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Wednesday, November 29 2023

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HELLO OTTAWA

9 Locally Made Foodie Gift Ideas

  1. Gift baskets from Papa Jack Popcorn are great for snackers.
     
  2. The Sourdough Starter Kit from Bread by Us comes with a jar, a bag of organic bread flour, instructions, and a sourdough culture (by request). $40.
     
  3. Stubbe Chocolates knows how to make sweet gifts - they’ve been doing it since 1845. There’s chocolate for every budget, from stocking stuffers to high end Truffle Trees.
     
  4. Mom’s Homemade Salsa is sugar and preservative free and available in varieties from Mild to Mom’s Wrath. Check the website for the stockist list.
     
  5. Bridgehead’s range of bundles and sets take the hard work out of gift giving.
     
  6. Buy coffee, equipment, and merch from Equator Coffee (technically an Almonte brand but with four Ottawa locations let’s just say we’ve adopted it, okay?)
     
  7. It would be difficult to choose what we love best in the Christmas collection at Anna Stubbe Chocolates, but if we absolutely had to pick just one, it would be the Ugly Christmas Sweater chocolates. Genius.
     
  8. Alicja Confections’ famous chocolate post cards are currently available in a gorgeous collection of holiday flavours: Butter Rum, Mandarin, Peppermint Bark, Eggnog, and Irish Cream to name a few.
     
  9. Little Victories Coffee Roasters sell delicious beans, equipment, and merch. We love the LVC Airscape Bean Canister in Matte Black.

 

– Martha and Darren

 

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TODAY’S LINE UP

  •  Food + Drink Update
  •  Ottawa Stats
  •  City Hall Agenda
  •  What Ottawa is Talking About
  •  Events
  •  Deals of the Day

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FOOD + DRINK UPDATE

OTTAWA STATS

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    • $1,153
    • – According to Ottawa Public Health’s Nutritious Food Basket survey, this is the amount it costs a family of four each month. Dining out, infant formula, or special diets were not considered. (Stittsville ward councillor Glen Gower) 

    Ottawans of the Day

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    • We chatted briefly and I think there's a willingness to listen

    • – Mayor Mark Sutcliffe about a phone call with Premier Doug Ford discussing the province taking over Highway 174. The Province took over two freeways in Toronto earlier this week, releasing nearly $2 billion to that city which it no longer needs to spend on maintenance. (CBC)

     

    CITY HALL AGENDA

    What’s going on at City Hall
     

    Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
    Thursday, November 30 at 10 am

    • Water rate structure review update
    • 2024 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets – Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
    • Rural Community-Building Grant Program – Quarter 4 applications review
    • Zoning By-law amendment – 4348 & 4560 Dunning Road
    • Site Alteration By-law review
    • Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) LT1 procurement: requests for municipal support resolution

    📋 Agenda

    WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

    🏒 Women’s Professional Hockey League

    •  The inaugural game of Ottawa’s Women’s Professional Hockey League team will be against Montréal on Jan 2 at TD Place. The first ever match in the league will be Toronto playing host to New York on New Year’s Day. The names of the teams have not yet been announced. (Karissa Donkin at CBC)

    🚬  Ottawa Public Health

    •  Ottawa Public Health is asking the Federal government to ban the purchase of cigarettes for anyone born after 2008. Inspired by a New Zealand law, cigarettes would remain legal to purchase for everyone who is currently 16 years of age or older. For those who are currently banned from purchasing cigarettes by age, this will continue, year by year, until there is no one left alive of smoking age. New Zealand is in the process of revoking the law. (Arthur White-Crummey at CBC)  

    ⚒️ Kìwekì Point Park

    •  The statues of Kichi Zibi Innini and Samuel de Champlain have been reinstalled by the National Capital Commission. The two statues had long been placed together at Nepean Point park. Now after a $6.7-million renovation, the park is now known as Kìwekì Point Park, the statue once only known as ‘Anishinabe Scout’ has been deemed Kichi Zibi Innini – Great River Man in the Algonquin language – and both statues get pride of place on a gorgeous new plateau overlooking the river. (Randy Boswell in the Ottawa Citizen)

    🛻 Convoy News

    Convoy co-organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are currently on trial for mischief and intimidation, amongst other things, over the Convoy occupation.

    •  It’s the lawyer for Chris Barber’s turn to make an opening statement. She says ‘There is absolutely nothing wrong with people saying they're going to protest until they get what they want. They can stay six months if they do it peacefully, lawfully’. (Canadian Press)
    •  Barber’s lawyer also presented text messages and social media posts of police assisting the Convoy. (David Fraser at CBC) 
    •  The Ottawa Citizen is live blogging the trial.

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    DEALS OF THE DAY

    Made in Canada Men’s Fall Sweaters are 30% off at Parkhurst.

    BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

    🎛️ According to Spotify, the music taste of Ottawa is pretty much the same as Canada and therefore, the world.

    The top five artists streamed in Ottawa were:

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