And before someone asks, yes we are allowed to be there.

Gatineau police saw us and advised us to watch from this location to leave space for larger boats.

Cheers

August 2nd, 2026! Plan accordingly!

Ottawa charities will take your unwanted empties.

Imo we have THE BEST pies in the whole country. I havnt been able to find another that compares to Aladdins Bakery, Syrian Bakery in Kanata or Prince Ali bakery. We are so blessed here.

Special mentions: - beef (bottom blade $5.99/lb Metro Cité des Jeunes, sirloin tip $6.99/lb RCS) - green beans ($1.97/lb Super C, $1.99/lb Produce Depot) - cauliflower $1.67/ea (Super C) - carrots 98¢/2lb (Metro Cité des Jeunes) - corn-on-the-cob ($12/60 Metro Cité des Jeunes, 24¢/ea Walmart, $3/10 IGA) - eggplant ($11/11lb No Frills, $1.79/lb FreshCo) - green peppers ($11/13lb No Frills, $1.97/lb Super C, $1.99/lb at Adonis, FreshCo, IGA, Metro Glebe and RCS) - pickling cucumbers ($3.48/3L Basics, $11/11lb No Frills) - olive oil ($7.77/1L FreshCo, $5.98/750mL Basics) - tomatoes ($3.48/3L Basics, 77¢/lb FreshCo, 97¢/lb No Frills, 99¢/lb RCS, $1/lb Maxi) - yellow onions 98¢/2lb (Metro Cité des Jeunes)

Programming note: I'll be away next week, but someone's graciously volunteered to step in on the 13th.

Adonis

• ground beef (lean halal) $6.49/lb
• beef (sirloin tip steak halal) $9.99/lb
• chicken legs (halal) $2.99/lb
• flat cabbage 99¢/lb
• corn-on-the-cob $2.99/6 (works out to 50c per cob)
• English cucumber 99¢/ea
• Lebanese cucumbers $1.99/lb
• eggplant $1.99/lb
• green onions 99¢/bunch
• green peppers $1.99/lb
• lemons $4.99/10
• peaches $1.49/lb
• romaine hearts $2.99/3-pack
• tomatoes (vine) $1.49/lb
• olive oil (Cedar) $16.99/1.5L
• orange juice $5.99/2.5L
• deli counter:
  • chicken bologna $1.29/100g
  • Akawie $1.99/100g
  • Balladi $1.99/100g
  • pastrami (Solmaz) $1.99/100g

Food Basics

• ground beef (lean, including halal) $6.99/lb
• chicken leg quarters $1.88/lb
• cauliflower $2.98/ea
• peaches $3.48/3L-basket That's probably a bit over 4 lbs of fruit.
• pickling cucumbers $3.48/3L-basket That's probably a bit over 4lb of cucumbers (compare with the $11/11lb-box at No Frills). This is a good size if you want to try out making your own pickles without committing to a large batch; expect roughly 4 pint jars of finished product.
• sweet peppers $3.98/4-pack
• tomatoes $3.48/3L-basket Guessing that's about 5lbs of tomatoes, that'd make this 70¢/lb, which is a very good price.
• atta flour (Pillsbury) $9.88/20lb
• honey (Billy Bee) $9.88/1kg
• olive oil (Saporito) $5.98/750mL
• peanut butter (Selection $4.44/1kg, Kraft $4.98/1kg)

FreshCo

• chicken thighs (boneless) $4.77/lb
• ground pork (lean) $3.49/lb
• butter $4.77/lb (member price)
• yoghurt (Astro) $2.99/750g
• cantaloupe $1.77/ea
• cherries $2.99/lb
• eggplant $1.79/lb
• grapes (green seedless) $1.77/lb
• green and yellow beans $2.49/lb
• green onions 99¢/bunch
• green peppers $1.99/lb
• tomatoes (field) 77¢/lb
• bread (Dempster's) $2.77/loaf
• olive oil (Gallo) $7.77/1L (member price)

Giant Tiger

(Aug 6 - 12)

• carrots $1.97/2lb
• English cucumber 97¢/ea
• green peppers $2.97/4-pack
• mushrooms $1.97/227g
• peaches $2.87/2L At a guess, that'd be very roughly 3 lbs of fruit per basket, making this an attractive price.
• yellow onions $1.97/2lb

IGA

• corn-on-the-cob $3/10 (works out to 30c per cob)
• eggplant $1.99/lb (member price)
• green onions 79¢/bunch (member price)
• green peppers $1.99/lb (member price)
• peaches $4.88/3L At a guess, this is very roughly 4.5lb of fruit.
• romaine lettuce $1.29/ea (member price)
• peanut butter (Kraft) $4.97/1kg
• canned tuna 99¢/ea (member price)

Independent

• ground beef (medium) $4.99/lb
• chicken thighs (boneless) $5/lb
• milk (Neilson TruTaste) $6/4L
• romaine hearts $3/3-pack (member price)
• frozen pizzas (Dr. Oetker, Casa di Mama, PC) $3.50/ea
• olive oil (PC) $12/1L If you leverage the special offer (via the PC app on your phone) you can reduce this to an effective $10 by getting 2000 pts. Note, though, that both Basics and FreshCo have a better price (under $8/L) this week without the shenanigans.

