In Today’s Edition → Ottawa Catholic School Board has a waiting list for students moving from Ottawa Carleton District School Board → The Science Café discusses all things yeast, tomorrow → Deals of the Day: cut flowers all summer long → ⛅ High 4° Low 0° and cloudy. ☀️ 6:58 am 🌛 7:21 pm |
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- – The relative change in monthly parking rates at the Department of National Defence’s Carling Campus, possibly the highest change of Federal government parking lots in the Capital. As of April 1, all lots will see a price rise but the Carling Campus will see it go from $35 to $75.
David Pugliese at Ottawa Citizen
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL |
Ottawa City Council
Wednesday, March 26 at 10:00 am - Ward 20 (Osgoode) Vacancy Options
- Motion - Councillor C. Kitts - Bear River Municipal Drain
- Cultural Funding Policy and Program Structure Review
- Motion – Councillor T. Kavanagh – Belltown Dome Facility Replacement
- Motion – Councillor T. Kavanagh – Bay Ward Accessible Recreational Facility Project Development
- Third-Party Infrastructure Agreement Report – Design and Construction of the Legget Drive Local Watermain
- Motion – Councillor R. King - Salt Use on Roads, Sidewalks and Multi-Use Paths in Ottawa
- Comprehensive Legal Services Report for the Period July 1 to December 31, 2024
- Green Fleet Strategy
- Motion – Councillor L. Johnson – Community Safety Zone on Maitland Avenue
- Motion – Motion - Councillor L. Dudas – Feasibility of Speed Harmonization on Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard North
- Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 22
- Lilley Municipal Drain – Recommendation of Engineer
- East Savage Municipal Drain – Appointment of Engineer
- Zoning By-law Amendment – 1811 Richardson Side Road
- 2024 Statement of Remuneration, Benefits and Expenses Paid to Members of Council and Council Appointees
- Report on 2025 Budget expenses pursuant to Ontario Regulation 284/09
- Application for Approval to Expropriate Lands – Baseline Transit Priority Phase
- Zoning By-law and Official Plan Amendment – 50 Bayswater Avenue and 1088 Somerset Street West
- Zoning By-law Amendment – 1950 Scott Street, 312 and 314 Clifton Road
- Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment – Part of 1104 Halton Terrace
- Zoning By-law Amendment – 785 Cope Drive and 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142 Dagenham Street
- Councillor J. Bradley - Bank Street Speed Reduction
- Motion – Councillor S. Devine - Road renewal budget – 2025 Asset Management Strategy
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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT |
📢 Ottawa Carleton District School Board 🗳️ Federal Election - The City is reminding people of the rules for election signs. With permission, signs can be placed on private property or, without permission, on public property with the following rules:
- Not within three metres of an intersection
- Not within fifty centimetres (3 m) of a sidewalk, or where there is no sidewalk, within two metres of the roadway or within fifty centimetres of the edge of a shoulder where such exists
- Not placed on central medians, including in roundabouts.
Info on how and where to vote is at Elections Canada.
City of Ottawa
💰 City Budget - Thanks to good investments, the City ended 2024 with a $44.475 million surplus. The Ottawa Police Service and the Ottawa Public Library also posted surpluses but OC Transpo, Emergency and Protective Services, and Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services all posted losses.
Josh Pringle at CTV
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The Poll Yesterday, we asked ‘Who will be Prime Minister on Tuesday, April 29?’ 81% Mark Carney (Liberal leader) 16% Pierre Poilievre (Conservative leader) 1% Jagmeet Singh (New Democratic Party leader) 0% Maxime Bernier (People’s Party leader) 0% Elizabeth May & Jonathan Pedneault (Green co-leaders) 2% Wayne Gretzky (Appointed governor) We’ll ask again on election day.
Today’s Poll: We’re going to ask this question twice. Today and again on election day, Monday April 28.
