In Today’s Edition → Draft Transportation Master Plan includes O Train to Kanata and Barrhaven → Latin American Film Festival launches tomorrow → Deals of the Day on Cottage Life & Backyard Show plus skincare and fashion → 🌥️ High 6° Low -5° and partly cloudy. ☀️ 6:26 am 🌛 7:43 pm |
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NUMBER - $44.2 million
- – The increase in the police budget for next year as proposed in a report at Monday’s police board meeting. The Ottawa Police Service received an increase of $16.3 million this year and $13.4 million last year.
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL |
WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT |
🚧 The draft Transportation Master Plan for the City includes extensions of the O Train to Kanata and Barrhaven, five new roads, and seven street widenings. Not all at once though, the plan extends to 2046.
There are three public information meetings over the plan scheduled: - Thursday, April 10 6:30 pm, Overbrook Community Centre on Quill Street
- Thursday, April 17 6:30 pm, Nepean Sportsplex on Woodroffe Avenue
- Tuesday, April 29 6:30 pm, Ray Friel Recreation Centre
– Josh Pringle at CTV
💪 Pembroke, Renfrew, Arnprior, Carleton Place, and Perth are getting ‘strong mayor’ powers, similar to Ottawa and Toronto. In 2022, Ontario gave the mayors of Ottawa and Toronto the power to unilaterally ‘appoint a chief administrative officer and certain department heads ..., create or dissolve council committees and the ability to appoint the chairs and vice-chairs, [and] propose budgets’. Additionally, the mayors can pass or veto bylaws regarding housing, even if only one-third of council agrees. – Nick Westoll at CityNews
🚌 Ottawa Transit Riders are asking people who use Para Transpo – or people who assist those that do – to fill out a report card on its current service. The survey is here. – Ottawa Transit Riders ↪ OC Transpo says it will offer a free ‘customer appreciation weekend’ on its services this summer. No date has been set. – Josh Pringle at CTV
🏫 Ottawa painter Christopher Griffin has quit his position as the first artist-in-residence at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Prince Edward Island after complaints that his work was getting too political. The piece that resulted in complaints from American faculty members was a redrawing of the famous ‘Washington crossing the Delaware’ painting by German-American artist Emanuel Leutze in which Griffin replaced General George Washington and his Continental Army officers with lemmings. – Stephen Brun at CBC
🏫 The senior planner of the Ottawa Carleton District School Board says that parents will have an opportunity to ‘grandfather’ their children to their current school when boundaries change in 2026. Details on how to do that are unavailable as of yet and the boundary changes won’t be announced until next month. The planner used the word ‘grandparent’ but THE OTTAWAN is assuming the planner made that choice because he thinks ‘grandfather’ is offensive. – Joanne Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen
🇺🇸 Lornado, the 32 room mansion in Rockcliffe and official home to the United States ambassador, has a new resident. Pete Hoekstra has been confirmed by the United States senate as its new diplomat for Canada. The 71 year-old was the that country’s ambassdor to the Netherlands during US president Donald Trump’s first term and a member of congress from Michigan 1993 to 2011. – Thompson Reuters |
The Poll Yesterday, we asked, ‘Do you and your significant other do a regular ‘Date Night’?’ 20% Yes 31% Yes, but only occasionally 23% No 6% No, forced fun is antithetical to romance 21% Find me a significant other then ask again
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✳️ Means change from previous edition THURSDAY ✳️ Bring gently used adult clothing for Saturday’s 2025 Community Closet - Adult Clothing to Blackburn Hamlet Community Hall between 6:00pm and 8:00pm. Then, drop by clothing swap on Saturday to find new items that your wardrobe is missing. Ottawa composer Jack Hui Litster provides the music for On Home: the new 50-minute multidisciplinary contemporary dance performance by Voices Dance Project. Tonight and tomorrow at Arts Court Theatre. Bibliophiles: grab more of the good stuff at great prices as Mutchmor Public School’s biggest fundraiser of the year gets underway. The Mutchmor Book Saleis open today and tomorrow from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm and again open this weekend (check hours). Rooted: Wassim Aboutanos and Jouman Abdallah take you on a lyrical and poetic journey anchored in the melodies of the Middle-East that travel through France and settle in Canada. National Arts Centre Fourth Stage. Learn something new at Ottawa Tool Library’s Demo Night: Introduction to 3D Printing Silent Book Club stops at Anina’s Café. Bring your reading material and be sure to buy a drink and a snack from the venue. Comic, “professional idiot”, and author Steve-O brings his new tour “Super Dummy” to the Bronson Centre. Play Food & Wine, in partnership with Boires and In Wines We Trust, will be hosting a Domaine du Clair Obscur Burgundy Wine Dinner on April 10. Guests will test natural wines from Burgundy alongside a three course menu from Executive Chef Shane Brown. Workshop boutique’s Spring Trunk Sale begins at its new location: Next Door Market & Event Space. - Check out the crystals, minerals, gems, and fossils at the Ottawa Rock and Gem Show. Kids under 5 get in free. Until Sunday at EY Centre.
