In Today’s Edition → The Province has issued a flood warning from Britannia Beach to Pembroke → In the Drinking + Dining Update: John’s Diner is closing Friday → Deal of the Da: Earth Day womenswear special til Thursday → ☀️ High 16° Low 2° and sunny ☀️ 6:03 am 🌛 8:00 pm |
WEDNESDAY DINING + DRINKING UPDATE |
🥓 Say it ain’t so! After 50 years, John’s Diner on Wellington Street West is closing this Friday. The two sons of founder John have operated the business for 33 years and say they are going out on a high: ‘Everything is great, business is superb – so what better time than to say this is our time’. 🥕 When you purchase a Agricola Cooperative Farm Membership Card for $45, you save 10% all season long. Use the card on market purchases (Main Farmers Market and the Ottawa Organic Market) or at the Agricola Farm kiosk. 🚚 Popular sandwich food truck LunchBox has a new home for the season. Check out the grand opening this Friday and Saturday at 5929 Jeanne d’Arc Blvd South in Orléans. 😊 The Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Week is coming. From Monday April 28 through Sunday April 4, all proceeds from the sale of Smile Cookies will support the purchase of brand-new high-quality snowsuits for underprivileged children in the community. Last year, sales supported more than 6,500 Ottawa children. 🥔 Orléans PoutineFest 2025 will have more than 75 kinds of the potato-y treat for you to try. We hear there will also be desserts. ♨️ At Eat the Strip, Ameya Charnalia finds some delightful sandwiches at Pop’s Paninis on Woodroffe near Carling. ‘The roasted turkey is legit: thick-cut, tender, and freshly prepped, not the pre-sliced stuff you’d expect at this price point’, he says. That price point is $16. 🍺 The Beer Store is closing its location at 2144 Carling Avenue, across the street from Carlingwood Shopping Centre, on June 15. 🍪 Quelque Chose Pâtisserie, which specialized in macarons, closed its ByWard Market shop last Sunday. It still operates in Vanier and Westboro. ☕ In the Ottawa Citizen, Peter Hum has found a new café that is introducing mochi doughnuts and Vietnamese egg coffee to the capital. Max Phan, who opened Casa Bonita on Baseline in February, says it only took eight decades for egg coffee to make it to Ottawa. |
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- – How much demand for child care spaces has risen in Ottawa since 2019, according to a new City report. While the Federal child care programme has driven the price down to $22 per day, the City says that only 75 per cent of the need is being met.
- Kate Porter
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OTTAWAN OF THE DAY Mike Kelly |
After a close call with a truck while on his bike, Kelly invented the ‘Mantis Mirror’, a two-mirror item that clips on a bike helmet to allow the cyclist a clear rear view, regardless of how far one is leaning over. Dave Charbonneau at CTV |
SPORTS - 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 2 – Toronto Maple Leafs 3 last night (Game 2 of Round 1)
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL |
Election Compliance Audit Committee
Thursday, April 24 at 11:00 am - Appointment of an external licensed auditor to conduct an election compliance audit of the campaign finances of Candidate Shawn Menard, Ward 17 Capital, from the 2022 Municipal Elections
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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT |
🌊 The Provincial Ministry of Natural Resources has issued a flood watch between Britannia Beach and Pembroke. The Ministry warns homeowners near rivers to make preparations to sandbag or otherwise protect property. – William Eltherington at CTV
💰The average salary needed to buy an average house in Ottawa was $133,350 in March, down $250 from February. In March, the average home price in Ottawa was $626,200. – Josh Pringle at CTV
⚖️ The Black Class Action Secretariat will appeal a Federal court decision to deny the group class action status. The Secretariat wants to sue the Federal government for $2.5 billion over discrimination against Black federal employees going back to the 1970s. – Matteo Cimellaro in the Ottawa Citizen
🐔 Smiths Falls residents who have been plotting to launch their backyard chicken farm will have to wait another week. Smiths Falls city council had been expected to authorize harbouring the creatures on a one-year pilot project at its meeting yesterday – but a last minute appeal by Secondhand Stories Chicken Sanctuary has delayed it for a week. The chicken sanctuary is concerned that the welfare of the birds is being overlooked. – Lanark Leeds Today
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The Poll In the previous poll we asked, ‘What do you think should be done about Ottawa’s garbage future?’ 53% Burn it for electricity 11% Locate another landfill 36% Work together as a City to reduce and divert garbage 0% Dump it in the middle of the river like 1950s New York 1% Other Reader Deborah suggests using Renewable Natural Gas to power the garbage trucks.
