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HELLO OTTAWA

• If you feel like having a swim in the rain, Ottawa Public Health isn’t in favour.

• The rain storm has brought high levels of E.coli bacteria and so swim advisories have been posted at all four Ottawa beaches. 

• Saturday may be a better bet.

– Martha and Darren

STATS

Number

• 11,000
• – The number of new homes that could be accomodated in Ottawa’s rural areas, according to a report commissioned by the City. (Mark Buckshot in the Ottawa Construction News) (Rural Residential Land Survey)

Ottawan of the Day

• Jack Goldberg
• – The Ashbury graduate and current Cornell student has been a leading advocate to add showjumping to the Para Olympics. (Evan Childerhose in Faces magazine) 

Quote 

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• If this motion passes, we are creating a shadow regime

• – Kitchissippi ward councillor Jeff Leiper on a plan to ban councillors from negotiating donations for their wards. During a fraught and hectic discussion, city clerk Caitlin Salter MacDonald was put on the spot when asked if councillors could ask stores for donations of hot dogs to community events (‘Yes’), ask a developer to pay for a play structure in a park (‘No’), and asking for help in the aftermath of a tornado (‘Maybe’).
  
  Leiper and other councillor’s main issue is that the arbitrator of the ban would be the integrity commissioner, who they believe would defer to the clerk. The issue has been delegated to a committee to consider options. (Elyse Skura at CBC)

Sports

• 🏀 CEBL Ottawa BlackJacks 94 – Brampton Honey Badgers 79 last night
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans  – Trois-Rivières Aigles rained out last night

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CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

No more meetings this week.

📋 Meetings and agendas

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🐻 It’s Just Like an Ottawa edition of The Bear

• Celebrity chef Dominique Dufour has been replaced in the regional Canadian Culinary Championship this autumn. The rules state chefs in the competition must be part of a restaurant that is currently operating to take part. Dufour’s beautifully designed Buvette Daphnée on William Street has been closed since a staff walkout over management practices May 31. While Buvette Daphnée is still closed, it appears to be accepting reservations for August 1 and beyond. Chef Sarath Teegavarapu of Kathā will take Dufour’s place. (Peter Hum in the Ottawa Citizen)

🌉 Alexandra Bridge

• The indignity of the Alexandra Bridge continues. Public Services and Procurement Canada held a press conference yesterday, reiterating that retaining the bridge, which carries 4,000 pedestrians and cyclists daily, is not feasable but would not say what the cost of replacing the bridge would be. The Federal government believes that the 1902 bridge is beyond saving. A 2018 report said replacing the Alexandra would cost $800 million but refurbishing it would cost $1 billion. (Catherine Morrison in the Ottawa Citizen)

📺 Night Mayor

• In a video, CTV Ottawa’s Patricia Boal speaks with the City’s new night mayor Mathieu Grondin. No new information, really, but that fact that Grondin is now doing interviews is a step forward. Notably, Grondin only refers to himself as the nightlife commissioner. Good luck with that. (CTV)

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Today

• Road trip: More than 50 businesses are participating in Stroll the Streets Downtown Cornwall today from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 
   
• A Company of Fools open air theatre is back, this time bringing a fresh take on Shakespeare's Macbeth to the stage. Catch the play tonight in Trend Arlington Park, Nepean. 
   
• Urban Sketchers will meet at Canadian Museum of Nature for an evening of group sketching. Book your entry ticket (which is free on Thursday evenings, btw) and don’t forget your sketch pad. 
   
• Today at Bluesfest:The Offspring, Silverstein, Cancer Bats, Josh Ross, Alexa Goldie, Merle Marlow Band, Corb Lund, John Allaire and the Campistas, Chambers DesLauriers, Jessica Pearson & The East Wind, Steph Strings, Kaya Fraser, Alamusic, and DJ Kwame. 
   
• Today at Music & Beyond: Phaeton Piano Trio, Utretch String Quartet, Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan. 
   
• ByTowne Cinema: Wicked Little Letters, L’été dernier (Last Summer), MaXXXine 
   
• Mayfair Theatre: Thelma, Tuesday, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 

  
  Gigs

• Rick Fines. Red Bird

• Comedy Night. Pour Boy

• Animal Boy, Those Who, Apostle Bird. LIVE on Elgin

• Güche, Keto, Scrip Issue. Avant-Garde Bar

• Japanese Fusion Night with Finely Tuned Elephant and NitroTurtle. House of TARG

• Los Gaiteros de Ovejas. National Arts Centre.

