ting member of Council but discovered Provincial law won’t allow that.

▪️While the Federal public service has a higher per centage of Indigenous employees than their share of the population, the majority work in only three departments. Indigenous people are five per cent of the population and make up 5.3 per cent of the Federal public service. The departments employing the highest per centage of Indigenous employees are Indigenous Services Canada (28.5 per cent), Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (16.9), and the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (25 per cent).

▪️The National Capital Commission has two open houses next week as it seeks input on its destruction of the Alexandra Bridge. At the Gatineau and Ottawa open houses, residents can view the proposed replacements of the 120-year old bridge and engage with the planners who are facilitating the replacement. The Gatineau meeting will be at the Canadian Museum of History next Wednesday; the Ottawa meet will be at the Shaw Centre next Thursday, both from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served at each meeting and if your kids aren’t interested in cross-river infrastructure, a children’s station will be available.

▪️City Councillors on the transportation committee were quite concerned that the Federal government’s plan to redevelop the building across from Parliament not hinder cars. Beacon Hill-Cyrville ward councillor Tim Tierney said, ‘You're going to make sure that you're going to maintain automobile traffic in front of there because we worked very hard to get that open back up as a corridor through at our city’. The renovation is expected to take nine years.

▪️The Gatineau city councillor who brought city computer equipment to Russia has apologized. Councillor Mike Duggan entered Russia September 14 and left September 16 carrying ‘city devices so he can attend council meetings remotely while travelling’. Duggan says ‘In this case I accept it was inappropriate’. Gatineau Mayor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette says the City has examined its computer systems and no breach has been found.

▪️The O Train will be closed between Tunney’s Pasture and Blair station on Sunday from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. A replacement bus service will run every eight minutes during that time. The closure is to test Line 1’s integration with the Stage 2 East Extension.

▪️The southbound right-turn lane on Riverside Drive at Hunt Club Road will close overnight from 7:00 pm tonight until 6:30 am Monday. It’ll also be closed 7:30 pm Monday until 6:30 am Tuesday. The City says it is for building ‘active transportation crossings and improved cycling safety’.

▪️After twenty-seven years, Cantas Fashion Boutique in the ByWard Market is closing its doors. Cantas was well known for its collection of evening dresses and ball gowns. Owner Semiha Cantas does not yet have a set closing date while she puts her inventory on sale.

▪️Ottawa Carleton District School Board trustee Nili Kaplan-Myrth’s bid for judicial review has been dismissed. After a report by the Integrity Commissioner, Kaplan-Myrth had been found by the Board to have breached its code of conduct and banned from some committee meetings for 90 days. While the issue was before the court, the Board had suspended the punishment as of February but it has now been reinstated. 

▪️2-4-6-8 this one we appreciate! How we missed the ICU Pan American Cheerleading Championships and COPA America Cheerleading Championships we’ll never know, but they’re running today through Sunday at Shaw Centre. To be honest, we don’t know if the competition is open to the public. If not, you can catch the excitement in the live stream on Olympics.com. 

▪️If you are an Indigenous artist, there are a few days left in which to submit art to the peer juried Indigenous art acquisition program at The indigenous Art Collection in Gatineau. Artists of any stage in their careers may apply by Tuesday October 1. 

▪️Author Andrew Knapp will be talking about his new book Let’s Find Yaya and Boo at Home! at Octopus Books on Saturday. 

▪️Road Trip This year’s Pumpkinferno at Upper Canada Village promises the usual ambitious number of intricately carved squashes and sculptures, photo ops and interactive displays that make this outing so memorable. Today through October 31 in Morrisburg, ON. Adult tickets $22. 

🆓 Vancouver Film School’s 15 minute Creative Portfolio Review with a faculty member will help you to define education and career paths that are right for you and help you discover if you’re ready to apply to VFS’s School of Animation (3D Animation & Visual Effects, Classical Animation, and Animation Concept Art) or Digital Design programs. It’s free to attend but you must register in advance. 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Metcalfe Hotel, 123 Metcalfe St. K1P 5L9.  

🆓 The Fifty-Five Plus Lifestyle Show offers entertainment, samples, prizes, and lifestyle ideas. EY Centre, 4899 Uplands Drive. 

▪️The Urban Botonist’s Emma Terrell will be live on stage at the Ottawa Home Show from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. 

▪️Road Trip: Make it a quiet night out* with friends at the Equator Coffee Board Game Night in Almonte (*unless you play the bloodthirsty competitive Scrabble favoured by Martha’s family, wherein play is frequently stopped for loud arguments about the validity of words like “botoxing”.) 

🆓 Bring your own blanket to the Capital Pop-Up Cinema screening of The Goonies on Sparks Street tonight.  

