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Today's Ottawa Police Services Board has a couple of very contentious items on the agenda (PDF).

The first is the restriction of public delegations. If you look at the PDF, you can see that even the agenda item is obfuscated. Rather than call it ‘Public Delegation procedure update’ or something, it is itemized as ‘Notice of Motion: Amendment to Procedure By-Law No. 3 of 2014 (to be considered at 27 February 2023 meeting)’.

Yes, that is actually how restricting public delegations is listed on the agenda. 

The second item is a plan to build a new $178 million station in Barrhaven. Capital Ward councillor Shawn Menard (Not Mendez! Not Mendez!) points outthat the City spends only $15 million annually on new affordable housing, $120 million on Ottawa Public Health, and $56 million for Libraries. 

The Ottawa Police Faciliites Strategic Plan Refresh [PDF] says the new station is needed bcause ‘It is expected that the City of Ottawa will grow by more than 1.4 million residents over the next 25 years, according to the City’s Official Plan’. 

Ottawa Lookout points out that the Ottawa Official plan actually says ‘the population of the city is expected to grow to more than 1.4 million’. That makes the Ottawa Police off by a million people.

The Police Board meeting will be held at 4 pm today. You can watch it on Zoom here.

– Martha and Darren

 

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    • 55
    • – The number of years Brookfield Restaurant has been serving customers. Joyce Aboud, who was 12 when her family opened the restaurant, is retiring. The House of Greek and Riverside Pizza will take over the Riverside Park location. (CBC)

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    • Dr. Andrew Pipe 
    • The creator of the Ottawa Model of smoking cessation is stepping back after 50 years in medicine. Developed at the Ottawa Hospital, Pipe, the  Ottawa Model is a system of doctors recognizing smokers and providing help in a non-judgmental way. Over 500 health sites in Canada offer the Ottawa Model, excluding the Ottawa Hospital which does not. (Joanne Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen)

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    • 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 1 – Winnipeg Jets 5 last Saturday
    • 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 1 – Pittsburgh Penguins 4 last Friday
    • 🏒 OHL Ottawa 67s 1 – Owen Sound Attack 4 last night
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    • 🏒 QMJHL Les Olympiques de Gatineau 5 – Les Foreurs de Val-d’Or 1 last night
    • 🏒 QMJHL Les Olympiques de Gatineau 6 – Les Huskies de Rouyn-Noranda 2 last Saturday

      

    💰 Technically correct is the best kind of correct

    • The Treasury Board and the Public Service Alliance of Canada may or may not have agreed to mediation. The Board says that the Alliance‘s Technical Services Group, which represents 11,000 civil servants, have agreed to the appointment of a mediator. The Alliance says yes, it agreed to the appointment, but only if there was a return to the bargaining table – which has not happened. The Alliance is asking for a 13.5 per cent raise over three years, the Treasury Board is offering 8.5 per cent over four years. (Andrew Duffy in the Ottawa Citizen)

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    • A Confederation Line O Train has been stopped outside Tunney’s Pasture station since 9:20 am this morning. OC Transpo is running a rail replacement service but given no indication when service will resume. (Blair Crawford at the Ottawa Citizen)

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    • Former civilian Ottawa Transit commissioner Sarah Wright-Gilberthas paid $25 to support the Toronto Zoo’s Valentine’s Day Name A Cockroach fundraiser. She named it Jim Watson. (Twitter) (The Fundraiser – but the site was down at this writing)

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    Today

    • Capital City Chorus is holding an evening of song for males who are considering auditioning for the a capella, barbershop singing group. 
    • If you’re interested in the built landscape, head to the Canadian Museum of History to hear 12 Architects on Architecture (And One Landscape Architect on Landscape Architecture).

    Tomorrow

    • If a ski day is in your diary for Tuesday, a planned Hydro Québec interruption will close Camp Fortune until approximately 2:00pm. Once the work is done the plan is to open Valley Quad first, then Pineault and finally Skyline. 

    Wednesday

    • Irene’s pub is the scene of Carleton University’s Faculty of Public Affairs’ first Author Meets Readers event if 2023. William Cross, Professor of Political Science, will be discussing his book The Political Party in Canada. 885 Bank St from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. 

     

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    Luxury London magazine does not mince words its review of the Château Laurier addition: ‘It’s as if an investment company were to buy St Paul’s Cathedral and then erect a huge silver box around it, so the only thing you could see was the tip of the lantern on top of the dome’. 

    We will see you tomorrow  – Martha and Darren
     

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