Susan Southcott, Food Stylist

09/30/2026

09/30/2026

"America's wind industry is moving offshore. The first farms are years late and billions over budget. The industry says this is how offshore wind always starts.

Vineyard Wind, South Fork Wind, Revolution Wind — the first cohort of US offshore wind projects — have collectively demonstrated that building offshore wind in American waters is harder, slower, and more expensive than the contracts signed between 2018 and 2021 assumed. Supply chain constraints, port infrastructure limitations, Jones Act vessel requirements, and electricity contract prices set before inflation peaks have combined to delay projects and stress developer balance sheets.

The European offshore wind industry's response to this news has been patient and largely unreported: every major offshore wind market — the UK in the early 2000s, Germany in the 2010s, France in the 2020s — went through an identical first-generation cost and schedule overrun before the supply chain, regulatory framework, and installation workforce reached sufficient maturity for projects to deliver on schedule and budget. The US is not experiencing a failure of offshore wind. It is experiencing the first decade of offshore wind.

The numbers that have changed since the early US offshore contracts were signed: installation vessel day rates doubled. Steel prices increased 40%. Port mobilisation costs exceeded estimates by 60 to 80%. Every offshore wind market that now has a functioning, cost-competitive industry went through the same cost shock in its first generation of projects.

America's offshore wind industry is struggling the way Europe's did in its first decade. Europe is now building the world's largest offshore turbines. The sequence is the same.

Source: American Clean Power Association, US Offshore Wind Market Outlook 2024

09/30/2026

09/30/2026

For Ottawa's Senior residents. Get involved with your community and know what can be done when extreme weather events happen.

09/29/2026

09/29/2026

The Scientific Evidence Justifies Banning Glyphosate

The primary scientific study pesticide regulators worldwide used to justify the approval of Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup and many other herbicides, has been retracted due to fraud.

This study, by Gary Williams, Robert Kroes, and Ian Munro, was used to cast doubt on the numerous published studies showing that Glyphosate caused cancers and many other diseases.

Read more from Regeneration International’s International Director Andre Leu
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https://regenerationinternational.org/2025/12/04/the-science-shows-glyphosate-must-be-banned/

09/16/2026

One of the most overlooked times in the pollinator year happens after summer’s peak bloom.

In many parts of the United States, gardens are overflowing with flowers in June and July. By late summer and fall, however, many ornamental beds have faded or already been cleaned up.

The insects haven’t disappeared.

Newly mated bumblebee queens are still feeding heavily, building the fat reserves they will depend on while overwintering for months. Honeybee colonies in colder regions may still be gathering nectar for their winter stores. Some late-season solitary bees are still nesting and provisioning brood cells. And migrating monarchs depend on nectar-rich flowers to fuel their southward journey—up to about 3,000 miles for some eastern monarchs traveling from the northernmost part of their range.

This is where a slightly “messy” yard can become remarkably valuable.

Goldenrod, native asters, boneset, Joe-Pye w**d, ironw**d, sneezew**d, wingstem, smartw**d, thoroughwort, and other late bloomers can provide nectar and pollen when fewer flowers remain. Goldenrods are especially valuable: the genus supports numerous pollen-specialist bees and serves as a host for more than 100 species of caterpillars.

A heavily tidied garden, meanwhile, may offer little more than mulch.

Want more fall flowers next year? Choose plants suited to your region that bloom late in the season. Depending on where you live, possibilities include New England aster, aromatic aster, native goldenrods, Joe-Pye w**d, ironw**d, blue mistflower, obedient plant, and anise hyssop. Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ is not native to North America, but its late flowers can still provide nectar for visiting insects.

And you can help this fall without buying anything.

Leave part of the yard unmowed. Let volunteer goldenrod and asters finish blooming. Skip the urge to cut every perennial to the ground. Leave some stems, seed heads, and fallen leaves through winter, then tidy gradually once spring is well underway.

Pollinators don’t necessarily need another trip to the garden center.

Sometimes the most useful thing we can do is simply leave part of the garden alone.

09/09/2026

Certain vaccines are required for school attendance such as vaccines against measles, polio, tetanus, and pertussis.

If you have a child starting kindergarten this fall, now is a good time to make sure their vaccination records are updated with us!

The process is quick and easy, use our online submission form here:
https://secureforms.ottawapublichealth.ca/vaccines/Online-Immunization-Record-Submission-EN

05/26/2026

Well, as we say: just in case… Everyone, stay safe. Big day tomorrow. It’s official. Signed at 6:00am. It was even on TV. Mine really turned blue. Don't forget that tomorrow marks the start of the new Facebook rule (also known as Meta), which allows them to use your photos. Don't forget the deadline is today!
According to the show 60 Minutes:
Just in case you missed it: a lawyer advised us to post this. The violation of privacy can be punished by law. NOTE: Facebook Meta is now a public entity. Every member must post a note like this. If you do not publish a statement at least once, it will be technically understood that you are allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in your profile status updates.
I HEREBY DECLARE THAT I DO NOT GIVE MY PERMISSION FOR FACEBOOK OR META TO USE ANY OF MY PERSONAL DATA.
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