▪️Ottawa International Animation Festival Day 3:  Passholders will make connections, carve a pumpkin, and have a jolly good time at the Animator’s Picnic in Strathcona Park. Continue the party back at Arts Court, either on Club SAW’s dance floor or upstairs at the Studio. All of the above is of course after you spend a blissful day watching the screenings at Ottawa Art Gallery, ByTowne Cinema, and Arts Court. 

▪️Carp Fair’s first full day is going to be busy. Start with the horse shows from 9:00 am, the 4-H Achievement programs starting at 10:00 am, the Antique Tractor Parade at 11:00 am, then shows featuring dairy heifers, goats, and live human entertainment. 

▪️Beau’s brings the Oktoberfest party to Manor Lounge, with live music, German food, games and activities, an fine beer. $7 admission, or free if you book a Manor Lounge paid experience. 100 Thornwood Road, K1K 4Y1 

▪️The Korean Cultural Centre Canada presents a multidisciplinary exhibition by the Montreal-based Korean-Canadian duo group THERE (T)HERE at the KCC Gallery from September 27 to November 1. Presented as part of the Year of Korea-Canada Cultural Exchanges celebration programs, the exhibition is an artistic exploration of “migration” as seen through the eyes of Korean-Canadian artist duo THEIR (T)HERE. There will be a vernissage and artist talk this evening at the KCC Gallery,  101-150 Elgin St

▪️It’s Drag On Tap night at Kichesippi Beer Co with performers Saltina Shaker, Sunshine Glitterchild, Portia Züm Züm and Xtra. 

▪️Stittsville has more than its fair share of ghost stories. If you think you have the nerve, listen to them as you take the Stittsville Haunted Heritage Tour 2024. $22.59 per person. 

▪️Rock the Block in Manor Park will keep you fed and entertained all evening. Check out the Beer Garden, games for the kids, the pie contest, music, and the outdoor movie screen at 7:30 pm. 

▪️ByTowne Cinema: The Ottawa International Animation Festival  

▪️Mayfair Theatre: Will & Harper, The Critic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show 

Gigs

▪️Knotz & Christine Elise, Noah Derksen. Cinq à Sept at ByWard Market Square

▪️Reynaldo & The Dalliances Album Release party with the Retrospects and Jerry Leger. Irene’s Pub

▪️BirdDog. Avant-Garde Bar

▪️Dance Mix 2000’s - Dance Party 2009 Edition. House of TARG

▪️Strange Advance, The Box, Images in Vogue, Andres from Eight Seconds.  

▪️Fernie. National Arts Centre

▪️The RockPhiles. Conspiracy Theory Brewing Co.

▪️Wild One Dance Party. Berlin

▪️Friday Night Open Mic. Grumpy’s Pub & Eatery

▪️Brass Camel, Noise Hotel, Petty Cache. The Rainbow Bistro

▪️Rhythm Method. Carlton Tavern

▪️Fever Pitch Hot Jazz. Art House Café

▪️Virginia To Vegas. The 27 Club

▪️Dave Solazzo. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

▪️Curbside Decisions. Broadhead Brewery

▪️Trevor Alguire. Red Bird 

🆓 Watch Jules Koostachin’s NFB documentary WaaPaKe (‘Tomorrow’)in the Sanctuary of Almonte United Church. 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at 106 Elgin St., Almonte K0A 1A0. 

▪️Road Trip: Crisp Fall days call for visits to lovely small towns for freshly baked sweet treats. 100% of the proceeds of The Flowing with Fall Bake Sale will support the Arnprior & District Humane Society. 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at Riverbend Park, 2918 County Road 29, Pakenham. 

▪️The Pipers and Pipe Band Society of Ontario (Ottawa Branch) presents the Glengarry Cup 2024, a full day and evening of professional pipers in competition. Tickets $20. 11:00 am to 11:50 pm at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. 194 Fourth Ave, K1S 2L6. 

▪️During the final day of Ottawa international Animation Festival, catch screenings at Arts Court DARC, Studio, and Theatre, ByTowne Cinema, and Ottawa Art Gallery. 

▪️See the magnificent animals in the Heavy Horse show at Carp Fair(9:00 am), and cross your fingers at the 50/50 and Quilt Raffle draws at 5:00 pm.  

▪️The Beyond the Pale 2024 Bike Ride is a cool 60km round trip from the taproom to the Cheshire Cat Pub in Carp. $40 per person (includes entrance in the ride, refreshments at the Cheshire Cat, a beer upon your return to BTP, bike parking, and a donation to the Ottawa Mission). 

▪️FREE Road Trip: Meet authors, do some reading, participate in the book exchange, and shop from local vendors at Readers Take Cornwall.

