Deeper Background on a "Street Names" Article

Specifically "Legends of the Highlands".

There were at least three books that helped me out here, as well as a number of websites and the Ottawa Room at the public library's Main Branch. (Thanks once again to Brian Silcoff and his crew working to keep the Ottawa Room ticking over!)

The three books:

Ottawa's Britannia by Eva Taylor and James Kennedy, Britannia Historical Association in partnership with the Olde Forge Community Resource Centre, Ottawa, 1983.

The City Beyond: A History of Nepean, Birthplace of Canada's Capital 1792-1990 by Bruce S. Elliott, City of Nepean, Nepean, ON, 1991.

Ottawa's Streetcars, Bill McKeown, Railfare DC Books, Montreal, 2006.

The first two are long out of print, which is sad as both books have historical insights and perspectives worth preserving for the record.

A shout-out to the Singing Driver

Okay, this morning on the radio, I heard the reports that OC Transpo's singing bus driver - whose name I now know to be Yves Roy - has been ordered to quiet down.

We've got Mayor Watson and Councillor Deans weighing in favour of the order, while opinion amongst my fellow bus passengers seems more than a tad divided.

I've heard this guy on several occasions. He's got talent as a singer, and he's kept more than a few days from going completely into the toilet as far as my emotional health was concerned. I'd much prefer he be free to keep singing.

But just in case, I'm going to recommend that my favourite watering holes try to hire him for gigs when he's off the OC Transpo clock.

And I'm going to ask OC Transpo (and the dissenting fellow bus passengers) to please back off a bit. Okay?