Today’s poll:
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Are you in favour of keeping backyard chickens in Ottawa? |
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* Yes, we know that rural Ottawa is zoned for keeping hens. You know that’s not what we’re talking about. |
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✳️ Means change from previous edition WEDNESDAY When you support the Debra Dynes Family House's third Raise a Smile online auction, you’re helping to send 70 kids to camp this summer. The fundraising goal is $5000, which will support the camps as well as summer nutritional programs for kids in need. The auction begins today and runs to May 7. Dunrobin Craft Distillery’s founder Adrian Spitzer hosts an exclusive whisky dinner, featuring a three course meal paired with fine whiskies. $134.46 per person Nick Samenykhin headlines Jazz Nite at Queen St. Fare. ByTowne Cinema: The Ballad of Wallis Island, Slumber Party: Breakfast Club Mayfair Theatre: The Friend, The Queen of the Ring, Armand Gigs Celtic Celebration featuring Allison Lupton. Red Bird Matty Grace. Avant-Garde Bar Bumpin’ Binary. Irene’s Pub Open Mic. Pour Boy The Deep Dark Woods, Moonriivr, Rory Taillon. The 27 Club LAKE, Salmon Ella, Still Life & Street. Rainbow Bistro Absolute Losers. House of TARG
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The inaugural Ottawa Aerial Circus Festival is for performers and spectators, and features competitions, workshops, and entertainment for everyone. Tickets vary per event. Until Sunday at Arts Court. Today is the start of the Ottawa Indie Bookstore Crawl 2025, a great excuse to visit show your love for the many fine independent bookstores in our region. Plus, it’s one of those fun passport situations. Have your special booklet stamped at each of the participating stores; get seven of eight stamps and you could be the winner of a prize. Visit Books on Beechwood, Mill Street Books (in Almonte), Octopus Books, Perfect Books, Singing Pebble Books, The Spaniel’s Tale Bookstore, Westboro Books, and World of Maps. 🆓 Out of the Box fibre artists present the 2025 Fibre Fling show and sale. Bring a donation for the Ottawa Food Bank. Tonight at Ottawa Grassroots Festival, Evangeline Gentle and Lynn Miles perform in Worship Hall. The Bearded Iris Botanical workshop for experienced watercolorists will leave participants with an authentic-looking print to take home. Heavy prog rockers Brass Camel visit Rainbow Bistro, all the way from Vancouver. With guests Escape Society and Angelica Jones. Caution: at the time of writing this show was looking to sell-out. The ByTown Sea Shanty Collective brings the East Coast kitchen party vibe back to Beyond The Pale (City Centre location). Keeping with the East Coast theme, you’ll be kissing the cod at Southside Tap and Grill’s Newfie Night. ByTowne Cinema: On Swift Horses, En fanfare (The Marching Band), The Shrouds, Detour: The French Connection Mayfair Theatre: The Penguin Lessons, The Way, My Way, The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Friday is a PA day and a number of Ottawa businesses have events to keep the kids busy: JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING It's finally warming up outside and the Thirteen Strings Forces of Nature concert celebrates the new season on May 8. Soprano Magali Simard-Gladès, guest conductor Alexander Weiman and the orchestra perform a program of music that takes its inspiration from the elements. Lose your fear with the Learn to Attach Anything To Your Drywall workshop from Ottawa Tool Library. Suitable for beginners. Thursday May 8. Catch Ottawa Chamberfest 2025 from Friday July 18 to Sunday July 27. With a packed schedule of classics and new works that are performed by international stars and Canadian legends, the festival will also feature a performance by National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Early risers will enjoy the Sunday morning concerts while late night Chamberfringe shows at GCTC will attract the night owls. Tickets are on sale now.
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After the New York Yankees baseball team made headlines last month for changing to the ‘torpedo bat’, Carleton Place manufacturer Sam Bat has been struggling to keep up with demand. Torpedo bats are not new – Sam Bat says that it comes in and out of fashion ‘like bell-bottom jeans’ – but the part that comes into contact with the ball is wider, resulting in better hits. – Simon Smith at CBC |
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