HELLO OTTAWA | → City Council raises transit fares across the board, including a 60 per cent hike for seniors | → Workshop & Flock’s inspired Black Friday deal…for staff | → Judges turn down a bid to cancel a ‘too big and too modern’ house in Rockcliffe | → 🌧️ High 4° Low 0° moderate rain. | – Martha and Darren | | STATISTICS OTTAWA | | 3,000 | – The estimated number of empty beverage cans in a small car stopped by the Ontario Provincial Police on Highway 417 last Friday. The driver was fined $160 for an insecure load. | | | | William Eltherington at CTV |
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| OTTAWAN OF THE DAY | Dr Michael Rudnicki | The University of Ottawa stem cell researcher has led a team that has discovered a potential treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a muscle-wasting disease that affects 1 in 3,600 boys and men. The treatment is in early clinical trials and, if successful, will take years to be approved. | | | | Elizabeth Payne in the Ottawa Citizen |
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| – Professor of sociology at the University of Guelph, Andy Hathaway, on the voluntary closure of the 30-store magic mushroom chain, FunGuyz. If you are one of our readers who buys magic mushrooms – which, to be absolutely clear is completely illegal – from one of the three FunGuys shops on Rideau, Bank, or Dalhousie, you’ll have to settle for buying online. Of the number of shops, Hathaway says it ‘seems like a lot to me’. If the owners ever go to court, we think naming a magic mushroom chain FunGuyz is a mitigating factor that should be considered favourably by the judge. | | | | Aastha Shetty at CBC |
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| | WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL | Ottawa City Council
Wednesday, November 27 at 10 am | Report to Council on an Inquiry Respecting the Conduct of Councillor Kelly Application to alter the former St. Brigid’s Church at 310 St. Patrick Street, a property designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Designation of 152 Metcalfe Street under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act Designation of 66 Queen Street under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act Development Charges – Reimposition of Corporate Studies Development Charge Designation of 8 Robert Kemp Street under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act Designation of 249 Bronson Avenue under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage ActSummary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of November 13, 2024
| Agenda | | WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT | 🎵 National Arts Centre | ▪️The Chief Executive Officer of the National Arts Centre will step down when his contract ends in 2025. Christopher Deacon has led the Centre since 2018, the first person to be hired internally. The 66 year-old, who was raised in Alymer, will leave his position in December 2025. | | | | Lynn Saxberg in the Ottawa Citizen |
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| 🚊 Transit | ▪️City Council has approved the budget for OC Transpo, which includes fare increases. Adult single ride tickets will be $4, with a monthly pass rising to $135. The Youth Pass has been cancelled, 13 - 19 year-olds will now pay the adult fare. Children 11 and 12 will now be charged $2 instead of riding for free, and a monthly Seniors’ Pass rises to $78.50. The City press release says the Senior’s Pass is ‘a 42 per cent discount of the Adult monthly pass price’ rather than the more accurate, ‘60 per cent increase’. Seniors also lose their free rides on Sundays. | | | | City of Ottawa |
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| 💼 G7 | ▪️The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is playing host to a G7 Business Leaders summit in May. Dinner will be held at the Museum of History, followed by two days of discussions at the National Arts Centre, ending with an official Communiqué to be delivered to the Federal government. The G7 Summer itself, attended by the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States, and the European Union will be held in Alberta next June. | | | | Canadian Chamber of Commerce |
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| 🏠 Development | ▪️Rockcliffe Park residents have lost a bid to block construction of a home they consider ‘too big and too modern’ for the area. The court reprimanded the Rockcliffe Park Residents Association, which had asked for a judicial review on the building permit, for overreaching. ‘[I]f an owner does not buckle under to neighbours’ demands, then the [Association] becomes an additional decision-maker’, the judge said. | | | | Andrew Duffy in the Ottawa Citizen |
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Please use our easy event submission form | TODAY | | TOMORROW | ▪️ This week’s Doors Open for Music at Southminster features American Jazz from the 1920s to the 1940s. 12 noon at Southminster United Church or online. ▪️ Tonight’s screenings at European Union Film Festival: Hilma(Sweden), A Blue Flower (Croatia) ▪️ Support those brave enough to step on the Yuk Yuk’s stage in the New Talent Showcase, tonight and tomorrow night. 🆓 Help Overflow Brewing celebrate its sixth birthday and support the Ottawa Hospital at the same time. Enjoy live music, free appetizers, prizes, drink specials, and a special silent auction. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Bird, Paradise is Burning, Detour: Jackie Brown ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Blitz, The Godfather Part II Gigs ▪️ Small Fish Comedy and Variety Show. Irene’s Pub ▪️ Bobby Watt and Ecosse: Celtic Celebration. Red Bird ▪️ Forest Blank. Bronson Centre |
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| | BUT, ONE MORE THING … | Natalia Goodwin at CBC has a video story on why the streetlights in Ottawa are turning purple. | | DAILY QUALITY CONTROL | What did you think of today’s OTTAWAN? | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great ⭐⭐⭐ Satisfactory ⭐ Needs Improvement |
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