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Scotiabank Closure

Darren has a condition that we don’t mention that often but it’s relevent in this case. Darren is from the West Coast. That means that the lack of numbered streets in Ottawa confuses him, as does the idea of a population that manages to get up before noon.

So when he wrote yesterday that the Scotiabank in Orléans would be closing next July, he meant the Osgoode branch which, if one had any Ottawa nous at all, one would realize are not the same place. Thank you to all those readers who pointed out the error. Please just pat Darren on the head and overlook this affliction of his.

– Martha and Darren

TODAY’S LINE UP

•  Ottawa Stats
•  City Hall Agenda
•  What Ottawa is Talking About
•  Events
•  Deals of the Day

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OTTAWA STATS

CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall.
 

Ottawa Police Services Board – Special Meeting – Budget Tabling
Wednesday, November 8 at 8:30 am

• Draft Operating and Capital Budgets 2024

📋 Agenda

Ottawa City Council – Budget Tabling
Wednesday, November 8 at 10 am

• Draft Operating and Capital Budgets 2024

📋 Agenda

Ottawa City Council – Special Meeting on Lansdown
Wednesday, November 8 at  1pm

• Special meeting to discuss Lansdowne 2.0. This meeting replaces a previously scheduled meeting that was to be held next Friday.

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🏗️ Housing

•  The Federal government has selected some of its Ottawa properties to be converted to residential use. The plan will see 1,600 new homes created. The locations are:
  
  • 307 homes at the former CFB Rockcliffe
  
  • 600 homes on Carling Avenue
  
  • 710 homes on Booth Street
  
   (William Eltherington at CTV)

🚧 Algonquin College

•   Algonquin College has given traditional Anishinaabe names to all four streets on campus. The new names for the previously unnamed roads are Wajashk Private, Nigig Private, Adjidjàk Private, and Wàbisheshì Private, which translate to Muskrat, Otter, Crane, and Marten, respectively. Previously, people on campus used 1385 Woodroffe for a street address and a building number to be more specific.  (Mathew Dicsi in the Algonquin Times)

⚽ Atlético de Madrid Winter Camps

•  The parent club of Atlético Ottawa is taking registrations for kids to learn soccer the Atlético de Madrid way. Boys and girls from 7 to 13 are eligible for the training the first week of January in both Ottawa and Gatineau. (Atlético Ottawa)

🎸 Bluesfest

•  We’re always making light of the fact that the CityFolk fest has a lot of non-folk acts and the Jazz Fest brings in a lot of music that is a long ways away from jazz, but thankfully Bluesfest will always keep the mission on track, right?  Headlining next July’s Bluesfest will be Mötley Crüe, playing that heavy metal for which the blues are famous. Tickets go on presale tomorrow morning (Nov 8) at 10:00 am. (Ottawa Festivals)

✡️ Israel / Gaza

• A 29 year-old man has been arrested for threatening a Rabbi. Idan Scher, the Senior Rabbi of Congregation Machzikei Hadas, received a phone call Friday, threatening the lives of all Jews. An unnamed suspect was arrested by Ottawa and was arraigned yesterday. (Ted Raymond at CTV)

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EVENTS

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Today

•  The Negotiating Borders exhibit at Club SAW (67 Nicholas St) and the Korean Cultural Centre (101-150 Elgin St) commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Demilitarized Zone between South and North Korea. Tuesday through Saturday until January 27, 2024.
•  The Poppy Drop projection continues at Parliament Hill.
  
  Gigs

•  Trivia night. Pour Boy

•  Psych-War, Zeal, Slim, Popular. House of TARG

•  Open Stage with Shaun Francisco. Red Bird

Tomorrow

•  Flags will be at half mast from sunrise to sunset to mark Indigenous Veterans Day, which honours the men and women who fought for Canada in two World Wars and the Korean War, and who continue to work in peacekeeping missions today. Engage in quiet reflection at the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument in Confederation Park (100 Elgin St.)
•   Wilfrid John Flood worked for the Department of Mines and Resources by day and painted scenes of Ottawa in his off hours in the 1930s and 1940s. His portraits, landscapes, and urban scenes capture the Ottawa of nearly a century ago. Firestone Gallery at Ottawa Art Gallery until February 4, 2024. Admission is free.
•  The Poppy Drop projection continues at Parliament Hill.
  
  Gigs
   

•   Joey O’Neil, Joe McLeod, and Steve Judd. Avant-Garde Bar

•  Jazz Nite with Gerri Trimble and Kevin Barrett. Bar Robo

•  Spark Trivia with DJ Geoff Paquet. Spark Beer

•  Open Mic. Pour Boy

•  Taproom Trivia. Stray Dog Brewing Company

  Hannah Georges. Club SAW
   

Thursday

•  It’s Soirée Quiz Night at the Vanier Muséopark Sugar Shack.
   
•  View more than 30 Japanese floral arrangements at the Canadian Museum of Nature, presented by the Ikebana International Ottawa Centennial Chapter. Only until Sunday (November 12).
   
•  Art House presents the Vernissage of Woman Life Freedom: November Special Exhibition, a group exhibition of artists who explore the lack of women’s rights in Iran. 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
   

•  Broadhead Brewery’s Bingo Thursday is free to play, and you might even win a prize.

•  The Poppy Drop projection continues at Parliament Hill. 

•  Euchre Tournaments are still a big thing. If you don’t know how to play, head to Kichesippi Beer where the staff will teach you the card game's rules before the Taproom Euchre Tournament gets under way. In addition to competitive Euchre, the brewery will also be celebrating the launch of Carrot Cake Spiced Brown Ale, a very limited seasonal brew.

  
  Gigs
   
•  Comedy Night. Pour Boy
   
•  The Choices with Förx and Ciggie & the Darts. Dominion Tavern
   
•  Tear My Heart Out ep release show. LIVE on Elgin
   
•  Ariel Posen. Club SAW
   
•  The Rough and Go, Tick, Born Reject. House of TARG
   
•  Blues Sessions with Guest Host Gregor Sneddon. Irene’s Pub & Restaurant
   
•  Steve Hill. Rainbow Bistro
   
•  Decades of Bond. National Arts Centre Babs Asper Theatre


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Just Announced / Now Booking

•  Thirteen Strings’ Annual Christmas Concert will feature Ottawa’s own soprano Mireille Asselin in a program that ranges from Baroque favourites to 20th century composters Gerald Finzi and Healey Willan. Tuesday December 5 at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre.

DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

The Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library will be giving away free seeds native to the region over the next few Saturdays. This catalogue of what the Library has, and what to do with them, is enlightening as is this video on how to sow your new seeds for winter.

This Saturday, the Library will be at Riverside Hunt Club Community Centre, and then at the Ray Friel Recreation Complex November 18, Elmvale Acres Library December 2, Manor Park Community Centre December 9, and Kanata Beaverbrook Community Centre Dec 16. All seed giveaways start at 1 pm.

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