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HELLO OTTAWA

Of all the surveys that the City has requested from the public, we may have found the most controversial: do we need a frisbee golf course in Centrepointe Park?

Residents can meet with City staff on Sunday between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm to discuss and also to sample the game.

Those who have other plans at that time can fill out the online survey.

The City will wrap up their consultations October 30.

– 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

Sports

• 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 6 – Washington Capitals 1 last night

CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall.

No more meetings this week.

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🛫 Ottawa International Airport

•  Scheduled flights from Ottawa to Iqaluit to Greenland will begin next summer. Canadian North Airlines has partnered with Air Greenland for the weekly flights which uses Iqaluit as the hub to Nuuk, Greenland. Ticket sales begin in the new year. 
  
  Does this mean Ottawa finally has a second non-North American destination? Nope. Greenland counts as North America. Otherwise you can go anywhere that you like in Europe or Asia from Ottawa International Airport, as long as it is Paris. (Ollie Williams at Cabin Radio)

🚊 O Train

•  Local campaigner wants the O Train commemerative plaques removed from each station. Jane Keeler says the plaques honour then-Mayor Jim Watson, then-City Manager Steve Kanellakos, and then-OC Transpo General Manager John Manconi, all of whom were critiqued for their actions by Justice Hourigan in his LRT inquiry report. ‘The last thing we need to do is to thank Jim Watson, John Manconi, and Kanellakos in public – the people who have cheated our city. And we’re still paying, and we’ll be paying a long time. We still can’t get a good ride,’ she says. Keeler would like people to write their ward councillor and ask for the removals. (Alayne McGregor in the Centretown Buzz)

🚨 Ottawa Police Service

•  The Ottawa Police Service is opening a new Neighbourhood Operations Centre on Rideau Street. The storefront, at the corner of Williams, is close to the Rideau Centre and Rideau O Train station. The Centre will not be open to the public and is intended to be a place to partner with additional agencies and service providers. The rent will be $245,944.95 per year. (Josh Pringle at CTV)

⚜️ French School Board

•  The French school board wants a secondary school to be included in any LeBreton Flats redevelopment. The Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario says there is an urgent need for a French secondary school downtown. The National Capital Commission says that it asked all school boards about their needs: the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and Ottawa Catholic School Board said that they’re fine, no more schools are desired in that area.  (Matthew Kupfer at CBC)
  
  ➕ Related An Ottawa-Carleton District School Board principal apologized for making a student remove a Palestinian flag from their user profile because it was a ‘political statement’. The Board notes that students are allowed to post flags that represent them in their profiles.

🛻 Convoy Trial

•  Convoy coörganizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are on trial for their acts in the Convoy siege.
•  Ottawa Police Service constable Isabelle Cyr, who was a liaison with the Convoy, testified that the Service sent maps and directed truckers to downtown streets.
•  In an email to police colleagues she wrote, ‘Great job on the maps ... truckers will love it!’.
•  Cyr said that she and fellow officers felt ‘unsafe’ when handing out flyers to the Convoy.
  
  (David Fraser at CBC)
  
  ➕ Related The Ottawa Citizen is live blogging the trial.

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EVENTS

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Today

•  Signatures Handmade Market is 40 this year, so expect an extra festive experience this weekend at Aberdeen Pavilion.
•  Enriched Bread Artists open their doors for the 31st Annual Open Studio, with a Vernissage from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Tour the studio this weekend (Saturday October 21 and Sunday October 22) and next (Saturday October 28 and Sunday October 29). 951 Gladstone Ave.
•  Authentic Flamenco featuring Yolanda Osuna continues at the Gladstone Theatre.
•  The Akram Khan Company’s production of Jungle Book reimagined opens its very limited run (til Saturday). This retelling is told through the eyes of a child refugee in a world devastated by climate change.
•  Artist Whitney Lewis-Smith’ translates astronauts’ descriptions of the view of our planet from space, utilising breathtaking staged “sets” of plant material, sky scapes, and insects. The Overview Effect vernissage runs tonight from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm and the exhibition continues until November 7. Valerie St. Laurent + Hill, 291 Dalhousie St.
•  Thyme & Again Creative Catering presents Cibo E Vino Italian Food + Wine Flights, a culinary experience exploring Northern Italy. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Nest, 1255 Wellington St. W. $134.46.
•  The town of Carleton Place opens its doors this evening and every Thursday night until November 23. Fall in Love with Carleton Place invites everyone to explore its Heritage Downtown Shopping and Dining district. From 5:00 pm until late.