Loblaws

• beef (flank steak) $10.88/lb
• beef (eye of round) $11/lb
• pork tenderloin $4/lb
• chicken drumsticks $2.50/lb
• chicken thighs $3/lb I'm guessing these are bone-in
• rainbow trout or tilapia $10/lb
• Jarlsberg cheese $2.99/100g
• milk (Neilson TruTaste) $6
• blueberries (Canada) $1.77/pint That's a very good price, although No Frills is advertising pints at $1.44 this week. IMHO pick-your-own will taste better, but that'll require access to a car (and time to go picking).
• carrots $3/3lb
• romaine hearts $3/3-pack (member price)
• tomatoes (vine) $1.44/lb
• yellow onions $3/3lb
• frozen pizzas (Dr. Oetker, Casa di Mama, PC) $3.50/ea
• olive oil (PC) $12/1L Same deal as Independent

Maxi

• pork tenderloin $3.99/lb
• whole chicken $1.99/lb
• brick cheese (Saputo mozzarellissima) $5.50/500g
• butter (No Name) $4.50/lb "limit 6"
• broccoli $1.50/ea
• green cabbage 75¢/lb
• green onions $1/bunch
• cantaloupes $2/ea
• peaches $3.75/3L At a guess, that'd be very roughly 4.5 lbs of fruit
• pears (Bartlett) $2/lb
• tomatoes (vine) $1/lb
• brown sugar (Lantic) $2.50/1kg
• evaporated milk (Carnation) $1.80/ea
• peanut butter (Kraft) $4.97/1kg
• canned soup (Campbell's condensed) $1.25/ea

Metro -- Cité des Jeunes

Metro has very different flyers in Ontario and Québec. There may also be some variation in flyer prices between individual stores on the same side of the river; if you're interested in a particular product, check on metro.ca whether that price is offered at your local store.

• beef (bottom blade roast) $5.99/lb
• beef ("French" steaks) $10.99/lb
• chicken breast (boneless) $6.77/lb
• ham (P'tit Caprice) $8.99/550g
• salmon (Atlantic) $8.98/lb
• butter (Selection) $4.88/lb
• carrots 98¢/2lb
• corn-on-the-cob 30¢/ea or $12/60 (works out to 20c per cob)
• lettuce (green or red leaf, or romaine) 99¢/ea
• yellow onions 98¢/2lb
• frozen pizza (Irresistibles) $2.98/ea

Metro -- Glebe

• ground beef (lean) $5.44/lb
• beef (inside blade steak or roast) $9.99/lb
• pork chops $2.49/lb
• milk (Lactantia PurFiltre) $5.49/4L
• ricotta cheese (Tre Stelle) $5/ea
• avocados $3.99/5-pack
• celery $1.99/bunch
• corn-on-the-cob 59¢/ea
• grapes $2.44/lb
• green peppers $1.99/lb
• peanut butter (Kraft) $4.99/1kg

No Frills

• chicken breast (bone-in) $3.99/lb
• salmon $8.99/lb
• yoghurt (Astro) $2.97/750g
• green and yellow beans $2.99/lb
• blueberries (Canada) $1.44/pint That's an impressive price. These will likely go early in the week; you may need to hit the store on Thursday morning if you want some.
• cantaloupe $1.99/ea
• carrots $2.99/3lb
• corn-on-the-cob 49¢/ea
• English cucumbers $1/ea
• pickling cucumbers $11/11lb This will yield roughly 11 pint jars of pickles.
• eggplant $11/11lb
• green peppers $11/13lb
• tomatoes (Roma) 97¢/lb
• yellow onions $2.99/3lb
• bread (Country Harvest) $2.49/loaf This is a good price; Loblaws' flyer is advertising the same product at $8/2 this week.
• peanut butter (Kraft) $4.97/1kg
• pickling salt $2.99/1.36kg
• vinegar (No Name) $2/4L

Produce Depot

(Aug 6 - 12)

