HELLO OTTAWA |
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STATISTICS OTTAWA |
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– The number of days per week the City of Ottawa is requires its hybrid workers to come into the office. | | | | Josh Pringle at CTV |
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OTTAWAN OF THE DAY |
Brian Kilrea |
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| ❝ | | | Because the story was unfolding in the pages of the Ottawa Citizen, we did not want to correspond with Ms. Adams in writing because we didn’t want to perpetuate that cycle |
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– A line from a memo issued by the Department of National Defence, as published in the Ottawa Citizen, explaining why the Canadian Forces would not apologize to a civilian employee after she was sexually assaulted at a canteen in Latvia. | | | | David Pugliese in the Ottawa Citizen |
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🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 5 –Tampa Bay Lightning 1, last Saturday 🏈 CFL Ottawa RedBlacks 31 – Toronto Argonauts 38, last Saturday ⚽ CPL Atlético Ottawa 0 – Vancouver FC 0, last Saturday |
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL |
Community Services Committee
Tuesday, October 22 at 9:30 am |
City of Ottawa Public Art Program Ottawa’s Poverty Reduction Strategy 2025 - 2029 Canada-Ontario Community Housing Benefits 2024-2025
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📋 Agenda |
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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT |
😾 Eastern Ontario Cats |
▪️The Eastern Ontario Cats charity is under investigation on allegations of abuse, neglect and falsified medical records. The Province has initiated an Animal Welfare Services investigation after the organization was accused of holding cats in tiny cages and promising vaccinations that never occurred. | | | | William Eltherington at CTV |
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➕ Related Cattle spilled onto Highway 401 near Kingston, injuring some, after the homemade trailer built by a Montréal man failed. |
🚨 Ottawa Police Service |
▪️The Ottawa Police Service is delaying body cameras until 2026. Deputy Chief Steve Bell says that as the 2025 police budget increase is only 2.9 per cent, the service does not have the money. The increase in the $372 million budget is $15.3 million, the body cameras will cost around $400,000. | | | | Kimberley Molina at CBC |
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🎣 Golden Lake |
▪️Volunteers say that Provincial red tape is preventing them from restocking Golden Lake with walleye. While Golden Lake – 25 km southwest of Pembroke – was once the fishing hole of choice for walleye, fishing was halted in 207 due to a drop in fish. The main problem stems from the Province designating the volunteer group as commercial aquaculture, requiring up to $90,000 in studies. | | | | Trevor Pritchard at CBC News |
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THE ROLLING 3 DAY CALENDAR |
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TODAY |
▪️ Comedian and host of CBC’s The Debaters Steve Patterson performs his show The Keynote Comedian as part of Ottawa Public Library’s Joy of Reading series. Meridian Theatres at Centrepointe. ▪️ Bilingual and francophone kids will love Story Time with Luana at National Arts Centre’s Peter A. Herrndorf Place. ▪️ Go for a walk and enjoy peak season autumnal colours. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The Outrun, The Battle of Monte Cassino (Czerwone maki), Rumours ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Lee, 34 Ways to Die, Audition Gigs ▪️ Paula Abdul Straight Up! To Canada tour. TD Place ▪️ Open Mic Night. Art House Café ▪️ Trivia Night. Royal Oak Pubs Kent St |
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TOMORROW |
▪️ Card makers, craft your own set of eight Christmas cards with CT Studio. ▪️ Thirteen Strings bring sweeping film scores to life with Let’s Go to the Movies! Featuring the atmospheric themes to Interstellar, Raging Bull, He Got Game, Bridgerton, Eyes Wide Shut, and more. ▪️ Plosive Productions and Sunny Ryan Productions present a double bill of works by Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor. See Bob Run and Never Swim Alone run at the Gladstone Theatre until October 26. 🆓 Jane Austen’s Emma Knightley (née Woodhouse) becomes a sleuth in Vanessa Kelly’s Murder in Highbury. Catch the launch at The Spaniel’s Tale. Registration is a must. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Matt and Mara, The Outrun, Rumours ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: A Different Man, Lee, MaXXXine - 35mm print Gigs ▪️ Trivia Tuesday. Irene’s Pub ▪️ Open Mic. LIVE on Elgin |
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WEDNESDAY |
▪️ Bring your colleagues to the Ottawa Special Olympics Festival Breakfast, and enjoy the great feeling of giving to a great cause. From 7:30 am. ▪️ The 49th Ottawa Writers Festival launches with a reading of North of Nowhere, “an incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by Dr. Marie Wilson, one of the commissioners who led it.” ▪️ French chamber group Le Consort Baroque opens Ottawa Chamberfest wth a program of Vivaldi, Corelli, Purcell and more. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The Outrun, Run Lola Run, Conclave: Premiere Screening ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Lee, Monster Pool: Chapter 8 Gigs ▪️ Operatic Revelry: Tricksters and Tomfoolery. Rainbow Bistro ▪️ Eerie Elgin Halloween Party. LIVE on Elgin ▪️ Carnifext. The Brass Monkey ▪️ Celtic Celebration featuring The Carroll Sessions. Red Bird |
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JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING |
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DEALS OF THE DAY |
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| Dufresne is offering up to 15% off Dining and Living Room Furniture |
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BUT, ONE MORE THING … |
Dave Allston of the Kitchissippi Museum has the tale of how Ottawa prepared for bomb drops in the Second World War. Initially, the Province didn’t want to take part in civil defence, and later Ottawa Power & Light forgot to turn the street lights off. |
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