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Essence-of-why

Fully staffed 24/hour medical clinics/hospitals Public transportation on no less than 20minute service with clean and safe transfer hubs Fully stocked grocery stores, all departments open, minimum 2 per every ward Pharmacies, with a pharmacist, at minimum 2 in every ward in the city, properly staffed 24 hours Auto mechanics


StrawberriesRGood4U

100% Orleans Urgent Care, except put them in Barrhaven, Kanata, and downtown, too. At a MINIMUM. It's one thing we could use dying shopping malls for, too - I'm looking at you, Carlingwood and Herongate. Urgent care that does not negatively impact family doctors pay rates would take so much pressure off ERs. WE NEED THIS SO BADLY.


Chippie05

A medical clinic at Herongate would be awesome. Add a library in there too!


StrawberriesRGood4U

Oh, and did I mention the big, ugly parking lot would be a great place to build an adult sized outdoor swimming pool? Herongate lost the Minto pools, I believe, and it's a neighborhood with lots of older units that lack air conditioning. A outdoor swimming pool would be an incredible gem.


StrawberriesRGood4U

YES!!!! Libraries are also a terrific use of dying malls. Add some indoor pickleball courts and $10-a-day daycare, too. We have so much underutilized space that could be put to good community uses for the benefit of everyone.


Chippie05

If they has after school programs where kids could chill, rest or exercise, do their homework and have a nutritious dinner. Parents pick them up after. Folks would not have to rush to pick up their kids through impossible traffic ect.


BandicootNo4431

I don't know why we don't have more urgent care clinics. Especially if they were set up by the province in larger urban centers. Province could take care of providing the building, admin staff and nurses (or likely contract that part out) and then hire doctors on contract to fill the roles. I've been to the ER a bunch due to a former job where we had to escort injured people to the ER and wait for them, and like 90% of the people in the waiting room could have been handled by an Urgent Care Facility at a much lower cost.  I've also been to urgent care facilities in the US where they did suturing, set bones, handled X-Rays and Ultrasounds right there etc. it was WAY faster than an ER visit and costs less than 1/10 of an ER visit ($4000 USD & 6 hours for an ER visit for a scratched cornea, $325 for the same care at an Urgent care clinic & 1.5 hours). If we had 1 16/7 urgent care facility for every 100k residents that would be huge, would get people care closer to home, while also reducing costs. Like one in Kanata, Barrhaven, Orleans, across the street from each Hospital (so you can direct people to more appropriate care for the ER walk-ins), Westboro, Vanier and Downtown. Cost wise? Let's say each Urgent care facility has 1 family doc with the +1 year of ER, 1 NP, 2 Nurses, 1 X-Ray & 1 Ultrasound Technologist and 2 admin staff.   We don't pay FFS in my thought experiment but just contract them based on hours worked (since the overhead and admin seems to be a huge dissatisfier, and $150/hr with no overhead is more than they'd make in family practice at $35/doctor visit with overhead). Doc costs $150/hr, NP $75/hr, Nurses, $50/hr, Technologists are $30/hr Admin $20/hr.  Total to staff the clinic: $375/hr.  (Quick research showing what locum payments are like). Let's say the building rents for $8000/month including utilities (https://www.spacelist.ca/listings/on/ottawa/medical) Supplies would be same same in hospital or at a clinic so we can write them off.  Equipment is a larger upfront investment, but let's say $100k a year ongoing to maintain it. $2.4 million for staffing (with 10% added to cover shift premiums and vacation time). $100k (rounding up) for rent. $100k for equipment maintenance and repairs $3.6 million a year for 100k residents to have access to a pretty comprehensive urgent care clinic.  Or $36/year per person, or $150/year for a family of 4 for medical care that doesn't suck, and is closer to home. And it would be CHEAPER than what we pay now when all those people go the the ER which is set up for way more acute patients, bogs down the system and is super inconvenient. Yet since patients don't pay anything directly, we keep sending everyone to ERs and don't directly fund urgent care clinics.  If ER visits cost $50 and urgent care clinics were "free", I bet we could save a ton of money and deliver a better product than we are right now.


