HELLO OTTAWA | → Dr Vera Etches will be the new president of CHEO | → The 613 Holiday Night Market returns tomorrow | → Yesterday’s public meeting on sprung structure shelters was somewhat unruly | → 🌞 High 0° Low -5° and moderate or heavy snow showers | 🎁 Birthday Shout Out | Happy birthday to OTTAWAN member Dessa B! | – Martha and Darren | | STATISTICS OTTAWA | | 77,522 | The number of students enrolled with the Ottawa Carleton District School Board this year. The Board had expected 78,518 students to be enrolled. In contrast, the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est grew by 1,375 students and Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario grew by 1,000. | | | | Joanne Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen |
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| OTTAWAN OF THE DAY | Colin White | The artist has created a Christmas card featuring a dream version of the block on Bank Street between Lisgar and Nepean. In this version, the historic stores, including Grace Foods and Wallack’s are still there, and he includes the lit windows of the residents who live upstairs. In our world, that block has a demolition plan. | | | | Instagram |
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| ➕ Related Tenants in that very same block asked the Planning and Housing Committee to vote no on the redevelopment, pointing out that once they are renovicted, rents elsewhere will be triple the price. The Committee voted to defer the issue to a full City Council meeting. | QUOTE | | ❝ | | | Now we have zero new people |
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| – Kiki Barber Shop owner Alaa Kiki is one of several shop owners on Richmond Road whose business has been devastated by O Train construction. | | | | Lynn Saxberg in the Ottawa Citizen |
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| | WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL | No meetings tomorrow | Agenda | | WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT | ⚕️ CHEO | ▪️Ottawa’s chief medical officer, Dr Vera Etches, will be the new president of CHEO. Etches has been with Ottawa Public Health since 2009 and become its chief in 2018. She starts her new position in March. | | | | CBC |
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| ➕ Related Ottawa Public Health would like all families to ensure that their immunization records are up to date. Records can be updated here. | ⛺ Sprung Structures | ▪️An engaged and unhappy audience attended yesterday’s sprung structure public session in Nepean. The session was planned as a presentation to be followed by a Q & A, but some audience members demanded open questions and chanted ‘No tents’ and ‘Shame on you!’. One person, wearing a ‘No Tent in Ottawa’ t-shirt, was evicted after he stormed the stage. The City wants to build the tent-like sprung structures due to the need for refugees and other newcomers to be sheltered, however Council delegated the location decision to staff in an attempt to avoid the public ire. | | | | Faith Greco at CBC |
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| 🚅 High Speed Rail | | 🚗 Highway 7 | ▪️An Amazon delivery driver was stopped on Highway 7 for driving too slow Wednesday. After Ontario Provincial Police stopped the van, which had its flashers on, they discovered that the van had no brakes. The driver had intended to make his Perth deliveries, then continue to Ottawa. He was fined $110 and towed. | | | | Natasha O’Neill at CityNews |
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Please use our easy event submission form | TODAY | 🆓 Make The Season Kind with CBC Ottawa is a night of performances and programming that celebrates community. Featured performers include: · OrKidstra: an Ottawa-based social development program empowering kids and building community through the universal language of music · Alicia Kayley: a contemporary Indigenous artist, fresh off recording her debut album in Nashville · Banggz: a Canadian-based Nigerian artist who fuses afrobeats with hip-hop to create a unique sound · Comedians Janelle Niles and Hart Shouldice will bring their heart and humour to the evening Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite. Bring a non-perishable donation for the Ottawa Food Bank. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Sacred Heart High School, 5870 Abbott St E, Stittsville K2S 1X4 🆓 Road Trip: Visit the site where it all started: Equator Coffee Roasters’ Christmas Open House in Almonte will have live music, activities for kids, food and coffee samples, and more. ▪️ Many businesses along the street are participating in Holiday Shopping Night in Hintonburg and Wellington Village. ▪️ If you think Christmas just isn’t the same without experiencing Handel’s Messiah performed live, we hereby prod you to book your tickets to Music & Beyond’s concert at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. ▪️ With their influences ranging from Suicide (the electronic/punk outfit featuring Alan Vega) to Girl Guides and Moondog, self-proclaimed “living room party” band Bibi Club will transport you to a groovy world. 🆓 The National Art Gallery is always free on Thursdays from 5:00 pm to 8:00. ▪️ Road Trip: Have a jolly good time at Winter Wonderettes, a Christmas juke box musical that tells the tale of four plucky young women who work at a 1960s hardware store. Until Sunday at Perth Studio Theatre. ▪️ In person tickets to the State of Canada’s Cities Summit are sold out but you can register for the live stream in English or French. ▪️ Santa will be dropping by Tanger Outlets every Thursday through Sunday until December 22 (plus December 23-24). ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Maria, Spectacle: The Fall,Memoir of a Snail ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Blitz, Flow, The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone Gigs ▪️ 20th Century Boys Christmas Bash. Rainbow Bistro ▪️ Lavender Frost. LIVE on Elgin ▪️ Owen Riegling - The Old Dirt Road Trip. Algonquin Commons Theatre ▪️Trivia Night at the Royal Oak Pub (Beechwood) ▪️ Bingo Night. Broadhead Brewery |