Music

•  Bathwash. Adam Ferris, and Myhill. Spark Beer
   
•  Little Bones. Heart and Crown Preston St.
   
•  Bad Luck Woman. Montgomery Scotch Lounge.
   
•  Espanola plus Bent Neck & The Joints and Edison Rupert. House of TARG.
   

Tomorrow

•   Scottish-Indian comedian Danny Bhoy brings his latest show Now is Not a Good Time to Meridian Theatres at Centrepointe.
•  Hammond Golf and Country Club welcomes the Freaky Friday Halloween Drag Show. 600 Du Golf Road, Hammond, ON.
•  Stittsville Haunted Heritage Tours run every Friday and Saturday evening at 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm until November 11. Spooky! 1549 Stittsville Main St. Registration link.
•  To the uninitiated (Darren and Martha are raising their hands) this weekend’s Ottawa Pops Orchestra’s program Heroes of Hyrule means the orchestra is playing the music of the Legend of Zelda video game series.
•  The Seventeen Voyces ensemble’s inaugural concert of its 27th season features a screening of the silent classic Phantom of the Opera. Accompanied by organ, the choir will sing selections like Messe solennelle by Jean Langlois and Beethoven’s O welche lust from Fidelio.
•  As usual Saunders Farm Fright Fest covers all the spooky things like creepy crawlies, witches, and ghosts, but this year’s addition of Circus Macabre will likely include…clowns. You’ve been warned.
•  The Mayfair’s screening of the silent classic Nosferatu will be accompanied by Ottawa musicians performing under the name Death Ships.

Music

•  Hopper with Kids Losing Sleep, Dolonia, NKWM. Rainbow Bistro

•  Jonah Francese Thinkin’ Big Band. Queen St. Fare

•  Octobersection: Zabo and guests. City at Night

•  Unearth, Revocation, and guests. The Brass Monkey

•  Mikhail Laxton Vinyl Release Party. Irene’s Pub

   

Saturday

•  Manotick’s One World Bazaar hosts a charity market in support of Cornerstone and Habitat for Humanity’s Ottawa ReStore, with shopping, great food, stage performances and talks, and plenty of opportunities to support the two organizations. Today and tomorrow at 6110 Mitch Owens Road, Manotick.
   
•  Broken Stick Brewing and Hammond Golf and Country Club present Hammond Oktoberfest,with German food, great craft beer, and live music. Wear your best lederhosen and dirndl!
   
•  Square Lemon is back with the Spooktacular Craft Market, which costs nothing to enter, offers shopping with a great group of more than 40 vendors, and even promises a free workshop on site.
   
•  Catch traditional dances from the Indian subcontinent in Woven Journeys: A Concert of Silk Road Heritage Dances at Meridian Theatres at Centrepointe. PWYC with a suggested donation of $20.
   
•  Experience a local craft brew that you haven’t tried before at Renfrew Craft Beer and Food Truck Festival this Saturday October 21. If you get hungry, food vendors will cover everything from BBQ to cotton candy.
   
•  Urban Art Collective is a busy place on Saturday night. There’s Unsociably High’s EP Release Party, and the UAC Art Hub takeover by artists Tiffany Wallace (@creativespanky) and Brendog Bartlett, with the Vernissage for @brendoogbartlett’s new exhibition “Life in Boxes” happening at the same time. Out in the parking lot you’ll find carnival games, and you can dance to the beats in the Art Shop. 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at 1088 Somerset St. W.
   

  Music

•  The C.A. & Sonny Show. Irene’s Pub

•  Serene Dark, Strigampire, Vortex, Mesothelioma. House of TARG

•  Bonobo Backlash with They’re Not Here and Hypersex Banshee. LIVE on Elgin

•  EP Release Party for Unsocialby High’s Oh, The Country Air.” Urban Art Collective

•  Road Apples, The Tragically Hip tribute band. Meridian Theatres at Centrepointe

•  Latin Sound Machine. Marzitelli

•  Live Music with Nelson Colt. Brew Revolution

•  International U2 Tribute Act Desire. Overflow Brewing Co
   

•  The Bushpilots “Kings of Mustang” album release with S/G Keith Glass Band. Rainbow Bistro

   

Just Announced / Now Booking

•  Possible Worlds’ Bookbinding 101 workshop will present a bit of background on the different methods and then teach participants to assemble their own books. Tuesday November 7 from 6:00 p to 8:30 pm. From $75.

DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

A video report by Mike Patton, the communications director for former mayor Larry O’Brien, on his letter from Ottawa ByLaw about the incessant barking coming from his house. The thing is, house pet Sneakers is more prone to meowing.

THE END

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