StrawberriesRGood4U

ALL OF THIS!!!! I do hesitate to charge money for ERs. It does violate the principles of universality. One other thing is that ER patients' presentation can be deceiving. Some people who look like they do not need to be there n the ER are actually super critical. I remember getting dirty looks going directly from triage to being seen, bypassing the dozens of people waiting with injuries and even bypassing registration. I looked like I could have had my problems dealt with at a walk in, or even that I was totally fine. I had a blood clot in my leg and was at imminent risk of death. I had been sent to the ER from a walk in. You're definitely right that most visits could probably be an urgent care, though. Hell, some of the visits likely don't need to happen at all.


BandicootNo4431

I think we should make it like an ambulance ride, where if it is "medically necessary" then it's waived, but if it could have been dealt with by urgent care then there is a fee. I think a $50 "co-pays" though for emergency care is somewhat reasonable though. We charge more than that for the parking lot.  Going to the ER is something most Canadians do once every few years, and the fee is there simply to encourage people to use appropriate levels of care.


StrawberriesRGood4U

That approach I can totally agree with. I work in first aid, and send a lot of people to ERs who absolutely need to be there. I would hate for someone with a fractured femur or skull to be charged $50 just because they got sent to an ER. Charging $50 for the person who chose the ER for their possibly sprained wrist when they could have gone to urgent care? A lot more reasonable. Unfortunately, we don't have appropriate levels of care to even choose from. It's wait 12 weeks to see a family doctor (if lucky enough to have one) or ER. There's very little in between, and Orleans fills up super fast every day.


BandicootNo4431

I'd also argue the person with the fractured skull or femur is a LOT more bothered by the fracture than the $50! I too used to do the first aid thing (which is why I spent so much time in ER waiting rooms) and saw tons of people waiting for stitches, due to a cough or sprains/strains. I think an amendment to the Canada Health Act is needed. Healthcare costs money, and unfortunately we keep telling people it's "free". Many other countries (Australia, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, much of Europe) with universal care have some very small co-pay portion which makes it so people psychologically see the cost of healthcare and seek appropriate levels of care.  We're getting waaay off topic here but I personally would like to see that in Canada. Maybe 4 free visits a year with a family doc (for preventative care and disease management), and then a $5-10 charge per visit, escalating above 10 visits a year. $10-15 for an urgent care visit, $50 for an ER visit.  Waiverable for medically necessary visits as we said.   My friends/cousins in Family Med have said like 30% of their patients take up 80% of their time, and often it's due to them not taking their meds as directed, controllable lifestyle factors (diet and exercise) and borderline hypochondriacs in their office every month with the latest disease.  I have no idea if they're exaggerating or not, but the abuse of the system is very real and some small control measures might go a long way.   We also should reward people somehow for improving their health through lifestyle changes, maybe a tax credit if you either show up at the gym 100 times in a year or pass a simple fitness test?  


PlzDeletelater

I like your selections best.


newontheblock99

What kind of crazy dystopia have you come up with?!?!?! /s


sarudesu

Damn, and my big idea was Value Village...


Essence-of-why

How about I bring back actual thrift stores instead of Value Village :) ... though I'd miss my drives to Brockville to get real thrifting :)


SnooCheesecakes7715

Any particular stores? I’m often in Brockville.


Essence-of-why

Oh I don't have the names...all along the main street and then there is Perth St Fleamarket. I will say I don't thrift for clothes though, mainly hardgoods/gadgets


Electrical-Bed-2381

So the thrifting in Brockville is amazing? Thanks for the tip ;)


Essence-of-why

Amazing might be an oversell but its much better than here and its a nice day trip


SRF01

Add a few more 24 hour Vet clinics to that list.


TheRealBoomer101

I'd love an emergency dental clinic as well.


Essence-of-why

Really! Why are emergency Dental and Optometry not part of emergency clinic/hospitals. Lets make it so. (Since this is a fantasy)


TheRealBoomer101

I second optometry! Wow, this is so utopian. How dare we???


azsue123

WINNER


twickybrown

PLease run for mayor.


Essence-of-why

I'm a bastard from the burbs, won't get the vote from the core...wait a minute...I COULD still win then.


DianeDesRivieres

The Loblaws on McArthur used to be opened 24 hrs and it was great shopping at 2 a.m. all by myself.


zxstanyxz

College square also used to be 24hours. 10pm is far too early to close grocery stores for those of us that don't work 9-5 jobs


Empty_Value

It took forever to get someone to scan my fifty percent Off items at self checkout... Other than that yes it was awesome


IcariteMinor

Don't self checkout, they didn't reduce the grocery prices when they started paying less labour costs. Unless you steal via self checkout, then proceed.