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| TOMORROW | 🆓 613 Holiday Night Market is back for more Friday night fun. ▪️ The Beechwood Market presents the Holiday Night Market, offering seasonal fun for adults and kids alike. 🆓 Road Trip: Visit the town of Prescott, which turns into a Winter Wonderland this weekend. It all starts tonight with the tree lighting ceremony, and continues from noon to 5:00 pm tomorrow. ▪️ Exercise your right to vote with a visit to the Château Laurier, where you’ll be tasked with nominating the People’s Choice Award in the 2024 Trees of Hope for CHEO display. ▪️ There are generous prizes to be won at the Glebe Spree. ▪️ The culinary students take over with Le Cordon Bleu's Plant-Based Soirée. ▪️ Almonte Ontario’s Hallmark Christmas movie road, aka Mill Street, is the setting for another tree lighting ceremony tonight. If this spectacle doesn’t put you in the holiday mood, nothing will. ▪️ All Voices Community Choir sings a Christmas program in When Sweet Winter Comes Again. ▪️ There’s not much time left to bag a ticket to the 2024 Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival, tonight through Sunday at various locations. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Conclave, Obsessed with Light, Small Things Like These, Showsoppers: Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back Mayfair Theatre: Porcelain War, The Return, Silent Night, Deadly Night Gigs ▪️ Danny Rebel, The KGB, CJ Bjorn Late, and others. House of TARG ▪️ Sophie Lukacs. Red Bird ▪️ Tango Golf Tango. LIVE on Elgin ▪️ Texas King. The 27 Club ▪️ The Docs. Rainbow Bistro ▪️ Siaka Diabate. Irene’s Pub ▪️ Permanent Waves. Overflow Brewing |
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| SATURDAY | ▪️ You’ll find more than than 40 craftspeople and vendors at the Orléans Holiday Arts Market at the Shenkman Arts Centre. ▪️ On Saturdays the Piggy Market loads up with fresh baked goods like donuts, cranberry sticky buns, apple turnovers, and other yummy treats. ▪️ Bask in the warm glow of nostalgia at Nepean Museum’s A Very Retro Christmas (today and December 14). You’ll see toys and decorations from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s and the kids of six to 12 years can try their hands at the crafts and scavenger hunt. ▪️ See your town in a new light: The Holiday Lights tour by Ottawa Walking Tours this evening will visit landmarks like Parliament Hill, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the Bear Catching Fish statue. It’s free, but a tip to your host is appreciated. ▪️ Meet local artisans at the Fisher Park School Pop-Up Christmas Market. 🆓 Urban Art Collective invites you to Not Your Typical Holiday Market at 28 Booth St., Zibi Albert Island. ▪️ This weekend’s your final chance to visit Watson’s Mill & Dickinson House Christmas Market in Manotick. ▪️ Road Trip: Perth’s glittering Crystal Palace becomes even more magical as it welcomes the Nick of Time Annual Christmas Artisan Show. ▪️ Shop for unique gifts and art priced under $1500 at Ottawa Art Gallery’s Art + Parcel: A Holiday Sale 🆓 Bring your WIP (works in progress) or something new to Happiness Habits 613’s final event of 2024. ▪️ Stittsville Parade of Lights starts at 6:00 pm (with Main Street closing to traffic at 5:45 pm), and it’s going to be lit. ▪️ Santa’s paying a visit to Papa Jack Popcorn today. 🆓 Bicycle Craft Brewery’s 11th Annual Holiday Toast features seasonal beers, live music, local food, and more. Plus: it’s dog and family friendly. ▪️ Treat yourself like the VIP that you are and book a ticket to the Russell Peters Relax Tour Official Old School After Party. ▪️ If you don’t feel like doing your own festive baking this year, head to the St. James Elementary School Christmas Market. They’re having a bake sale alongside the gifts vendors. ▪️ The 2024 Annual Christmas Market @ Cumberland Farmers Market is too big for one location; you’ll visit four different markets in Cumberland Village after starting at 861 Apple Lane. ▪️ There’s not much time left to bag a ticket to the 2024 Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival, through Sunday at various locations. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Showstoppers: Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back, Small Things Like These, Conclave, Restoration: Wages of Fear ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: The Return, North by Northwest Gigs ▪️ Mothership. Overflow Brewing ▪️ Ocean Men. House of TARG ▪️ Josh & the Dirty Rags. Avant-Garde Bar ▪️ The Flatliners. Bronson Centre ▪️ Roddy Ellias Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge |
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| NOW BOOKING / JUST ANNOUNCED | ▪️ It’s not hard to think of the state of the healthcare industry as comedy gold, and Nurse John serves up the laughs in his Short-Staffed Tour. January 29 at the National Arts Centre Babs Asper Theatre. Tickets on sale tomorrow (December 6). ▪️ Elevator Theatre Company reveals the 25/26 season at a special party on December 15. |
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| DEAL OF THE DAY |  | Franc |
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| In retail news: Sadly, Franc is closing after seven years. Remaining inventory is available at 20% off regular prices; no code necessary. As you might expect, everything is final sale. #madeincanada |
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