  Sports
  
  ⚾ Ottawa Titans vs Trois-Rivières Aigles was postponed last night due to unplayable conditions. This means tonight’s game is a double header, starting at 5:00 pm. Ottawa Stadium 300 Coventry Rd, K1K 4P5

Tomorrow
 

• 🆓 Listen in as artists from Vancouver’s All Bodies Dance Project and Adam Grant Warren and Ottawa’s Propeller Dance embark on a second collaboration with a discussion and presentation about their respective practices. Free but you must reserve your spot. 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm at National Arts Centre’s Peter A Herrndorf Place, 1 Elgin St. 
   
• Yuk Yuk’s presents The Alphabet People: two evenings of Ottawa’s best LGBTQ+ comics, tonight and tomorrow (Saturday July 13). Choose from dinner and a show or just the fabulous show. 
   
• Jewelry making and cocktails: find them both at Drip House for the fourth Beads & Booze event. Choose from two time slots but do it soon; tickets are selling fast. 340B Parkdale Avenue K1Y 2W5 
   

• Road Trip: Ghost hunters, get in the car and head to Cornwall for Investigation at the Historic SDG Jail. The site was a working minimum and maximum security facility from the mid nineteenth century until 2002, and being on site of a summer evening is apparently apt to raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Tickets start at $69.99 per person, which include more than three hours of ghost hunting. Tonight and tomorrow night (Saturday July 13) at 11 Water St. West, Cornwall. 

• A Company of Fools open air theatre is back, this time bringing a fresh take on Shakespeare's Macbeth to the stage. Catch the play tonight in Hiawatha Park, Orléans.

• Experience the magic of a summer evening outdoor film screening with The Truman Show. Churchill Seniors Recreation Centre, 345 Richmond Ave at dusk. 

• Today at Bluesfest: Tyler Chilers with TALK and Brittany Kennell; Brahams with Oddeline and summersets; Bombino with Jerry Portnoy and Empress Nyiringango; Annie Raines & Paul Rishell with Raphael Weinroth-Browne and Wild Remedy; DJ Easy El Dee, DJMC. 

• Today at Music & Beyond Summer Festival: ‘Music and Running’, ‘Voyage á Paris: Les Six’, ‘Fauré: Chamber Music’, Phaeton Piano Trio, Lucibela: Cape Verdean Breezes, Utrecht Quartet. 

• On Sparks Street, True Bijoux jewellers is holding a street party with prizes, cotton candy, and Thomas Sabo’s collab with Haribo. Today and tomorrow (Saturday July 13).

• ByTowne Cinema: A Little Something Extra (Un p’tit true en plus), June Zero, Jaws, MaXXXine

• Mayfair Theatre: Tuesday, L’été dernier (Last Summer), In a Violent Nature 

  Gigs

• Rythum Method. The Carleton Tavern

• Les Ismore productions presents. Avant-Garde Bar

• 80s Dance Party with DJ Remy. House of TARG

• Noche Cubana Ottawa. Latinos Resto Bar

• Jesse Greene Band. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

• Kin Gongolo, Miniata, DEF MAMA DEF. 27 Club

• Vicki Brittle. Red Bird

• The Barrow Gang. Atomic Rooster

• Yassin, Sean Terrier, Almyr Jules. Rainbow Bistro

• Valérie Ekoume. National Arts Centre
  
  Sport
  
  ⚽ Atlético Ottawa vs Vancouver FC at TD Arena
  
  🏉 Canada takes on Romania in Summer Tests 2024 rugby. 7:00 pm at TD Place Stadium 1015 Bank St, K1S 3W7
  
  ⚾ Ottawa Titans face the Québec Capitales at Ottawa Stadium
  
  🐴 Watch expert riders and horses be put through their paces at the Ottawa Summer Tournaments, today through Sunday at Wesley Clover Parks. 401 Corkstown Road, K2H 8G2 

Saturday

• Get down and dirty at Mud Hero Ottawa 2024. Choose from the 6km course, 12km course, and Kids Course. Address: Commando Paintball. Get 40% off the first two with the code SUN40.
   

