Dennis Van Staalduinen 🐳

Ottawa dad, singer, nerd. Begs to Differ. Knows a thing or two about place-making, brand strategy, community engagement. Former Exec. Dir. Wellington West BIA.

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@kinsellawarren Couldn't happen to a nicer party.

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Reminder! My walk is at 2pm. Weather couldn’t be better, and I’ve got some crazy shit to tell you about!

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Interested in local history, urban planning, and super-geeky deep-dives? Join me Sunday 2pm on a Janes Walk tour for #OttawaArchitectureWeek covering the biggest, most ambitious, and often horrifying urban mega-projects that never happened.
https://t.co/OOEmNuNoYw

[Dennis Van Staalduinen 🐳 @DenVan]

Interested in local history, urban planning, and super-geeky deep-dives? Join me Sunday 2pm on a Janes Walk tour for #OttawaArchitectureWeek covering the biggest, most ambitious, and often horrifying urban mega-projects that never happened.
https://t.co/OOEmNuNoYw

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Well that’s cool. First time spotting an LRT train set in the trench West of Tunney’s Pasture. It’s not MOVING, but… progress I guess?

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@acoyne @MurraWil Heh. I assumed you had already met Twitter 2.0 - Overwhelming Musky Stink Edition.

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That awful moment when you drop your cell phone on camera at the World Cup.
#WorldCup #RSAvsCAN

[Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy]

10/10. No notes.

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"When you're a star, they let you do it.
You can do anything."
Donald Trump
#FIFAWorldCup

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@vivekmjacob Oh boy. That never ends well for the other guys in the movies...

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@MenInBlazers Maybe try some goals?

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Just done my radio interview on @CBCOttawa -talking with @alannealottawa about my upcoming Jane’s Walk called Manifest Discrepancy- the complicated history of US/Canada relations in Ottawa’s urban landscape.

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IN CONCACAF soccer, Team USA just lost. That means they will finish behind Canada, Mexico, and Panama.
If only Greenland played soccer...

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@LouisZatzman And fun as hell. Don’t forget that.

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Hey Americans. Cut the crap about Canada as "51st State". Here are some basic facts:
1) Canada as a whole is significantly larger than the USA;
2) Fully SEVEN of the top ten largest North American states or provinces are Canadian;
3) We're not bloody interested. Not ever.

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I remember progress.

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Here, let me rewrite that for you:
“While we still have our differences on many important issues, we have also been able to achieve many good things together for Canadians. So I thank Mr. Trudeau for his years of service and wish him all the best for the future.”
There. Done.

[Dale Smith @journo_dale]

Jagmeet Singh first out of the gate with a statement that lacks any semblance of class. #cdnpoli

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@taasha__15 Sure! I’ll DM

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So thrilled to ride the new OTrain Line 2 all the way from Bayview Station 36 minutes South to Limebank. New train sets are clean, spacious, and super quiet regional-rail style vehicles. Feels very… European. #otrain #OTrainLine2 @OC_Transpo

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@RichardBethell @OC_Transpo Enjoy!!!

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Here’s me arriving at Ottawa Airport - filming myself while a CTV videographer films me crossing over into the Terminal. #OTrain @OC_Transpo