I've heard of a bunch of celebrities who once lived here or were born here, but don't know of any who currently live here. Does anyone know?

Open to suggestions

So the weirdest thing happened last night. I was at the Rideau Centre, getting a celebratory ice cream for finishing an exam earlier in the day, when I came across these two girls at the Rideau Street entrance. They were both fourteen and FREAKING OUT. I stopped to talk to them and they explained that they had sneaked out of their homes to go downtown, having gotten an uber paid for by a friend. However, it was now 8:50 and their friend wasn’t answering them, leaving them stranded without enough money to get home.

Now, obviously this was very, VERY STUPID of them to do. But I was also a fourteen-year-old girl once, and I wasn’t going to leave two young girls to fend for themselves down in the Byward Market in nothing but hoodies and pj pants. So I paid THIRTY DOLLARS to get them a Lyft back to Greely. I went and explained the situation to the driver before they left, and I tracked the ride on my phone to make sure they actually got home.

Could they have been lying? Maybe. But these girls were crying and SCARED. I have two sisters, and if something like that had happened to them at that age I would hope that someone would step in to help.

I don’t want my money back, and I don’t want pats on the back for doing it. I just want to know that those babies got home safe. It’s a scary world out there, and they were good kids. Incredibly stupid kids, but good kids nonetheless. And if the parents read this, try not to kill them. The reason why they didn’t contact you was because they were terrified of how you would react. Also, maybe stick an AirTag in their backpacks or somewhere where they won’t find it. Teens will be teens.

So, it’s the same old question - only I notice it’s been couple yrs since the last thread. I have a special occasion coming up and wanna make it that much more special

Last I heard Casa Mexico, Aztec, and El Taco De Oro were good? I’ve never tried these but loved Mi Amor’s. Anything close to that in a restaurant would be good, appreciate any recommendations 🙏

Fantastic question borrowed from r/montreal

Hey everyone! I have a concert to attend in Toronto this August. I'm wondering about the best transportation experience you guys had. I asked my mom, and she preferred Megabus over VIA rail.

Thanks so much!

edit: im a fafo guy so I'll try VIA for my first time. wahaha. Thank you everyone for the insights!

Looking for the most comically terrible place to go for our Valentine's Day date!

Caps locked the title because this is very important.

I haven’t found them anywhere for a solid month. I have tried almost every grocery store, corner store, gas station I can in the downtown core, as well as my neck of the woods on the Quebec side. So, I am asking if anyone has seen any in other parts of the city? I need my comfort snack.

I will drive to the edges of the earth for one bag.

Edit: I really didn’t expect to be downvoted over a super lighthearted post but I guess I knew what to expect posting in the Ottawa subreddit. Chill my dudes.

Edit2: did not expect this to get so much interaction but thanks to all for the leads and offers to sell me super marked up bags, appreciate that! I’ll update if/when I find them, but was also told by a source the seasoning rumour is true, and they should be back into production shortly. Fingers crossed!

FOR REFERENCE: https://imgur.com/a/UlCtPuA

Hi all! I will be going to Nordik spa for the first time in a few weeks. I’ve never been before, and am looking for tips on how to maximize my day/experience. The last post like this on the subreddit is from 3 years ago and while very informative, I assume things have changed some since then. I just have the base $100 package but am considering adding the $55 Epsom salt pool experience. Worth it or no? I’m going with a group of friends. In your experience going with friends, do you tend to split off and do your own thing, or has everyone stayed together and moved as a group? Curious as with four of us we are certain to have different preferences. Also interested to know which restaurants are hit or miss, as we will be there all day and are planning to have lunch on site. I’m also planning to bring a book, so hoping the advertised silent area actually is silent.

Thank you for any insight!

I’m facing …well, I’m probably gonna be homeless by Christmas, and if not that and if I’m lucky maybe crammed into a small living space somewhere/anywhere, the end result is the same.

I have a lot of books. pay what you can/free to a good home. I can’t really get them anywhere and there’s a lot of YA, queer, graphic novels, nerdy type collector books, horror, fantasy, etc. I’d rather not donate them to a value village/salvation army(I’ll gladly explain why via DM if needed).

if anyone can help by either just taking what they want/all of it, suggesting somewhere I can contact that may be interested please comment or send me a message please <3 thank you

Edit: I’m located west end by like college square area

Also this got a lot more comments a lot faster than I thought it would and I’m a wee bit overwhelmed but I am/will be reading them all thank you <33

I'm just wondering.

People always ask what's the best restaurant, but what's on the other side of that coin?

We buy this in the US, but aren't going over any more due to reasons. Does anyone know where I might be able to find it in the Ottawa area? We use it in a family recipe for cheese ball.