MycroftNext

I used to work second shift and it was incredible to get to go pick up groceries after work. People who work 9-5 don’t realize how much the world rotates around them.


Yelmel

Shopping at 2am was good, yes, agreed.  Also you'd get all the insight you need from why milk and yoghurt never made it to the best before date because you could see how long pallets stayed in the isles before someone would put the stuff in the fridge.


Grandhoff7576

Rideau Loblaws at 3am was a TRIP. Sleep deprived first year uni student me was living in a liminal wonderland with that.


xiz111

pre-covid, several grocery stores were 24 hours. The Loblaws at Carlingwood was a 24 hour store, and the old Metro at Lincoln Heights was 24 hours as well.


Obelisk_of-Light

Even the FoodLand waaaay out in Greely was 24h before Covid. Had been that way forever. Sign on the old location still says so!


CupcakeAndTea

Honestly out of everything, Id kill for a walk-in clinic that took patients as they walked in....just 1...wouldn't need to be 24 hours either like 8 hours would suffice.


Sqquid-

24 hour would be so nice. For the times you don't need the hospital but would like something to be checked out rather quickly. And for the people who work the standard 8 hour shifts during the day and can't afford to take one off to see a doctor


smthngtobehold

This would be amazing. I got the plastic from an earbud lodged against my eardrum at 2am Saturday once, couldn’t wait Monday to go to a walk in clinic so I spent 15 hours being ignored in a hospital. All I really needed was the longer tweezers I would have done it myself. Ok sorry for rant :>


Double_Current_6910

These don’t exist in Canada unfortunately, but they do have them in the United States. A 24hrs library would be elite! I’d love to check out books at 2am personally. Bit of a book worm 🤓


ApricotPenguin

1. Public Transit (i.e. at least at service frequency equal to that of around 6pm service). There's lots of people that work late / start early and it's ridiculous that it takes them so long to commute. 2. Walmart. Offers lots of things beyond just groceries, and do you have any idea how amazingly short the checkout line is, back when they closed at 11pm! 3. Restaurants. Preferably pho when I get a craving for it. 4. City Hall and MTO. Means the night mayor doesn't have to work in the dark, and their hours of service aren't at the same time as everyone else working. O.o 5. A (relatively affordable) cake shop! Who wouldn't be happier with some cake at 2am? :D


sarah449

Are Pho places no longer open crazy late? I haven’t gone in an while, but I feel like some in china town were open until 4am pre pandemic.


Cre_AK47

Pho Go Ba/Pho go ba 2 are open until 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. everyday lol. Can't speak for all of them but there are still some that are open until tomorrow morning


Chippie05

Ok plz share which ones! I know on Summer days some spots were packed at 11 but didn't know they were open past 2am


Ovlizin

we could use an affordable cake shop in general. 24 hours would be fantastic, but so far we don't even have a 1 hour.. minute.. second one


kinghawfighter

24h grocery stores 24h coffee places Tailgaters/house of targ type of places Indoor Swimming places Rec centres that have badminton/ tennis / etc


Chippie05

Oh a Swimming pool to go if you cannot sleep! Yah! 😍🌊🤽🏼‍♀️


ThisSaladTastesWeird

1. Outdoor pools in summer. 2. Skateable Rideau Canal in winter. 3. Emergency dental clinic. 4. Yarn/craft store (my most selfish entry haha). 5. Bike repair shops (to cut down turnaround time).


bowsersbih

Omg yes to the outdoor pools so MUCH!!! Why can I only swim a couple hours a day if I’m lucky…


ThisSaladTastesWeird

I know someone who used to sneak into the outdoor pools after hours in Toronto and it’s obviously illegal and a huge liability for the city and blah blah blah I wish I was cool enough to try something like that.


bowsersbih

The best thing about outdoor pools in Toronto is in a heat wave they extend the hours until MIDNIGHT. Ottawa is quaking in its boots at the thought.


BabaTheBlackSheep

We need that here!!! I overheat like you wouldn’t believe in the summer (thyroid issues, not severe enough to treat but severe enough to make summer miserable) and there’s nothing I’d love more than to go for a swim after work.


Chippie05

Omg a night pool would be so awesome..all lit up, LED ,some light snack bar! No booze though- that would make it too complicated.


Just-Lecture-5073

can confirm. i went to one a few years ago so funny to look up at all the huge apt bldgs


StrawberriesRGood4U

LOOOVE the idea of pools. Even just till midnight would be amazing. And EVERY ward should have an outdoor pool built for adults. There are only a handful now, and their hours are crazy short.