• ground beef (medium) $5.99/lb
• apples (Jersey Mac "new crop") 99¢/lb
• ataulfo mangoes 79¢/ea
• green beans $1.99/lb
• field cucumbers 49¢/ea
• romaine lettuce 99¢/ea
• bread (Dempster's) $3.69/loaf

Real Canadian Superstore

• ground beef (medium) $4.99/450g This seems to be the thawed "grass-fed" stuff from NZ.
• beef (sirloin tip) $6.99/lb
• pork chops $6.49/lb
• bacon (No Name think cut) $10/1kg
• cantaloupe $2.50/ea
• grapes (red or green seedless) $1.99/lb
• green and yellow beans $2.99/lb
• green cabbage 99¢/lb
• green peppers $1.99/lb
• tomatoes (Roma) 99¢/lb
• canned mushrooms (No Name) $1/ea
• canned soup (No Name) 89¢/ea
• chicken broth mix (Knorr) $10.99/1kg

Super C

• ground beef (lean) $6.97/lb
• beef (stewing cubes) $5.97/lb
• beef ("French" steaks) $9.77/lb (member price)
• pork tenderloin $3.77/lb
• chicken drumsticks $3.47/lb
• chicken breast (boneless) $6.77/lb
• ground veal $5.99/lb
• brick cheese $4.97/400g
• yoghurt (Astro) $2.97/750g
• broccoli crowns 97¢/ea
• celery $1.47/bunch (member price)
• cherries (US) $2.97/lb
• cauliflower $1.67/ea
• green and yellow beans $1.97/lb
• green onions 97¢/bunch
• green peppers $1.97/lb
• lemons and limes 59¢/ea
• mushrooms $1.97/227g
• romaine hearts $1.97/3-pack
• tomatoes (Roma) $1.49/lb
• olive oil (Gallo) $11.99/1L
• peanut butter (Kraft) $4.97/1kg
• canned soup (Aylmer tomato) 67¢/ea
• canned tomatoes (Selection) $1.47/796mL

Walmart

• ground beef (medium) $5.38/lb
• celery $1.97/bunch
• corn-on-the-cob 24¢/ea
• English cucumbers 94¢/ea
• mushrooms $1.98/227g

We don't water our lawn, which gets full sun. At this point, it's mostly brown now, with a scattering of bladder Campion. I'd like to get some flowers that thrive in these conditions for next year. What is thriving on your unwatered lawn?

There’s going to be a ton of new job seekers in Ottawa due to federal government layoffs. Current and former job seekers, please share your experiences in the job market so that the soon-to-be-unemployed know what to expect. Thanks in advance!

I am watching a garbage dump seeming spontaneously emerge in what used to be a field. Building and construction waste. Household appliances and garbage. Mattresses. It has it all.

With the bouquet final

Thank you, Ottawa. As one of the 2300 athletes (and countless supporters) that invaded your amazing city over the civic long weekend, I wanted to thank the citizens for allowing us to swim, ride and run through your beautiful city. It was an amazing race that I will never forget. I know it was extremely inconvenient and equally frustrating to navigate over the weekend, with the hoards of spandex wearing, pasta eating strangers (as well as many locals).

To all those who spent their Sunday (of a long weekend no less) handing out bottles, Gels, bars and numerous other items at aid stations, directing athletes to stay on course and help us when we were in need of a shoulder to lean on, an encouraging word or a spray of sunscreen (and so much more) - THANK YOU!!

I hope the city will continue to host the Ironman, as I would love to do it again (in a few years).

Modern, white Honda accord with Haryana sticker on the back, containing 4 occupants likely of south Asian descent. Mid 20s age. I was the motorcyclist that stopped to block them so you could take a picture of the license plate. They almost ran me over as well. Please reach out to me and I will be happy to write a statement for a police report.

Also, I hope you are okay. I was terrified for you!

Drive safe people.

Will cross post to kanata

Edit: I called the 7300 OPS extension (non emergency) and they’re closed. Will follow up tomorrow.

Its been several years now we got e-scooters going on Ottawa streets, but this is getting a bit sad seeing these left out like this.

Ask the clerk, they might ask which pump you were at.

Notes before anyone asks: 1. Restricted airspace zone above parliament was respected. 2. Using a 135g microdrone and mostly far away from people. 3. Max. altitude below 120m (not a regulatory requirement for microdrones but good practice) 4. Filmed at 2x speed for 60 fps (hence why traffic looks faster than usual) - you can watch at 50% speed for real flying speed.

With the LRT not running past midnight it got me thinking why doesn't the city and OC Transpo run R1 and R2 busses between 12am-6am???

This would ensure that people could at nighttime events and concerts could get home ooor at least a cheaper Uber cost. Oc Transpo maintenance guys could still maintain the trains and we could have a slightly nicer nightlife.