HELLO OTTAWA |
→ A kitten was catnapped from an Orléans pet store |
→ Norm Lewis sings Broadway hits with the NAC Orchestra tomorrow |
→ The order of electric buses expected for autumn has been pushed back until next year |
→ 🌧️ High 10° Low 10° and moderate rain |
– Martha and Darren |
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WEDNESDAY DRINKING + DINING UPDATE |
▪️The brand new Bread Club from Almanac costs $15 per year and gives the member access to monthly meetups, recipes, flour discounts, guest speakers, and an exclusive pin. ▪️Impress your guests with your expertly prepared Thanksgiving turkey, courtesy of the Meatings BBQ 101 All Things Turkey workshop on October 8. ▪️We realize it’s early, but you need to know that Purdy’s Chocolates have released their 2024 Advent Calendar. You’ll find 24 tiny drawers, each with a wee chocolate to devour of a December morning. Vegan and Braille editions are also available. ▪️ You’ve got less than one week to order Thanksgiving dinner to go from Biagio’s. The dinners for one, two, and four people just need to be re-heated at home. Order by 5:00 pm on Monday October 7 and pick up on Sunday October 13 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ▪️ Ameya Charnalia at Eat The Strip enjoyed the family-style traditional platters at Persian resto Saffron Kabab. The smoky, tandoor-flavoured chicken drumsticks were a particular fav. ▪️ Old school stalwart John’s Family Diner on Wellington Street has put its space up for lease, although the resto is still open for business with its old school hours, 6:00 am to 2:00 pm. The diner open in 1974. ▪️ Sad sack Hazeldean Mall is about to get a jolt: T & T Supermarket is opening its second Ottawa store there October 24. ▪️ Peter Hum at the Ottawa Citizen ranked the dishes competing at the Canada's Great Kitchen Party regionals last week. In reverse order, Hum ranked the dishes as: 6. Kristine Hartling — Oz Kafe: Black pepper molasses mushroom brochette 5. Patrick Garland — Absinthe Café: Seared scallop with cauliflower basil purée, mussel fumet and Greek vegetables 4. Jason Sawision — Stofa: Smoked pork hock and confit chicken pressé 3. Lizardo Becerra — Raphaël Peruvian Cuisine: Salmon escabeche 2. Mitch Lacombe — Gitanes: Whole Mariposa Duck à l’orange 1. Sarath Teegavarapu — Kathā: Branzino in miso tumeric broth Hum said that ‘Kathā’s dish was the entry that I most wanted to eat again’. Lizardo Becerra of Raphaël Peruvian Cuisine was chosen the winner. |
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STATISTICS OTTAWA |
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12% |
– The increase in ownership of the Ottawa Senators that Hamilton billionaire and controlling shareholder Michael Andlauer has made. The shares were bought from the second largest shareholder, George Armoyan. | | | | Josh Pringle at CTV |
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OTTAWANS OF THE DAY |
Angelina Hunter Trio, Chyme, Double Experience, Dr Androbox, Dufour, Kate Weekes, LeFLOFranco, Lonely Boy, Miss McLeod, PARTYGIRL, Pony Girl, Remenkimi, and Samuel Lewis |
- The 13 bands and musicians are recipients of the Music x Business music video production grants from the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition and Kinaxis. | | | | Ottawa Music Industry Coalition |
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QUOTE |
| ❝ | | | The 600-pound beaver in the room |
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– Harley Finkelstein’s term for the lack of ambition in Canada’s start-up entrepreneur community. The president of local mom-and-pop business Shopify says that Canadian companies tend to get bought up unlike American companies that grow and do the buying. | | | | Tara Deschamps in the Canadian Press |
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SPORTS |
🏒 Ottawa Senators 4 – Montréal Canadiens 3 last night (pre-season) |
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL |
No meetings tomorrow. |
📋 Agendas and meetings |
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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT |
😿 Catnapped! |
▪️Nacho the kitten was stolen from Pet Valu Convent Glen in Orléans last Friday. Furry Tales Cat Rescue has put up a $2,000 reward for the 90 day old kitten, who has already been microchipped. Nacho can be returned to the store, any local vet, or Critter Jungle. The main suspect is a regular customer. | | | | William Eltherington at CTV |
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🚍 OC Transpo |
▪️Most of the electric buses expected for this autumn have been pushed back to next year. OC Transpo had ordered 22 buses but builder New Flyer is advising that it will be late delivering 16 of them. The Agency has also decided to cancel all 60 foot-long electric buses, and only run the 40 foot-long ones. | | | | Ted Raymond at CTV |
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💨 Idlers |
▪️The City has updated the idling bylaw. The new bylaw allows motorists to idle their vehicle for up to three minutes when the temperature is between 0° and 27° and a limit of 10 minutes when the temperature is colder than 0° and warmer than 27°. The current law sets a three minute limit only when the temperature is between 5° and 27°. The new law comes into effect January 2025. The fine for violating it is $500. | | | | Blair Crawford in the Ottawa Citizen |
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🖋️ Naming Things |
▪️Nominations are now being accepted under the City’s new Commemorative Naming Programme. The updated programme covers everything from trees and benches to parks and bridges. The new rules are:
• Applications will be reviewed bi-annually in the spring and fall, streamlining the process for applicants. • A new Commemorative Naming Working Group will review and prioritize applications with diverse perspectives to ensure fair evaluation. • Names related to Indigenous communities will be Indigenous-led and reviewed by the Anishinabe Algonquin Consultative Circle. • The updated policy focuses on improving representation for underrepresented groups, aiming to reflect the diversity of Ottawa’s population by correcting past imbalances in commemoration practices.
Nominations can be made here.
