Well, despite no additional information being released, the fact that these are happening back to back in the same area does hint to it not being random or accidental.

That’s always been a rough part of town (I worked in that area for years), and one-off daytime shootings have happened in many places over the years. To me the big difference is that we’re given less and less information as the public. No names, no circumstances, nothing. The lack of information makes it possible to use events like these as justification for any policy since we all want less shootings but with no information hinting at root cause (for example gang activity) it makes it easier to pass blanket laws like our federal government does.

Interesting driving from Kanata to Ottawa, getting to the top of the hill after Eagleson from where you can usually see the city out ahead and the Gatineau hills to the left, and seeing nothing but yellowy grey. Pretty thick out there!

What’s in a name… I was fine calling it the river parkway for years, then the name got changed to something more “patriotic” or something. Makes it fair game to change the name again. Like the palladium that takes on a different name every few years. I just wish people would agree and stick to one spelling. Why not stick with kitchissipi?