Ottawa’s best tiny music venue, GigSpace Performance Studio, welcomes Tim Bedner and Kevin Barrett. ByTowne Cinema: The Friend, Ciné-Club D’Ottawa: Je verrai toujours vos visages, Ciné-Club d’Ottawa: Àma Gloria Mayfair Theatre: No Other Land, You [Romance], Thank You Very Much
Gigs Matt Gower, Michael Peterson, Libby & Cal. LIVE on Elgin Class of 91: Futura Free, Listen Up Kid, Red Light Run. House of TARG Omnivide, Inner Turmoil, Luridity. Dominion Tavern Lensky, Dan Porter. Avant-Garde Bar Dystoh, The Brothership, Mo The Pro. The 27 Club
FRIDAY Despite recent evidence, summer is on the way. Find inspiration for your home, cottage and garden at the Cottage Life & Backyard Show (EY Centre today through Sunday). Witness the Art Battle in person at Overflow Brewing. 12 artists will have compete in three 20 minute rounds, wth the champion determined by the audience. 🆓 Presented by the Group of Embassies of Latin American Countries in Canada, all screenings of the the Latin American Film Festival take place at Saint Paul University. The festival continues until Sunday and again on April 26 and 26. As well as serving darn fine coffee, Happy Goat at 35 Laurel St supports local artists. Case in point: Tonight’s opening party of new works by abstract artist Tim Scapillato aka TScapArt. Catch the NAC debut of Belgian dance company Peeping Tom. The company’s show Diptych: The missing door and The lost room use acrobatic dance to create a labyrinthine world with touches of cinema. Voice Dance Project’s On Home performs once again at Arts Court Theatre. Road Trip: All levels are welcome at the Russell Legion’s Euchre Tournament. Stray Dog Brewing Company welcomes Scott Belford, the host of Toronto Blue Jays’ The Walk Off podcast, for a night of hilarity. Want a chance to buy Canadian fashion at 70% off? The ultra-special Workshop Spring Trunk Sale continues at Next Door Market & Event Space. Visit the Ottawa Psychic & Crystal Fair in Bells Corners from today through Sunday. ByTowne Cinema: I’m Still Here, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Detour: The Royal Tenebaums Mayfair Theatre: The Penguin Lessons, The Brutalist Gigs Laylit: Lionessa, Maya Tayara, MNSA, DJ Zraa. SAW Centre Jazz Night with The Ottawa Pocket Jazz Band. Lavender Grill Cross Dog, Pomegranate, Midnight Crawl, Pop Culture Icons. House of TARG 90s - Now Pop Alt Music Dance party. LIVE on Elgin Nostalgia Nights (Trance). City at Night The Summit Jazz Duo. Night Oat Gilles & the Barnburners, Heir of the Dog. Art house Café
SATURDAY
Happy Birthday to OTTAWAN reader Vicky G! It’s Shop Canada Saturday and you can get involved in Vanier, the Glebe, and Wellington West. Wander the neighbourhoods, shop and dine locally, and find deals along the way. You’ll get peak viewing of the Pink Moon at 8:22 pm tonight, as long as the clouds stay away. Caveat: this first full moon of spring 2025 won’t be pink, and it won’t even be large. But it will be cute. Help Holly’s Haven Wildlife Rescue, the wild mammal rescue that looks after sick, injured, or orphaned creatures in Ottawa. The Holly’s Haven Rescue Day runs 9:30 am to 5:30 pm at Critter Jungle’s Carling location. Audiophiles will be flocking to Ottawa Record Fair V, where more than 30 vendors will be selling the vinyl of their dreams. Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Refresh your wardrobe at 2025 Community Closet - Adult Clothing in Blackburn Hamlet. Littles who love to dance with joyful abandon are invited to the Kiddie Rave in support of Churchill Alternative School. Expect blinky lights, toddler and preschooler dancing, and free-falling mayhem. The Electric Company’s Spring Fling Disco Party brings the funk, disco and soul to Rainbow Bistro. Dress for the 1970s. SuperFan Ottawa Market is for die-hard fans of sports collectibles, music, comics or pop culture (or all of the above). The sounds of genre-bedning, high-energy, deeply immersive music by Canadian artists fill Bar Robo tonight. With Mike Legere Band, Stoby, and Area Resident. Get your pup’s claws trimmed while you support Ottawa Stray Cat Rescue. Pet Valu 170 Beechwood Ave. 🆓 Experience the show that A Company of Fools took to the schools recently. The Understudy pulls scenes from Shakespeare’s plays and involves audience participation. High jinks will ensue. Tonight’s the night: three choral teams compete for the title of Show Tune Showdown Champion. Celebrity judges will crown the winner but there’s an audience participation round that will raise the stakes even higher. In addition to small item repair - bring that fussy toaster - this Saturday’s Ottawa Tool Library Repair Café at Ottawa City Hall will offer knife sharpening and a darning circle. The Canadian Centre for Victims of Armed Conflicts hold the Moroccan Festival of Ottawa today and tomorrow at Jock-Turcot University Centre If vintage is what you’re after, it’s what you’ll find at 613Flea, where more than 150 vendors offer treasures for your wardrobe and home. Find your own righteous gemstone on the final day of the Ottawa Rock N’Gem Show. ByTowne Cinema: The Ballad of Wallis Island, I’m Still Here, Showstoppers: Tommy Mayfair Theatre: Safety Last! The Elephant Man, Saturday Night Sinema Gigs Retro/Underground: Blood Bath Vampire Night. Swizzles Bar & Grill 90s Punk, Rock & Ska. Overflow Brewing Co. Feed After Midnite, Lilith, No Helmet, Triple Threat Pony. Dominion Tavern Music with Substance. Poa Tiki Bar Dance Mix ’95: Pop, Eurodance, Club Classics. House of TARG The Blushing Brides (Rolling Stones Tribute). Brass Monkey New Wave Dance Party with the Underground. Busters Bar & Grill The Time Beings. Carleton Tavern
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When Vancouver boy Darren moved to Ottawa in the autumn of 2019, he was told to clean the snow off the roof of the car or he'd get a ticket. That's ridiculous, thought Darren. It's just snow. Now, after driving in Capital winters for five years, Darren reads a headline like ‘OPP issue $110 fine for driver who forgot to clean off snow from car’ and thinks, only $110? That’s not nearly high enough. |
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