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The Rideau Canal Skateway will reopen to skaters between Rideau and Bank streets at 8 a.m. Sunday, the National Capital Commission says.

Temperatures in Ottawa are expected to remain below freezing until Tuesday, when they could rise slightly above zero, according to Environment Canada.

In Ottawa:

• Carleton: George Darouze, PC
• Kanata-Carleton: Karen McCrimmon, Liberal
• Nepean: Tyler Watt, Liberal
• Orléans: Stephen Blais, Liberal
• Ottawa Centre: Catherine McKenney, NDP
• Ottawa South: John Fraser, Liberal
• Ottawa-Vanier: Lucille Collard, Liberal
• Ottawa West-Nepean: Chandra Pasma, NDP

No injuries reported, Slater Street closed between Bank and O'Connor

Parts of three floors and the west wall seem to have fallen or been removed from a downtown Ottawa parking garage overnight Tuesday into Wednesday.

Just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, a 911 caller noticed damage to a column on one of the pillars in the parking garage that spans from Slater Street to Laurier Avenue W. just west of O'Connor Street, Ottawa Fire Services said in a news release.

By 7 a.m. Wednesday, a piece of the upper west side wall was lying on the ground.

Ottawa police have now closed Slater Street between Bank and O'Connor streets, plus the north side Laurier sidewalk.

They had earlier said vehicles parked inside the parkade cannot be moved until further notice.

On Animation announced this afternoon on Linkedin that it was shutting down permanently. In a letter, the studio wrote: 

Amid the changes in our industry, ON Animation Studios is ceasing its activities.

It is sad to say goodbye to a team as incredible, talented, and skilled as ours. We will deeply miss the joy and excitement of creating outstanding films alongside such remarkable people and partners.

We are grateful to have had the opportunity to do what we love for so many years while remaining true to ourselves. The way we shared, learned, and grew together, and the respect and care we showed one another, were as essential as the stories we told and the values they embodied.

This is our commitment to a brighter future — not only for the children who cherish our films but for everyone who works in this extraordinary industry, along with their loved ones who have shared in this journey.

Though we cannot name each person who played a vital role in making this adventure possible, you know who you are, and for that, we thank you from the heart.

We leave behind a testament to our work and the promise that we still want to do more.

Keep on keeping on

In an ominous sign for visual effects artists, Technicolor, […] could begin shutting its doors as early as Monday, according to multiple sources.

On Friday, Technicolor began alerting customers and employees, sending U.S. employees a WARN notice as required by law for large companies that anticipate closings and mass layoffs. A total shutdown of MPC and Technicolor’s operations would affect thousands of visual effects workers.

[…] Despite exhaustive efforts — including restructuring initiatives, discussions with potential investors, and exploring acquisition opportunities — we have been unable to secure a viable path forward. Unfortunately, this leaves us with no alternative but to acknowledge that the Company may be forced to foreclose.” Another portion reads, “If no viable solution is found, we may be required to cease our U.S. operations as early as Monday, February 24, 2025.”

Technicolor — the iconic century-old film tech brand – has experienced several restructurings and management changes in recent years and following its filing for chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in 2020.

The FAO’s report is out. Its topline finding is that Ontario is set to spend $11.7 million to run 9 Service Ontario branches in Staples Canada stores over the next three years – that’s about $1.5 million more than the estimate the government provided the public last year.

You can find the full report here, if you'd like to read it for yourself.

Apple has now agreed to accept Matter certification as proof of HomeKit compatibility, without the need for additional testing. Provided a product passes all the Matter tests, Apple will allow it to use the Works With Apple Home badge.

Happy new year to you all! Party on and ride home safely!

From the frustrations of waiting for a bus that never comes in the suburbs of Ottawa (Riverside South) I went down a rabbit hole of exploring the OC Transpo system, specifically what is causing late busses, why has service gotten so bad, the disastrous line 1 LRT project, and what we can expect in future.

Anyone with an iPhone 15 series device find their USB-C port to be loose? When I have it plugged in the car for CarPlay my cable frequently pops out if I nudge it accidentally. I’ve tried different brands of cables, and all of them wiggle loose eventually.

For context I’m using an iPhone 15 Pro.

I’ve been curious about homebridge for quite some time and have been considering picking up a Raspberry Pi to run it. I’m interested to know about others experiences with it, and what sort of difficulties I might expect to troubleshoot in the future.

Is an RPi4 enough? Is an RPi5 overkill?

Additional link to the Plex forum post.