▪️Get a glimpse into the working practice of 20 artists on the self-guided New Edinburgh Studio Tour.  

▪️ByTowne Cinema: The Ottawa International Animation Festival 

▪️Mayfair Theatre: The Critic, 500 Days in the Wild 

Gigs

▪️Daniel Lanois. Bronson Centre

▪️Jai Vinyl. LIVE on Elgin

▪️Trivia night. Royal Oak pub 188 Bank

▪️Ye Olde Time Jam Time. Café Earle (Wakefield, QC)

▪️London City Roots. LIVE on Elgin

▪️Jamie Douglas live. Heart & Crown ByWard Market

▪️Those Who, Sammy Hayes, Amechi Okodike. Rainbow Bistro

▪️The Sunday Night Revue. Irene’s Pub

▪️Those Who. The Rainbow Bistro

▪️River City Junction. Atomic Rooster

▪️Free Play Sunday: After Dark. House of TARG

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Most Federal services will be closed Monday, as are most City of Ottawa offices. 

However, schools and recreation centres are open. The national museums and galleries in the Capital are open and free of charge Monday.

The City says that flags at all its sites will be lowered to half-mast from sunrise on Monday, September 30 to sunrise on Tuesday, October 1. At City Hall, the Survivors Flag will also be flown at half-mast from sunrise on September 30 to sunrise on October 1, in front of the Heritage Building and on Marion Dewar Plaza.

🆓The fourth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation gathering happens at 3:00 pm on Parliament Hill. 

🆓 Assembly of Seven Generation (A7G) presents 90 minute Reconciling History Walking Tours in downtown Ottawa. 

🆓 From 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, the Sacred Space at Beechwood National Memorial Centre will be screening the short film Spirit Bear: Echoes of the Past.   Following the screening there will be a 45 minute Reconciliation Tour which points out some of the key historical figures of the Indian Residential Schools system.

🆓 Rose LeMay will lead a conversation with the community about the literacy to join reconciliation discussions with credibility, best practices for Indigenous inclusion, and how to support each other to make change.  2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at allsaints event space, 330 Laurier Ave east, K1N 6P9 

🆓 Join Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami at 100 Wellington Street in Ottawa and take part in family-friendly activities and view an exhibit describing Inuit history and self-determination. Open from 11am to 3pm. 

🆓 Digital Arts Resource Centre will screen My Indian Name on a loopfrom September 30 through October 4. 

If you want to observe the day in a more rural setting, communities in the Ottawa Valley will be holding events designed for reflection and learning. 

🆓 Road Trip: Mississippi Valley Textile Museum is presenting a day of Reconciliation Through Art. Experience art, drumming, music, dancing, and storytelling, as well as traditional foods. 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.

ByTowne Cinema: Girls Will Be Girls, The Critic, The Substance 

Mayfair Theatre: The Critic, The Great Beauty, Spirited Away 

Gigs

▪️The Telegrams 10th Anniversary Party. Irene’s Pub

▪️Fall Back. LIVE on Elgin

▪️Gold Dust Women Songwriters Tour. Rainbow Bistro

▪️Karaoke Mondaze. Atomic Rooster

▪️Seniors for Climate will be holding a Flash Mob followed by a roundtable discussion featuring Suzuki Elders, Climate Action for Lifelong Learners (CALL), Grand(m)others Act to Save the Planet (GASP), Climate Legacy, Seniors for Climate Action Now! (SCAN!) and For Our Grandchildren (4RG). Knox Presbyterian Church (120) Lisgar St) on National Seniors Day (Tuesday October 1). 

▪️You could make tacos at home, or you could enjoy them at Flora Hall’s $5 Taco Tuesday. 

🆓 There’s a full evening of poetry at Club SAW. From 6:30 pm hear from Lagos-based poet Nnadi Samuel as he reads from his new chapbook Biblical Invasion BC, followed by readings from Ottawa’s new English and French Poets Laureate, David O’Meara and Véronique Sylvain. At 8:30 pm three renowned Ottawa poets, Amanda Earl, Christine McNair and Sandra Ridley, do readings in what is being billed as a Poetry Cabaret. 

▪️ByTowne Cinema: The Critic, Girls Will be Girls, The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man 

▪️Mayfair Theatre: Good One, The Critic, Body Double 

Gigs

▪️Trivia Tuesday. Irene’s Pub

▪️Whose Live Anyway? National Arts Centre 

▪️Fontine, Wyatt C. Louis, Neha Singh. Rainbow Bistro

▪️Death From Above: You’re A Woman, I’m a Machine 20th anniversary tour with Teen Mortgage. Bronson Centre Music Theatre