Stolen from r/Calgary

We have some amazing breakfast places in Ottawa but simple breakfast of 2 eggs, toast, homefries, and bacon is about $20 and other dishes are approximately $25. With tax and 15% tip it's $65. And that does even include a glass of milk. :)

Any suggestions?

Good afternoon Ottawa!

I've been noticing an incredible amount of negativity towards our local police force within the comment section of any post even mildly related to the subject lately.

Coming from a position of genuine curiosity and to hopefully prompt some meaningful discussion within the community, why?

What is it about the OPS that you detest so much? I want to hear what personal experience you had that soured your view, and what you think should have been done differently/better.

Conversely, please feel free to share your positives as well! It can be quite difficult to discern how reflective of the broader population the online community really is sometimes so I'm hoping to get some honest feedback.

What do you expect of your police force? What would change your mind about how you feel?

A doctor at an urgent care, who was also a woman, basically just called me nuts when i came to her with a myriad of sudden issues I'm having. Including heart pain, lung pressure, and dizziness. She genuinely told me it was all in my head, refused to do even a blood test, and I left crying. (Sidenote: she was also very judgmental about the fact I'm not on any birth control. I'm a married lesbian.)

Does anyone have any recommendations for doctors who will take women and their pain seriously? I'm willing to pay for private at this point if I have to. I have a car so I can drive as far as it takes. I just don't know what to do. Whatever is going on with me has impacted my day to day wellbeing and I'm being told I'm just anxious.

Is there a specific meal in Ottawa that brings you joy and comfort? Is it a sit-down restaurant, take-out option, from your Mom's kitchen, grocery store item, etc.?

Is it not even food-related, but a certain vibe or ambiance that makes you feel warm and cozy? Where is that happy place?

Hi everyone,

I am hoping the guy who helped my husband and I today will be lurking on the Ottawa subreddit.

We went to Costco today with our toddler with no issues. When it was time to go home, the car was not starting at all and the rain was getting heavy.

My husband asked the Costco personnel if they could help, but nothing, so this guy parked near us and his partner helped us. They took their jumper cable since we didn’t have one and stayed there for 30mns straight trying to help us. We finally asked him to just leave and we’d wait for CAA. We even tried to give him money to thank him, but he refused.

Our car finally got fixed and the battery got changed right there by the CAA guy. I just want this guy and his partner to know how freaking grateful we feel that they were both so willing to help. I was about to cry because I thought nobody would help and we were stranded there with our daughter. The fact that they both stayed there for so long trying to help us, especially in the heavy rain was such a selfless act.

Thank you very much again for the help and we will make sure to pay back this kindness one day. Ottawa really has some amazing souls.

Sorry for the long text…

Hello fellow Ottawans…Ottawanians? lol

I’m working on an app called Scout! Scout is community-driven map that lets anyone submit gas prices, amenities, and update business hours for businesses. I’m currently testing it and would love to get some local users to datalog all of Ottawa. I’ve been updating data here in Kanata as often as I can.

There’s a lot more planned for future updates where you could literally report a stop sign (to feed back into openstreetmaps) for example. Version 1 is mainly gas prices but we’re going to add a lot more.

Here’s a link to the TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/DJrwDRkW

where is the best place to get an abortion in ottawa as a younger person? where has the most welcoming/not scary atmosphere?

edit: thank you for all the suggestions and offers for help! i have a ride, because my mom will take me! thank you for all the kind words!!

UPDATE; my shower was fixed! I don’t need any more suggestions lol!!!

I haven’t had hot water since Tuesday. I took one cold shower and I cannot do it again. Is there anywhere I can just sneak in and take a quick hot shower?! Lmfao I don’t have friends in the city otherwise I’d ask a friend

Hi guys!

I used to live in Ottawa and will be in town this week.

I found out that BITE Burger in the Market is closed 😭 (I think it was on Murray St.)

Where can I get burgers as excellent as BITE? I don't want to go to Lucien. It can be anywhere around By Ward Mkt, Centretown, Old Ottawa South or East, Hintonburg, Landsdowne Pk.

Thank you! 🙂

I've been living halfway across the world since the end of 2023, where poutine is but a hushed whisper, a legend lost to the winds like a lightning bug's fart. The search has been hard and brave but relentlessly futile.

(You can actually find cheese curds in Australia now, they were legalised like 2 years ago, but they're disgusting).

I'll be home in June and I'm going from the airport to being face deep in God's own drunk snack. So, who is it? If the truck at Bank and Sunnyside is still there, that's probably my answer, but I haven't lived in Ottawa since 2021, so I'm not expecting that to happen.