🎥 One Year Later - Still No New Shelter Location

🎥 One Year Later - Still No New Shelter Location

A year ago, on August 28, 2025, the City issued a notice announcing they and the Mustard Seed had agreed to explore 2055 Saamis Drive NW as a potential new shelter location. The Mustard Seed withdrew their rezoning application less than a month later - on September 25, 2025 - after "numerous inquiries and concerns related to the appropriateness of this site" .

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🎥 Updated With Interview - Chalk, Cops, and City Hall: A Costly Council Committee Circus
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🎥 Updated With Interview - Chalk, Cops, and City Hall: A Costly Council Committee Circus

Geraldine…presented a case from 2020 about Ottawa police detaining people three separate times for writing messages in chalk on public sidewalks. In June of that year, a woman was detained for writing "Black Lives Matter" in chalk. Police threatened to charge her with mischief because she did not have permission. The very next day, Ottawa's mayor Jim Watson tweeted that his permission was not needed to chalk on the sidewalk.

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