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✳️ Means change from previous edition TUESDAY WEDNESDAY ✳️ Get a Wednesday night pass for $25 and you won’t miss any of the VERSeFEST Ottawa readings tonight at SAW Gallery. 🆓 Listen as soprano Susan Elizabeth Brown and pianist Lucas Porter perform pieces by Berg and Barber in the DOMS lunchtime concert. Spend your midweek with luxury cars and delicious Italian food and drink. La Bottega Nicastro’s Wine, Food, and Fast Cars event at Maserati of Ottawa (611 Montreal Road) promises wine tastings and nibbles from the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. 🆓 We humans count on yeast for so much: bread, beer, and wine for starters. Find out what the tiny living creatures can do at the Science Café with Assistant Professor Dr. Eugene Fletcher of Carleton U. There are $1000s in prizes including a swanky new PS5 to be won at Nerdy Bingo. If your heart fills with dread when your bike chain makes that noise (you know the one we mean), register for the Quick Cranks Pay What you Can seminar “Click, Click, Klunk” where you’ll learn “Quick Fixes for Poor Shifting.” 1089 Somerset St. Get over the midweek hump with some socializing and dancing at the Bubble Tea Social & DJ Party at Xing Fu Tang. ByTowne Cinema: Marcello Mio, Golden Age: Citizen Kane, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
Mayfair Theatre: No Other Land, Nickel Boys, Scarecrow Gigs Kandle, Apacalda, Alanna Sterling. Rainbow Bistro Video Game Music Live. House of TARG Questionable Behaviour Trivia. Overflow Brewing Co. Jazz Nite with Kyler Mackenzie. Bar Robo
THURSDAY
🆓 House of TARG’s Spring Market will be like everything elese hosted by the venue: unexpected and very entertaining. Shop, play some games, and pop some cash into the donation jars for the Ottawa Food Bank. Tonight’s VERSeFEST Ottawa events happen at Happy Goat Laurel. $25 will get you a pass to attend all readings. Heart & Crown ByWard Market becomes a hoedown, with live country music and a free line dancing lesson at 9:30 pm. Trivia plus socializing plus beer tasting plus pizza equals a good time. 7:00 pm Boston Pizza, Conroy Road. Start the weekend with a visit to Orléans Brewing Co, where DJs will set the vibe. It’s official: Kichesippi Beer’s Craft Night has gone monthly. Bring your latest craft project and meet with other creatives over fine beer and snacks. If you don’t have anything on the go you can purchase a crochet kit on site. Meet other lovers of comic books and graphic novels at the Ottawa Public Library Main Branch. 6:00 pm. Ottawa’s Original Kings of Comedy return for one night of Laugh Lounge. Game Show Trivia at The Bridge Public House will test your knowledge of all things TV game shows. 🆓 Coffee, DJs, and thou: Visit the EveryPerson Café tonight for the first ever Baked Beats Coffee Party. Silent Sky continues at the Gladstone Theatre. ByTowne Cinema: Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Marcello Mio, Drawn In: Alice Mayfair Theatre: Nickel Boys, No Other Land, The Straight Story Gigs Thursday Blues Sessions with host Matthew Chaffey. Irene’s Pub The North Sound. National Arts Centre Pop Rock Riot! LIVE On Elgin Tap Room Trivia. Stray Dog Brewing Co Jeremie Albino. Bronson Centre Music Theatre Bedouin Soundclash. Overflow Brewing Co
JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING Vanier Sugar Festival is turning 40 this weekend. Visit Richelieu Park and Vanier Sugar Shack at 300 and 320 Pères-Blancs Ave for pancakes, maple taffy, hot chocolate, Orléans Brewing Co bevies, free live music performances, a huge paint-by-numbers collective art project, axe throwing, and a petting farm. The Canadian Folk Music Awards 20th anniversary brings the event back to where it began: Ottawa and Gatineau. Organizers are turning the traditional awards night format on its head; there will be awards presentations across several nights and events from April 3 through 6, alongside performances and film screenings. Wristbands are on sale now.
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