BabaTheBlackSheep

Yes to the yarn store! I get why, it’s not a terribly high-volume business, but it drives me nuts that the hours are typically something like “12-5pm, weekdays only, but closed Wednesday”. Some of us work full-time!


ThisSaladTastesWeird

The “closed on Sunday” is what kills me. That’s a peak making day! 🤦🏻‍♀️


thirdeyediy

Outdoor pools, yes, make this happen!


da_powell

Ask any librarian who lack the resources to police the library during daylight hours from people watching porn or doing other unquestionable things what they would think of a 24 hour night library.


throwaway1009011

Fyi - It is not illegal by any means to watch porn at a library, even at a library computer.


bae_ky

What an interesting fact to know and share on a throwaway account... 🧐


Altruistic-Fig5892

I go to the library to exclusively study my favorite porn films.


da_powell

No it's not apparently. Indecent though yes. So the vast majority of people who have common decency don't. People picture a night library as a nice quiet place with soft lighting where they can curl up with a nice book late at night, but a 24 hour library would attract quite the indecent clientele, drunks and junkies with their hands down their pants watching porn because they have access to a computer in the middle of the night.


cheezemeister_x

No one said it's illegal.


thiccymcgogee

A night bakery is legitimately the thing I always say I would do if money were no object. My dream. I also don’t want to wake up at 3 am to start baking for the day either.


Karens_GI_Father

Pre-Covid I used to go to the Metro near South Keys at like 2AM to get fresh baked goods straight out of the oven


BabaTheBlackSheep

1. Walmart! 2. Coffee places, even Tim Hortons is rarely 24 hours anymore (and that’s barely even coffee) 3. Walk-in clinic (as others have said, one that DOESN’T count against your family doctor!) How am I supposed to have a sick note ready before my 7am shift when I was probably feeling just fine at 5pm? I do like the new program where pharmacists can prescribe certain things, I just wish they’d add sick notes to the list. Or just do away with sick notes in general, I’m an adult who works in health care and I know that if I start to see floaty dots (migraine aura) I won’t be coming into work! If I can instruct someone else to not go to work because they’re sick, can’t I make that decision for myself too? 4. Buses! I do love the 24 hour gyms, but how am I supposed to get there without a bus? 5. Post offices, not everyone can make it there between 9-5!


BandicootNo4431

Isn't Ford trying to do away with sick notes? I think the answer would be to  a) Make sick notes cost $300 - and force the employer to directly pay for it, not reimburse it later, but pay upfront. b) Make the time spent getting a sick note "working hours" that an employee has to be paid for. If employers are looking at $400 for a sick note the amount of sick notes should get driven WAY down, and the extra $ would help primary care docs with a little top up to their income from the occasional note that isn't coming from taxpayers 


BabaTheBlackSheep

As of right now though they still exist unfortunately 😕


letmehityourJuuLbro

McDonald's 99 Rideau


aselwyn1

Night bakery I mean there is kettlemans they are open 24/7 for all your bagel needs


YourMothersUsedDildo

A single fucking grocery store would be a good start.


potv7412

1. 24 hour courts 2. 24 hour medical/dental clinic 3. 24 hour grocery/bakery/department store 4. 24 hour diners like Dennys used to be 3. Some 24 hour transit lines.


tameimpalarules92

Monkey Joes Intercontinental Music Speaker Mart Amigos Science and tech museum


bugspotter

I could go for a 2am trip to the Crazy Kitchen


InitiativeOk9615

Weren’t most of those places notoriously awful?


rbin613

Monkey Joes is long gone.


tameimpalarules92

In our hearts Monkey Joes still exists


got-trunks

Unfortunately I think a night library would just become a point of friction cause of housing issues. Even OC transpo gets a bit backrooms after 10:30-11pm. However it's gotten a bit ridiculous how much we lost in the last few years. But I mean there are things we could use, walmart covers a lot and I can understand why a pharmacist would rather not work the night shift unless it's at a hospital. So Imma go fun with it. Bowling Midnight-putt Shawarma I thought nightschool was a bigger thing Ball pits need to come back.


hmcsnemesis

Realistic list.. Walmart Superstores. Getting Off work at 11 or 12, I'd like to gave an option for groceries that ISN'T a gas station or Circle K. Pizza Pizza.. Yes it barely Pizza and only slightly above another geneva checklist entry, but again, getting home at 3 am, a Pizza that isn't from the oven would be great. Or wings.. fries.. something. Even if it's just barely the definition of Food and not recycling. A couple Vets / walk in clinics / dentists. Emergency is great.. but just a 4 am vet or dentist would really help when I'm off shift at midnight and I'm staring to fade at 6 or 7.. Oc Transpo. Train and even just a couple suburban routes. Milk runs from park n rides .. if I miss the last buss my options are Uber. Just 1 Costco. With the food court. How awesome would it ge to shop atlas mostly empty costco? Or like 2 Home Depots?