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THE ROLLING 3 DAY CALENDAR |
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TODAY |
🆓 As part of Ottawa Architecture Week, Carleton University alumna Heather Dubbeldam will speak about her practice’s built work, design research and advocacy efforts. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Ottawa Art Gallery. |
▪️Digital Arts Resource Centre will screen Abraham Côté’s documentary My Indian Name on a loop through October 4. |
🆓 You’ll cringe, but not necessarily with fright, at the Ottawa Bad Movie Nights screening of The Bat (1959). Ottawa Public Library main branch, 6:30pm to 8:30 pm. |
▪️ByTowne Cinema: Girls Will Be Girls, The Substance |
▪️Mayfair Theatre: The Critic, Good One, Night of the Comet |
Gigs |
▪️Wine Lips. House of TARG |
▪️The Ottawa Pocket Jazz Band. Bar Robo |
▪️The Prime Rib Big Band. Irene’s Pub |
▪️Champagne Weather. LIVE on Elgin |
▪️Soft Machine. Rainbow Bistro |
▪️The Gladsome Gentlemen. Red Bird |
▪️Powerglove. The Brass Monkey |
▪️Trivia nights: Cafe Dekcuf, Beyond the Pale Brewing, Bicycle Brewing, Royal Oak Pub (318 Bank St., Hunt Club) |
TOMORROW |
🆓 The Ottawa Music Coalition Songs From The Shed stage welcomes MXZY and Mari Milano from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. Sparks Street between Bank and O’Connor. 🆓 BMDA Cinq à Sept features music from Mat Falvai and Almyr Jules at 55 ByWard Market Square. 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm ▪️Indulge in a five-course fine dining meal of Indigenous culinary delights, created by National Arts Centre sous-chef and Resident Chef Chris Commandant. During Kaie:ri Niwekenhnheke: Four Seasons, the courses will be paired with wines from British Columbia’s Nk’Mip Cellars, North America’s first Indigenous-owned winery. ▪️Paper Moon Theatre presents Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street for four performances only. Tickets from $59. Babs Asper Theatre at the National Arts Centre. ▪️Grammy and Tony-nominated baritone Norm Lewis sings Broadway hits with the NAC Orchestra. ▪️The 168th edition of Metcalfe Fair opens this evening. 🆓 The 2nd annual Minoshkite , Music & Arts Festival showcases some of Canada’s top Indigenous artists and performers. Presented by the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF), ELMNT FM, and Canada’s Music Incubator. 7:00 pm at The Bronson Centre Music Theatre, 211 Bronson Ave. K1R 6H5 ▪️Paint brushes at the ready: A new season of Art Battles launches at Overflow Brewing Company. ▪️ByTowne Cinema: The Critic, Ciné-Club d’Ottawa: Sur la terre comme au ciel, Ciné-Club d’Ottawa: Bernadette ▪️Mayfair Theatre: Good One, The Critic, Night of the Comet Gigs ▪️Mark Green. Irene’s Pub ▪️Camp Saint Helene. Avant-Garde Bar ▪️Ally Fiola. Montgomery Scotch Lounge ▪️Begonia. National Arts Centre ▪️Alanna Stirling. The Rainbow Bistro ▪️UDO. The Brass Monkey ▪️Trivia Night. Ridge Rock Brewing (Carp) ▪️Ash Ravens. LIVE on Elgin ▪️Tom Wilson (Tehohàhake Trio). The Bronson Centre |
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FRIDAY |
▪️Enjoy independent music at the 1st annual Hope RockFest, happening at Overflow Brewery. Celebrate Friday with music, food, and great locally crafted beer, and support the H.O.P.E. charity. ▪️Enjoy beer and German food at Byward Oktoberfest, today at 73 York St. ▪️Road Trip: This is the perfect weekend to visit Carleton Place. Pumpkinfest means sidewalk sales, kids’ entertainment, the Pumpkin Hunt (find all them all for your chance to win a prize). ▪️Harry Manx plays an intimate gig at Manotick United Church, as part of the 2024 Festival of Small Halls. ▪️Direct from the UK, Shenkman Arts Centre presents Walk Right Back, the Everly Brothers Story, for one night only. ▪️Meet the artists and explore their creative processes at Studio Space Ottawa’s 5th Anniversary Open Studio + Art Sale. Vernissage with remarks and cake at 7:00 pm tonight with the tour continuing from noon to 5:00 pm tomorrow (Saturday October 5). ▪️ByTowne Cinema: Girls will be Girls, The Substance ▪️Mayfair Theatre: The Critic, Good One, Night of the Comet Gigs ▪️Miesha & The Spanks. NAC Fourth Stage ▪️Chloé Sainte-Marie. NAC Azrieli Studio ▪️The Nightingale. Harold Sherman Hall |
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JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING |
🆓 Submissions are now open for artists to showcase at the Canadian Independent Music Association’s Canada House at The Great Escape festival in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2025. The deadline to apply is November 8, 2024.
▪️Toronto-based supergroup Tommy Youngsteen (with session musicians from Stars, The Trews, Arkells, The Sam Roberts Band and more) play The Very Best of Paul Simon on October 18. Shenkman Arts Centre, tickets $62.50 |
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DEALS OF THE DAY |
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| You’ve got the meal figured out, so don’t leave your Thanksgiving tablescape to the last minute. Maker House has #madeinToronto woven placemats in a range of colours on sale for $4.99 each |
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 | DeSerres |
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| Making something incredible is easier with DeSerres’ “Fresh deals on creative essentials” event. Save up to 60% on select markers, paints, tools, frames, and more. |
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BUT, ONE MORE THING … |
Animals in the Toronto zoo are being fed by Zoober Eats, a service performed by robots built by Real Life Robotics, which does its autonomous testing at the Area XO testing ground near the Experimental Farm. |
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