A possible research stumbling block?

Well, this could be a problem:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/11/02/ottawa-library-archive-campaign.html

I've yet to visit Library and Archives Canada HQ in person for research purposes. Mostly, the research help they've provided has been over the Net - as seen via my recent article on hockey history in what's now Confederation Park for Spacing Ottawa - and my visits in person have mostly been for WritersFest or OIW purposes. So that's definitely been useful.

Now that I think it over, this will affect researchers no matter how they visit the service, if the fears are realized.

The dangers of trying to run a nation "on the cheap" while believing that you're merely being "prudently frugal", hm? They can bite you, no matter which party is running your government.

Random Bits of Thought on City Life

I'll be posting a longer spiel a little later on - it's been overdue for a while now - but some links of interest that have popped up tonight:

seanan_mcguire mentioned something in her latest "Bits and pieces to update the world" that intrigue me: the idea of a Science Crawl. Maybe this is something for discussion over at ottawa_sf or can_con_news - perhaps both communities? - to see if we've got enough going on in any one part of Ottawa-Gatineau to try to organize such an event around in the months to come, either as its own thing or under the banner of the Ottawa SF Society, CAN-CONsf 2012 or the Jane's Walk organization. Suggestions, counter-proposals, advice, etc. are all welcome on this point.

coudal pointed out a review by Roger Ebert of a movie that those of you who've been following spacing_ottawa might be interested in, titled Urbanized. Does anyone reading this in Ottawa know if/when either the Bytowne or Mayfair Theatres - or perhaps someone else? - will be showing this film? I'd like to have a look!

budgie_uk reminded me of Laurie Penny, a blogger currently working with the New Statesman in the UK. While rummaging through her more recent entries, I came across this one in particular. Not sure if alasdair already pointed out that specific essay, although it seems the timing for me to (re-)discover it is particularly useful, given the last month or so of headlines across the planet generated by the Occupy Movement and those responding to it for good or ill. I don't know how bad the homelessness situation is in Canada right now, but I do know there is one that needs addressing on an ongoing basis.

More later on. Meantime, over to the rest of you.