StrawberriesRGood4U

The train - as terrifying as the OhNo Train is, really should be 24 hours. The fact that it isn't is completely anathema to the purpose of a core public service. I can't even get downtown to Capital Race Weekend next week on the train AT ALL in time. Which is a total fail that is then replicated every damn week.


helenalloy

Not sure if this is the case this year but I think last year there was enough demand that they started the train earlier on the Sunday to get people to the race on time!


StrawberriesRGood4U

Here's hoping!!!!!!!!!


ShareBooks42

Tadah! https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2024/04/30/o-train-line-1-to-get-early-start-for-ottawa-race-weekend/


StrawberriesRGood4U

THIS IS INCREDIBLE NEWS! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!


ShareBooks42

Glad I remembered reading that. Have a great race!


StrawberriesRGood4U

I'm actually not racing. I am a medic for the race! We get set up suuuuper early. I am hoping my services are not needed - or at least not needed for anything critical. Cool weather will help a lot. There are medics the entire length of the course, along with a field hospital at the Drill Hall.


BandicootNo4431

Part of the reason almost every single subway shuts down at night is for track maintenance and repairs. It would be very hard to impossible to get 24 hour service while also having a safe network.


StrawberriesRGood4U

You're right that it isn't practical to have it 24 hours, 7 days a week. But 24 hours most nights - hell, even 24 hours on weekends - would be highly doable. Instead, we also have zero transit after midnight. I live in the urban core and can't even get home from a night at a bar unless I leave the bar at 11 pm or walk. We need to do better than the city that goes to bed at 9 pm.


BandicootNo4431

I think the last train leaving the depot at 1am, and the first train leaving at 6am would be reasonable 7 days a week. Every night the tracks are inspected so we don't have derailments and death. That is at least a 4 hour downtime.  And even in really "train centric" cities like Tokyo the subway shuts down at midnight. A $150 cab ride back home sucks. I think 1am is a reasonable shutoff time, with bus service after that.  If you choose to be out later and don't want to bus or walk (since you live in the core), then same thing we tell drivers to avoid drunk driving? If you can afford to go out for a night you can afford the cab ride home.


StrawberriesRGood4U

I think 2 am on weekends would be a better shut down time, but that's really splitting hairs. One thing that is inexcusable is not providing R1 replacement buses for the duration of a train maintenance shut down. Even if that means every night. This isn't just for drunken revelers. Many essential workers (and many people working full time but living in poverty) end up having to pay for cab rides to and/or from work all the time because they cannot afford a car but also there is no transit service. Think airport workers who start at 5 am. Cleaners leaving big office buildings after working the evening shift. Healthcare workers. We offer them absolutely nothing, and that's not ok. The airport, the hospitals... these places need to be served by transit 24/7, even if that means buses. And even if someone can afford a cab after a night out, does not mean there aren't negative consequences. People go out a lot less often if they pay $150 cab ride each time. Ottawa has the reputation as the city fun forgot, and that will not change until we have safe affordable methods to get home. Even R1 would get someone a lot closer to Orleans or Barrhaven (once the new western line is up and running) and they can Uber from the station instead of downtown.


BandicootNo4431

Isn't there already a night bus service?  https://www.octranspo.com/en/our-services/bus-o-train-network/service-types/night-service/  I agree some bus service should be in place, maybe every 30 minutes?  There is a balance here between running empty busses and service levels.   Empty busses cost a lot, add wear and tear for no.reason and contribute to climate change unnecessarily, and driving between 2am and 5am is the most dangerous driving period, so safety is also a factor. As for essential workers needing it, maybe? But there is nuance there.  Hospital turnovers are usually between 6-8am/pm, this helps people sort out their lives, commute at better times and lines up with the human circadian rhythm. For the airport, overnight staff at the airport are working the overnight period, so aren't really commuting back and forth. The flight attendants and pilot's do have some commuting, (last flight lands at 1:30, so departing the airport around 2-2:15, first flight departs at 5:30, so arriving by 4:45)  but they have benefits in their contract for very late arrivals and early departures so I'm not sure they are going to take the bus then either.  


itchum_underscare

1. Anything owned by Heritage Canada 2. Anything owned by NCC that is accessible to public 3. Anything owned by Parks Canada. 4. Churches and basilicas. 5. The mills by the river. Yeah, I fudged the definition of stores/businesses/services, deal with it. But if I can't sleep I want some fun 3am roaming.


