On December 10th, Local 279, the OC Transpo Alamagamated Union which includes drivers and mechanics, walked off the job and began a city-wide strike. Add the biggest snowfall of the early winter season on the same day and you get a thick soup of traffic and headaches the likes Ottawa has not seen in a […]
Posts Tagged ‘OC Transpo’
OC Transpo Union Can Kiss My Grits
Posted: 11th December 2008 by Luc "Sandman" G. in OttawaTags: Amalgamated transit union, Andre Cornellier, bus strike, Local 279, OC Transpo, OC Transpo strike, Ottawa bus strike, Transit union
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Pets on OC Transpo Busses
Posted: 27th July 2008 by Luc "Sandman" G. in OttawaTags: OC Transpo, Ottawa, Pet, pets, Public transport
OC Transpo, the public transportation company that operates in Ottawa, is attempting to launch a trial project that would allow pet owners to carry their pets on buses in pet carriers. I’ve had pets all of my life and currently have 4 cats. I am also very much against this new project. The main issue […]
Wandering To the Bus Stop
Posted: 29th June 2008 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Funny & WeirdTags: Alzheimers, Funny & Weird, OC Transpo
From News of the weird: Faced with its Alzheimer’s residents’ tendency to wander away, the Benrath Senior Centre in Dusseldorf, Germany, came up with a novel approach: a fake bus stop (an exact replica of a real one) out front. Straying residents might be attracted to the familiar colors and design of the kiosk (because […]
An Overview of our Paris Honeymoon.
Posted: 15th June 2008 by Luc "Sandman" G. in LifeTags: City of Lights, Eiffel Tower, France, Hotel, Ile-de-France, Jim Morrison, Louvre, Notre Dame, Notre Dame de Paris, OC Transpo, Paris
We decided to go to Paris for our honeymoon. Erin had been once before when she was a teenager, but I had never been. I did however always want to visit the City of Lights since I was a young boy, and Erin has always wanted to go back, so going there for our honeymoon […]
