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HELLO OTTAWA Father’s Day Gift Guide #1 ▪️ Give your sporty dad a new cycling top from The Cyclery. Although in-person shopping is still a no-no, the website is well stocked with bike parts, clothing and accessories, and gadgets for hard to buy for fellows. Right now you can score a Castelli mens jersey for $299.99, and for a very Canadian look, they’ve even got a few ’20 Biemme Canada jerseys for $55. ▪️ Sporty and unsporty Dads alike will appreciate a sport massage from Body + Mind Sports Massage Therapy. The price list will suit all budgets, starting at $45 for 15 minutes for a visit with a Registered Massage Therapist. Located at 783A Gladstone. ▪️ Hand make a gift card for an offspring + dad breakfast at Father & Sons in Sandy Hill, once the lockdown is lifted. If he likes his breakfast classic, you won’t go wrong with the Breakfast Special for $6.99, including two eggs, two slices of toast, home fries, and sausage, bacon or ham. This is quintessential diner breakfasting. ▪️ Speaking of breakfast, order him a hearty bowl of oatmeal from Oat Couture Oatmeal Cafe. This isn’t your granny’s porridge: the Woodstock Oatmeal Bowl is a rich mix of oatmeal, yoghurt, maple syrup, granola, dates, banana, hemp, and chia seeds ($8 - $14) and that’s just one option. If oatmeal doesn’t float his boat, there’s a toast menu as well as a selection of paninis. Open for takeout and delivery from 7:00am to 10:00pm, 365 days a year. ▪️ Get outside, and take Dad for a pleasant hike at the much-Insta’d Mer Bleue Bog, off Ridge Road K0A 2Y0. It’s a gorgeous walk, and the fresh air will do him (and you) good. We'll see you tomorrow – Martha and Darren ?️ Do you know something that Ottawa should hear about? Email to us at hello@theottawan.com. We read every single comment. |
#STATS Weather: ☀️ Mainly sunny. High of 17°, low of 4° Number: 500,000. The number of significant representations of insect diversity, including beetles, donated to the Canadian Museum of Nature. Two retired professors, Drs. Jarmila and Stewart Peck, have just made a major gift to cover travel, lodging and related expenses for visits by global scientists to the museum’s national research and collections facility. [Ottawa Citizen] Ottawan of the Day: PACKS. The singer, born Madeline Link, has released her debut album Take The Cake. [NME] [Take The Cake] Quote: ‘It’s the fastest growing sport in the world’ – Katherine Usher-Vollett, general manger of the Amberwood Golf & Country Club. She's talking about pickleball. (What is Ottawa’s obsession with pickleball?) [Instagram] |
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE ? 8,251,642 doses have been administered in Ontario At this rate, it will take 6.7 weeks to give each Ontarian one dose each Info from Vaccination tracker by Andrew Lam (@socialvizcanada) ? Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca vaccines delivery tracker ? Public Health Reports: |
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COVID-19 NEWS ⭕ Mayor Jim Watson and Chief Medical Officer Dr Vera Etches say Ottawa’s schools are safe to open now, urge Province to open them. [CBC] +Related Premier Doug Ford has asked for experts’ opinions on when to reopen schools. Deadline is tomorrow. ⭕ People in Gatineau can get their second AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dose after only eight weeks under new rules. [CBC] ⭕ Manitoba is currently the worst COVID-19 jurisdiction in North America. Indigenous people in Manitoba are the main sufferers. [NY Times] ? The Canada COVID Alert App Be alerted if you have come in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. |
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#WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT ▪️ The Vanier Porsche dealership has been approved for a $2.5 million community improvement grant. City council split on a 15 – 9 vote to give Mark Motors the grant, contingent on the dealer building a new showroom on Montréal Road. Proponants argue that with increased property taxes and permit fees, the City comes out ahead financially. Opponents ask why grants are given to businesses that were intending on expanding regardless. [CBC] ▪️ City council has asked the Integrity Commissioner to investigate who leaked the Sinkhole Memo. The City had not made public a lawsuit against its insurers over the 2019 Rideau Street sinkhole, created during the construction of the Confederation Line. A memo was leaked to the Ottawa Citizen and the CBC, much to Council’s consternation. The investigation is expected to cost $25,000. [CBC] ▪️ The ByTowne Cinema will return – under new ownership. Owner Bruce White has announced that new ownership has been arranged, and that the ByTowne will reopen when loosening COVID-19 restrictions allow such things. Says White, ““The new owners can’t be asked to lose money right from their opening day, so your next trip to the ByTowne can’t happen for a while.” [Apt 613] ▪️ After 60 years, the White Horse restaurant in the East End is closing. The building in which the White Horse rents has been sold and will be redeveloped as a six-storey apartment building. The restaurant owners say that they are not ready to retire, and will reopen in a new location – when they find one – after the pandemic. [Ottawa Citizen] ▪️ After 40 years, Prospero Books on Bank Street has closed. Indigo Books, which owns the business, says that the closure is an ‘optimization of it's real estate portfolio.’ Employees will be offered work in Indigo stores. [Ottawa Citizen]
▪️ Art auction for Old Ottawa South’s Save Our Firehall campaign ▪️ Kathleen Edwards features in US public radio's Tiny Desk Concerts. ▪️ The Great Glebe Garage Sale begins tomorrow, albeit virtual. |
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