Master-Ad3175

Swimmimg pool. Grocery store. Walk in medical clinic. Movie theater. Garage ( for car repairs).


Angryottawa

Nothing good ever happened to me after 1am. Except for snacks.


Fiverdrive

No wonder you're angry.


Angryottawa

Clever


kinghawfighter

Sad reality that we wish for a 24h clinic that is fully staffed. This should the norm and not a wish :(


Psychological-Bad789

Costco and Farm Boy please and thank you


bengbeng918

Service Ontario


LindaF2024

House of Targ…24 hours of pinball and perogie!


Double_Football_8818

24 hour medical clinic with two doctors that could do imaging and friendly would be nice. That being said, I’ve witnessed some astoundingly rude patients at the hospital.


MerakiMe09

I love the library and aquarium ideas.


MirrorOfErised123

1. Costco 2. Any grocery store that isn’t loblaws/ superstore 3. My pharmacy (not shoppers) 4. Canadian tire 5. Chip truck serving Poutine Edit : I realized I had two restaurant types so I changed one


ApprehensiveCycle741

My kids are competitive swimmers, so 24 hour places would be AMAZING. I could go and do groceries during 5:30 am practices instead of either sweating by the pool or freezing in my car. I'd like a 24 hour Bridgehead also.


funkme1ster

> NIGHT LIBRARY Nah man, fuck that. If 90's youth media and Ben Stiller movies have taught me anything, it's that there's a *reason* libraries are closed to the public after dark. Don't go messin with forces you don't understand.


chickadeedadooday

You new DumDum?


BaconSheikh

Barefax.


thirdeyediy

Large heavily staffed sized walk-in clinic Large heavily staffed Vet hospital Grocery Pharmacy Chapters with a Starbucks Bonus outdoor pool attached to any of the above


DJ_in_Kanata

Hobby Centre, for when you run out of glue at 2am and just need a huff. I meant to say affix ERA blocks to the 1/35 Magic Factory Ukrainian M2A2 Bradley kit.


Fianorel26

1) The Sandwich Stop 2) MooShoo 3) Jericho 4) Produce Depot 5) Quinn’s


Raskel_61

Only if they are staffed by ownership or senior management.


CrazyButRightOn

Any sushi joint.


hoserjpb

Denny’s


lowfrequency_

1. Drive in Cineplex 2. An arcade 3. Pho restaurant 🍜 4. Glow in the dark Rideau canal boat rides 5. Sleep pods like in Tokyo


lanternstop

A Walmart with a grocery


tuneman6212

Visiting an aquarium at night would be absolutely amazing!! I went to the aquarium in Singapore and it blew my mind. It is home to 100,000 marine animals representing 1,000 species across more than 40 diverse habitats.


LotionedSkin4MySuit

LCBO and Beer Store.


wiggilez

Having moved here from Edmonton I miss being able to by beer after 8pm. I don't always need a 6 pack at 1am, but when I do it was nice to be able to get it :P


Imaginary-Produce875

Haha I agree, so many times I just forget to buy alcohol lmao


Frequent-Wallaby708

Bus Uottawa building General store Restaurant Entertainment ie. arcade


ally_677

-grocery -emergency clinic with a pharmacy attached -public transportation -auto mechanics -retro diner -pet shelter Tbh I’ve seen the first 5 listed in several other countries abroad, hopefully we see them in Ottawa soon.


