I’m still getting alot of information from podcasts that I listen to while I walk the dog and I recently listened to Chris Gondak review the book “If we can put a man on the moon”. This book explored the sequence of events that led the American government to succeed in the pursuit of it’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ottawa’
Can the government complete big projects?
January 27, 2010Dismantling of Nortel almost complete
January 8, 2010It seems as if more of Nortel has been sold off over the holidays. It is truly sad to see a Canadian technology giant just disappear. There is always hope that the engineering know how will stay in Ottawa, but I am personally seeing signs of engineers leaving the city. And large businesses usually employ many [...]
Back to Nortel / Avaya
November 20, 2009Kinda lost track of the Nortel /Avaya purchase, and so has the mainstream media. A quick search on Nortel and I have found that everyone in North America has approved the acquisition. Recent article here.
Just couldn’t pass this one up…
July 10, 2009Well nobody can say that Constance Bay is boring. Link here.
Interesting article about Ottawa and tech.
July 4, 2009Unfortunately I do not think that Ottawa has been the tech hub of Canada for a while (probably since the 2000, 2001 meltdown). The sheer size and diversity of Toronto has meant that many high tech companies are there, but since they are a smaller proportion of the entire job count it is not seen as a [...]
Ottawa City Urban Tree Conservation By-Law Passed!
June 26, 2009Good news from the City of Ottawa. But they did have to take away the $50 permit fee (nobody likes fees these days). Here is a press release. Here is a story from the Ottawa Citizen.
Obama in Ottawa part. 2
February 23, 2009A bit late, but I just wanted to say how much I, and other Ottawans (?) enjoyed Mr. Obama’s surprise visit to the market area. Neat little bit of public relations which may have driven his security forces nuts, but sure put a smile on a few faces in the market especially a 17 year [...]
Obama in Ottawa
February 19, 2009It’s like when the Beatles came! Ottawa is a buzz with anticipation as the newest American president makes his first foreign visit. People have bussed in from around the area, just to be near him (the public will not get a chance to see him) Wow, the expectations for such a short trip! Well, I [...]
THE STRIKE IS OVER!!
January 30, 2009Thank goodness that the OC Transpo strike is finally over. It sounds like the federal government threatening to step in made both the Mayor and the head of the Transit Union to agree to binding arbitration. Both the Mayor and the Union head seemed to not be willing to comprimise at all! It finally took [...]
Happy New Year!
January 13, 2009With the new year, we have new economic struggles, violence in the holy land, a long-lasting transit strike here in Ottawa, and much more bad news. Don’t take my word on it, check out the mega-negative media. And, my home-team Ottawa Senators are playing horribly and have basically given up on their year. Oh well, [...]
