HELLO OTTAWA | → Transit will be free for World Juniors ticket holders and volunteers | → Catch the final performance of the improvised family sitcom Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience tomorrow at Arts Court. | → Ottawa Police are really leaning into investigative genetic genealogy | → ☁️ High -2° Low -7° and cloudy | – Martha and Darren | | STATISTICS OTTAWA | | $200,000 | The amount of money provided by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario to help Ottawa Tourism and with Canadian Heritage open their brand new Vistors’ Centre on Elgin Street. The Centre replaces the Capital Information Kiosk that used to be located across the street from Parliament. | | | | Mia Jensen in the Ottawa Business Journal |
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| OTTAWAN OF THE DAY | Bob Henry | The Ottawa Valley Golf Association has inducted Kanata resident Bob Henry into its hall of fame under its special recognition category. Henry’s speciality that was recognized? He’s the Hole in One king, downing 62 since 1991. | | | | Martin Cleary in the Ottawa Sports Pages |
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| – Ottawa Police Service chief Eric Stubbs in a statement on the recommendations made by the coroners’ inquiry on the death of Abdirahman Abdi, which it ruled a homicide at the hands of Ottawa constables. The long, full statement promises a serious review and consultation on how the Service reacts to mental health issues. | | | | Ottawa Police Service |
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| SPORTS | 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 3 – Seattle Kraken 0, last Tuesday | The Sens blanked the Kraken on Tuesday, yesterday we wrote that Seattle somehow got two goals. | | PLEASE SUPPORT THE OTTAWAN | THE OTTAWAN was launched in 2020 as the daily answer to the questions: What’s going on? What should I do? Where is somewhere good to eat? | Please consider joining the many other readers with a monthly, annual, or one-time donation to keep THE OTTAWAN on its mission. | All annual or one-time donations over $60 get a free OTTAWAN or historic logo t-shirt of their choice. |
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| | WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL | No more meetings this week. | Agenda | | WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT | 🚌 OC Transpo | ▪️Para Transpo riders are being forced into lengthy wait times as OC Transpo catches up on minibus repairs. Ottawa's manager of transit services Renée Amilcar says ‘[t]hese older vehicles require additional repairs that are often more complex and take longer to complete’. Demonstrating the farsightedness for which OC Transpo is famous, Amilcar said ‘a vehicle replacement program was postponed during the COVID-19 pandemic due to low ridership’. | | | | CBC |
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| ▪️Transit will be free for all ticket holders and volunteers of the World Junior Hockey Championship. Eligible riders can use any mode of OC Transpo at no charge three hours before and three hours after a game. This includes ParaTranpo, although it still requires booking 24 hours beforehand. The Juniors run from December 26 to January 5. | | | | Natasha O’Neill at CityNews |
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| 🗞️ Indian Time | ▪️The weekly newspaper for Akwesasne, Indian Time, has published its final edition. The reasons for the closing of the 42 year-old paper are the usual: declining sales and ad revenue. Staff have worked without pay since June in an attempt to save it. Akwesasne, which considers itself as one First Nation, inconveniently has the Canada – US border bisecting it. | | | | Jorge Barrera at CBC |
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| | 🛬 Air Travel | ▪️A Porter Airlines flight from Ottawa to Toronto landed safely after sending out a ‘mayday’ call. Flight 2704 declared the ‘mayday’ after sensors reported smoke in the cabin, although no smoke was seen by the crew. No one was injured. | | | | Bryann Aguilar at CityNews |
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| | OTTAWA HISTORIC LOGO T-SHIRTS | An Ottawa Historic Logo t-shirt would probably make a terrific Christmas or Hanukkah gift – but it’s too late.
You can order if you like – we’d never say no to a sale – but the chances of the t-shirt making it to you before Dec 23 is pretty much none. | It’s a great way to ring in the New Year, though, after New Year’s Day. There is no way one would arrive before then at this point. |  | Ottawa Valley Ale |
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| Ottawa Valley Ale T-Shirt | Long forgotten, but Ottawa’s first craft brewery was Ottawa Valley Ale, incorporated in 1985. | Help support THE OTTAWAN by buying one of our historic logo t-shirts. | |
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| | THE ROLLING 3 DAY CALENDAR | Is there an event we should know about?
