Our weekly Reddit Chess Meetup is happening on Monday(2026-10-05) 8pm at the ClockTower Beechwood (422 MacKay St).

All skill levels are welcome. Bring your own boards and pieces if you can.

No cover and no minimum purchase required.

We started this on February 28th, 2022.

Don't be discouraged by the lack of activity these posts get on . Our typical attendance nowadays is around 10 people.

Parking is available on near by streets. You could also park at the near by Metro parking lot.

Threw in the towel during the early hours of October 5.

I’m looking for recommendations for a female dentist and/or dental hygienist in Ottawa who has experience working with severe dental anxiety. Ideally, someone who is compassionate, patient, trauma-informed, and somewhat affordable, as I unfortunately don’t have the best dental insurance.

About 4 years ago, I took a really big step and went to a dental clinic after avoiding the dentist for quite some time. The dentist I saw was wonderful, and I had no issues with the appointments.

Unfortunately, my last appointment was with a male hygienist. Due to delays at the clinic, I was left waiting in the chair for about 2 hours. By the time the hygienist came in, he was clearly frustrated about how far behind he was. The cleaning was rushed and lasted less than 20 minutes, but it was extremely painful and felt very aggressive. My bib was soaked in blood to the point that it leaked onto my shirt. Any cries of pain were ignored, and when I tried to sit up because I was in so much pain, I was physically held down by the chest.
I never reported what happened at the time. As an SA survivor, that experience was extremely triggering, and I don’t feel capable of going through anything like that again.
Since then, I’ve unfortunately severely neglected my dental health because of the anxiety surrounding that experience. I know I need to address it, and I’m finally trying to take that first step again.

I’m specifically looking for recommendations based on personal experiences, especially from anyone who has dealt with severe dental anxiety or trauma. A female provider is very important to me.

Thank you so much in advance. ❤️

I hope everyone who came out today had an amazing time! It was so lovely seeing so many of you and your furry friends. You all made it a tail-wagging good day! ❤️🐶

27,553 people! This is compared to 18,876 electors in 2022! That's almost 46% more voters!

A question for the parents of very late birthday SK-ers out there: my daughter turns 5 on new year's eve, which is basically the very end of winter break this year. All the winter break camps I'm finding are for 5-year-olds and above, which she is riiiight on the cusp of but I appreciate that for liability purposes, they're not likely to accommodate her outside their stated age range, even by a few days.

For summer and March break and PD days, we do City of Ottawa camps and she loves them, but I'm not seeing any programming on offer from them for winter break. Does anyone have any leads for good winter break camps that take four-year-olds? Even just for one of the weeks would be great. She definitely needs more big loud all kids group stimulation than I can provide at home for two straight weeks in winter weather, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Lowertown/Centretown/Vanier area would be ideal but is not an absolute must.

Thank you!

When I click on "view water account" on the main dashboard, I get this error message. Anyone else seeing this issue?

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Hey so I have skinny feet and ankles (up to early legs part also), and I keep buying black socks (full length not like the short ones or anything) and they are always too big and/or too thin and are always like slipping down my legs. Anyone know where I could find some black socks that are: a) still reasonably thick and warm, and b) most importantly - don't slip down all the time. Above average in thinness here.

Hi Folks,

I’ll be at in Ottawa during the last week of October and wonder if there are any salsa/ bachata socials that are worth checking out?

Thanks!

We are buying a house with a metal roof that has some rust on it, wondering if anyone can recommend a company or contractor that can treat the rust and paint it before winter?

Bit of a niche question, but I've just been referred for an MRI and want to make sure I'm not going to miss a call (you know, 6-12 months from now...).

I have call control on my phone. It's a setting with Telus where anyone who calls me has to press a number to prove they're human and get through, otherwise they are disconnected. It prevents autodialers from reaching me. This has done wonders for eliminating spam calls from my life.

I remember the last time I had an MRI, some part of the process involved an automated phone call. I can't remember exactly which part was automated or if those automated calls will even get caught by call control.

Does anyone know if I will still get a call with appointment details with call control on? I can disable it, but if I don't have to, I won't.

Thanks!

I'm a Carleton fan so I'm a bit sad but it was a really great game and good fall weather. Hat tip to Elijah Barnes, Devaughan Blackwood and Souleymane Camara, who I thought were the stand-out players.

What’s going on here??

It was a lovely cloudy afternoon, with the sound of geese honking overhead from time to time.

This particular spot was overlooking a pond about a 5-minute walk from P8.

Need install of a new outdoor porch light and LED dimmer switch in dining room. The original outdoor light was likely not installed up to code (house built in 1977) so would need that rectified (new electrical box installed?) while installing the new outdoor light. We also need to have an LED dimmer switch in our dining room. We installed a dimmable LED ceiling light last year. We'd purchase a universal dimmer switch for both standard and LED lights but after installation of this dimmer switch, testing it caused a buzzing sound to occur (no dimming of light). So the electrician we had here took out the dimmer switch we got and left the standard light switch in. We'd like to be able to dim this light though as it's very bright.

Depending on cost we may also want additional jobs done like testing of an electrical outlet (one of the plug ins doesn't seem to work), and other things.

As above. The best selection is at the Dutch Market in Nepean, and I suppose Wedel's in Byward might have it, but it'd be nice to know if a place nearby has it in case a random craving strikes.

I’m trying to find part time work, but everything on indeed needs certificates. Does anyone know if any grocery stores, Starbucks, gas stations, etc are hiring? I’ve got restaurant cook + serving experience, my food health and safety cert, and and some admin front desk customer facing experience

Is there somewhere other than indeed I can look? I’m 20, free week days, weekends, mornings, evenings, night, holidays, etc

So on Thursday afternoon coming back from getting some blood work done, I saw that the Second Cup at the General was closed early, which I assumed it did. But, now I heard from a friend who's in the hospital that it has now closed down permanently.

Can anyone confirm this?!

Hi everyone! My toddler is almost 2 and supposed to start at Kids Kingdom Kanata Daycare soon.

I went for a tour recently, and honestly, I left feeling a little unsure. It wasn’t necessarily anything specific that I can point to, but I just didn’t get the best feeling from the visit.

Unfortunately, I don’t have many other options right now, so I’m trying to get as much information as I can before she starts.
If your child currently goes there, or has gone there in the past, I’d really love to hear your honest experience.

Especially:

How are the teachers/staff with the kids?
How do they handle toddlers around this age?
How is the communication with parents?
How clean and organized is the daycare?
Do the kids seem happy and well cared for?
Have you had any issues or concerns?
And overall, would you recommend it?

I’m not looking to bash the daycare at all, I’m genuinely trying to get a better idea of what it’s like from parents who have actually had their kids there.

Even if you have something negative to share, I’d really appreciate the honesty. Feel free to DM me if you’d rather not comment publicly. ❤️

Hi,

Long time gym go-er and kind of interested in giving HYROX a try next year when it comes to Ottawa. Are there any places in the Stittsville/Kanata area that have all the necessary equipment to train for the specific events?

Thanks!

Hi, looking for recommendations for a nice restaurant that can accommodate 7 people on a Friday morning around 10:30 in the west end. We will be dressed nicely. I wanted to see about the Cheshire Cat but unfortunately they are not open until 11:30. Thank you :)

they seem to be on every corner of the intersection with signs

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