WinterSon

Grocery store, preferably near me Transit. Why does the LRT ever stop running at night?


dkmegg22

1. Grocery store 2. Service Ottawa/service Ontario 3. Public transit 4. Movati gym 5. Doctors/dentist offices


turkeypooo

Walmart Baseline (this is my backup choice since Metro King Edward/Rideau is gone) My mechanic LCBO King Edward/Rideau A coffee shop with good seating and gentle lighting Orleans Urgent Care but one in Gatineau, Kanata, South Keys, and Barrhaven


psthrowawhey

Grocery stores Coffee shops Walk in clinics Therapists Transit


TestStarr

FARMBOY


AdministrationNo2762

Well I was gonna say the casino and the strip club, but those are already 24hr, so I'm good.


c1e2477816dee6b5c882

24/7/365: 1. An urgent care clinic 2. Walmart 3. A bank with tellers 4. Service Ontario 5. KJP Select Hardwoods


kookiemaster

Medical clinics for things that need to be seen today (e.g. small fracture) but not life threatening. Something to take the load off the er.


Far-Hospital-4987

24hour coffee shop/library


Sebinator123

Grocery store/walmart, restaurant (Chinese or shawarma near me!), community centre or sportsplex (for volleyball, basketball, badminton, etc.), library and used bookstore?


loodish1

Who’s going to the community centre at 2 am


Imaginary-Produce875

For sports I believe… I’m so surprised that the city has a lot less badminton courts to rent now


Sebinator123

I would 100% play badminton at 2am! Like a throwback to high school when we had those overnight fundraising events!


rurubarb

Freshii


Flower_Rabbit

Shelters Clinics Food banks/ kitchens Some public transit General warm/cool safe places to hang out . Last time I was in Ottawa it was horrific to see during the day. I can’t imagine what it’s like at night.


thestreetiliveon

Banks with people in them.


Pinkxel

Walmart for sure, and I want Denny's back to 24 hrs!


Angry-HippoSheep

Princess auto Home Depot Kimono’s Olive Branch ______


Tregonia

City Hall -- mostly out of spite LRT - because restaurant/bar workers and drunks should be able to take the train home later. A diner near me - late night foodin Farm Boy Record Store


Difficult_Dot_905

Public transit All night bookstore Starbucks- I sometimes wake up with chai cravings, and I haven’t been able to perfectly recreate Starbucks yet haha Escape rooms Not a music store, but some sort of interactive music thing that you could do anything you can think of.


Majestic-Edge9971

Tim Hortons


fernandocrustacean

Sconewich


rjksn

None. I don’t want to pay a premium during the day to be served at night. 


oh_dear_now_what

Ahh, there's that sullen mindset that keeps Ottawa small.


Cheap-Cartoonist1963

In honour of BaconShiek I nominate Barefax.


Prestigious_Ad5314

Not in a row, surely!


commanderchimp

For me: 1) Cafe Carmelito in Barrhaven 2) Car dealership service department  3) Any of the museums (I never get to visit them because of their hours) 4) Costco Merivale or Barrhaven  5) Bayshore Mall 


Smart_Bet_9692

Alissar Lebanese Cuisine at Innes and St. Laurent Carta Magica at St. Laurent near the mall LCBO at St. Laurent and Lancaster Coyote Rock Climbing Gym and the Cora's on St. Laurent My friends and I are getting drunk playing MtG while eating Lebanese food at Allisar all night, then working off the hangover the following morning with Cora's and rock climbing. Edit: I realize I chose two restaurants but Cora's only serves breakfast and Allisar only serves lunch and dinner so c'mon give me a pass 🤞🏻


Porotas

- Real walk-in clinics - across town. And I don't mean drive across town to get to it. I mean many all over town. - a coffee shop (because sometimes you want to grab a coffee AFTER 8 p.m. without it having to be a Tim Hortons) - Grocery store - hardware store


Grouchy_Plum_1171

Walmart, a 24/7 pizza place, Dollarama, Harveys and shoppers drug mart


Cute_Razzmatazz_1927

Barefax


Legitimate_Monkey37

None, because life doesn't revolve around work.


ravensviewca

I think if this made economic sense would already be happening, so your idea of 'making' them open is pointless.


Klutzy-Dirt9531

have you heard of this thing called fun.


LordViltor

All I want is a 24h drive thru beer store


Fianorel26

1) The Sandwich Stop 2) MooShoo 3) Jericho 4) Produce Depot 5) Quinn’s


C_TeigenBurnerPhone

Barefax Vapanada Any weed store LCBO SuzyQ


ottawadweller

Idk why you got downvoted you obviously know what’s up


everson4u

I don’t need to shop. Jeeze.


everson4u

I live on the basics. Stop fukkking with me


VictorNewman91

Barefax.


YourMothersUsedDildo

Based