Please use our easy event submission form | TODAY | ▪️ A Tyler Shaw Christmas is an all-ages event at Algonquin Commons Theatre. ▪️ Road Trip to Brockville: Clow’s Christmas Trail is a 1.5 km walk in the forest, where you’ll find seasonal displays and possibly interesting characters walking with you. Nightly until December 23 at 2224 Hallecks Rd West, Brockville K5V 5T3. Stick around town for Brockville River of Lights, a free event that you can park tp view or drive around. ▪️ Team Canada play Switzerland in a pre-IIHF World Junior Championship game. The Arena at TD Place. ▪️ Zola’s welcomes the Cuppa Joe – Vocal Jazz Quartet for an evening of Live Jazz, food, and drink. ▪️ The Mööse Knuckle Boylesque all-male-identified burlesque revue is back for the fifth iteration at LIVE on Elgin. ▪️ Time is, unfortunately, running out to get your Christmas shopping done. However, Urban Art Collective’s Hintonburg Holiday Night Market is here to help. 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm at 1088 Somerset St. W. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The End, Queer ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: The 6th Annual Miracle on Bank 6 show takes over the entire cinema for the evening in a fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa. Enjoy adult bevies and non-alcoholic ones too as the Mortimer-Lind-Tansley-Deek Family Band take to the (tiny) stage. The cinema snack bar will be open. Gigs ▪️ James Cochrane. Irene’s Pub ▪️ The Healey Brothers. Rainbow Bistro ▪️ DaNielle Hewitt. Montgomery Scotch Lounge |
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| TOMORROW | ▪️ House of TARG gets loud with the Holiday Headbanger featuring Passenger Princess, Casual Tragedies, Rumination Year, and Lazy Bratz. ▪️ If the season’s becoming too stressful, take a salsa lesson and dance the night away at Rahim Salsa Christmas Celebrations. ▪️ Ugly Christmas Sweaters are requested at Broadhead Brewery for Par’s Xmas Party. ▪️ The improvised family sitcom “Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience” closes forever after this final show at Arts Court. ▪️ Move to house and tech house at Late Night Laundry. From 10:00 pm at the 27 Club. 🆓 (but tipping is nice): Let the Ottawa Pocket Jazz Band serenade you with the music of the season. Lavender Grill. 🆓 Sing your heart out by the fire pit as the Findlay Creek Community Association presents an evening of carolling. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Detour: The Lighthouse, Queer, Oh, Canada, Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh Poets & Lovers ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Conclave, Flow, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Gigs ▪️ The RockPhiles. Barley Mow Westboro ▪️ Insanity of Sorrow. Dominion Tavern ▪️ Ky Anto. Art House Café ▪️ Baby Richman. Avant-Garde Bar ▪️ Blakk Zabbath Sozziety, Dead Romantic, Crash. The Lookout Bar & Nightclub ▪️ 4DAYWKND. Rainbow Bistro ▪️ Groove Society Holiday Fiesta with Joe, Marty and Alexa. Poa Tiki Bar ▪️ The Time Beings. The Carleton Tavern |
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| SATURDAY | ▪️ Find last minute gifts and decorating ideas at All My Favourite Things Market Series in ByWard Market. ▪️ Enjoy seasonal tunes and favourite standards this evening as the Stan Clark Orchestra presents Christmas Jazz Concert & Rideau Park United Church. Pay What You Can. ▪️ If the sound of harmonies makes your heart swoon, you need to be at 55 ByWard Market from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm and listen as Hypatia’s Voice (a choir of Sopranos and Altos) sings live against the bustle of a Saturday before Christmas. ▪️ With influences that range from 90s grunge and punk to indie rock and pop, you know that Ottawa jazz quartet Internet Celebrities is going to bring something special to its gig at Art House Café. ▪️ Enjoy a range of seasonal music by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Robert Fleming, Matthew Larkin, James Wright, and more. Christmas with Music and Beyond plays Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre tonight only. ▪️ Brews and BBQ are on the menu at Broadhead Brewery’s A Rusty XMAS party. ▪️ Road Trip: The theme for the 3rd annual Christmas at the Old Town Hall in Winchester, Ontario is “Songs From the Movies.” From $22.63 per ticket. ▪️ The Ottawa Mystic Market’s Yule Market will have everything that your goth, witchy, and spiritual friends and family would desire. Today and Sunday at Next Door Market & Event Space. ▪️ There are limited tickets remaining for the three performances of O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy by James and Jamesy, which plays today, tomorrow, and Monday at Meridian Theatres at Centrepointe. ▪️ From 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, skate with friends and family as a DJ spins the tunes at Lansdowne Park’s Outdoor Ice. No registration required. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Queer, Oh, Canada, Classic Kidz: Elf, All We Imagine As Light. ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party 35: Holiday Season Edition!, That’s Christmas: A seasonal sing-along session and music video screening, Conclave, Black Christmas (1974) Gigs ▪️ Emo Night. The 27 Club ▪️ Go Long, Sorry Snowman, DJ Burn. House of TARG ▪️ The Plager Boys. Arnprior Legion (afternoon show) ▪️ Latin Night. The Alembic ▪️ An Evening with One Night Stand. Conspiracy Theory Brewing ▪️ Southern Style. Irene’s Pub ▪️ 80s New Wave Dance Party at Busters Bar & Grill |
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| | BUT, ONE MORE THING … | In the past year, THE OTTAWAN has mentioned three cold cases that were solved by the Ottawa-area police using investigative genetic genealogy. Often police have DNA of a suspect but are stymied if the suspect has never been entered into a DNA database. Investigative genetic genealogy uses commercial DNA databases to find someone who is genetically a relative, then use traditional police work to follow the family tree to someone who is a plausible suspect. Kristy Nease at CBC has a longread on how this technique came to be used in Ottawa, its successes, and also the implications for employing it, considering Canada’s lack of laws governing its use. |
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