• Marshall’s Dog Rescue will wash your pup and give him a nail trim, in a fundraising event at Pet Valu Beechwood. All donations support the dogs in Marshall’s Dog Rescue’s care. 

• Today at Music & Beyond Summer Festival: Steffen Schleiermacher, Phaeton Piano Trio, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Andrew Mah. 

• A Company of Fools open air theatre is back, this time bringing a fresh take on Shakespeare's Macbeth to the stage. Catch the show tonight in Windsor Park, Old Ottawa South. 

• Today at Ottawa Bluesfest: Mötley Crüe with The Tea Party, JJ Wilde; James Kennedy with Giacomo Turra, Charlie Edward; Blues Harp Blow-Off with Garret T. Willie, Dony D Band; Garret T. Willie with TJ Wheeler, Sean Pinchin; DJ Eazy El Dee; DJ Kwame. 

• 🆓 Cars & Coffee Ottawa benefits OSEG Foundation as well as the throngs of luxury and vintage car lovers who wander among the automobiles on display. 1000 Exhibition Way K1S 5J3. 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on the Concourse. 

• 🆓 Enjoy workshops, performances, sports, food and drink: the 3rd European Union Cultural Fair starts at 10:00 am at the Great Lawn, Lansdowne Park. 

• Urban Art Collective’s Maker Market welcomes cool makers and artists and also offers mouthwatering Pierogies from BAMM’s Snack Shack. Plus, you can contribute to the upcoming podcast ‘Did You Know? Unearthing Urban Creatives’ - whether or not you’re an artist. It’s all happening from noon to 5:00 pm in the Gallery. 1088 Somerset St. W 

• On Sparks Street, True Bijoux jewellers is holding a street party with prizes, cotton candy, and Thomas Sabo’s collab with Haribo. 

• The Trews headline the HOPE Volleyball Summerfest Tournament stageat Mooney’s Bay Beach. You can buy tickets to the concert even if you’re not playing in the tournament ($25.99 including fee). Today from noon at Mooney’s Bay Beach Park, 2960 Riverside Dr. K1 8N4. 

• ByTowne Cinema: June Zero, A Little Something Extra (Un p’tit truc en plus), Thelma, MaXXXine 

• Mayfair Theatre: Lété dernier (Last Summer), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Saturday Night Sinema 

  Gigs

• Bif Naked. Rideau Carleton Raceway

• Brian An Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

• Gibsons. National Arts Centre

• Midnight Life, Stars. LIVE on Elgin

• The Dant Danners, Loon Choir. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

• The Scepter, Tower Hill, Drowning in Blood. Dominion Tavern
  
  Sport
  
  🐴 Watch expert riders and horses be put through their paces at the Ottawa Summer Tournaments, today through Sunday at Wesley Clover Parks. 401 Corkstown Road, K2H 8G2
  
  🛼 Bring your own camping chair to watch the Ottawa Valley Roller Derby doubleheader from the Vimy Brewing Company Beer Garden at St. Laurent Complex. First up: Guelph’s Royal City Brute Leggers vs Ottawa Valley Rapids, then Valley Cats take on Street Rats. Tickets are $15. 525 Cote St. K1K 0Z8 
  
  ➕ Related Brew Donkey’s Crush’d and Brews’d Tour stops at Stray Dog Brewing and Dominion City Brewing before ending at the Roller Derby.

Just Announced / Now Booking

• Road Trip: Arnprior’s coolest ice cream parlour is putting on a show with Jim Bryson, Thee Male Nurse, Laughing in Slow Motion, and Andrew Rodger. Saturday July 27 in the back yard at Mallard’s Milk Bar (55 John St. North). Buy tickets ($35) at Mallard’s Milk Bar now. 

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DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

We’re not going to be able to explain properly what MONAHAN is. It is probably something best done in a dark room with a hot cup of tea and no other distractions. 

Artist Laura Taler was commissioned by the City of Ottawa Public Art Programme to create a sound piece about the Monahan Wetlands. If you go to the Wetlands – it’s near a Circle K on Eagleson Drive in Kanata – you’ll find paths with benches.

On the benches are QR codes, which will play everything from songs and poems to nature sounds, interviews and stories from dozens of contributors.

Or you can go into that dark room, hold that cup of tea, and click here to hear the 173 bits of sound art. 

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