I didn't get to go.

Some of where I've been:
-Invisible Cinema
-The InfoShop on Bank
-Rideau Bakery
-The Ex when it was still at Lansdowne.

Some of where I didn't get to go:
-The Beachcomber Room
-Capital Music Hall

What about you?

Just thinking out loud with all the current buzz - Anyone on here connected to National Capital Freenet? Would they have any interest in hosting a Lemmy instance for locals by donation (like they do with email, but donation scaled appropriately for whatever costs they take on)?

Always good to add another node, and from the outside this sounds like it would be in their wheelhouse (non-corporate, low/managed cost digital communication access).

Looks like the Ottawa sub has gone dark. Anyone end up here? :)