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• Birthdays 

• Honestly, we need a better method then this. We try to shout out the birthdays of our members as they come up but our system really is just us writing the dates on our calendar.

• Which is how we missed Member Irene’s birthday on June 17. Sorry Irene! We’ll remember next year.

• Magic

• Congratulations to reader Diane O, whose name was picked to win the tickets to Outerbridge Magic – Mysteries of Keyhole House.

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  Not just hot but a dry summer
  
  Liquor Control Board of Ontario stores closed today for the next fortnight as store workers go on strike. 

• If an agreement can not be made in that time, 30 LCBO stores will reopen for limited Friday, Saturday, and Sunday service – which stores in particular will open will be announced later.

• Online ordering through LCBO remains open and delivery is free across Ontario.

• LCBO warehouses also remain open, so restaurants, licenced supermarkets, and rural agency stores will still be stocked. The Beer Store is not involved in the strike and will remain open.

• The strike doesn’t affect the taprooms of the 35 plus craft breweries across the region, so feel free to shop local. Or visit one of the four local vineyards for wine.

• The issue for LCBO store workers is an existential one: the Ontario government previously announced that beer, wine, and mixed drinks would soon be available in corner stores, reducing the need for free standing LCBO outlets. 

• Something that hasn't really been talked about is that expanded network of booze outlets will be warehoused and serviced by Trillium Supply Chain Services, a private company owned by DHL, not the LCBO.
  
  New (to us) Brewery

• Just this morning, reader Lauren tipped us on a new addition for our Craft Brewery Beer Map, Kick and Push Brewing Company, which is right on our map’s psychological border in Sharbot Lake. 
  
  The brewery is named after the K&P Trail, a 180 km hiking and biking route from Kingston to Renfrew. 

• – Martha and Darren

Number

• $1,400,000
• – The damages asked for by the family of a patient who died at the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital when under the care of Dr Brian Nadler. 
• Yesterday, we wrote how Nadler was acquitted over charges of murder of four patients in the hospital and the subsequent $20,000,000 lawsuit he and his family filed against the hospital and some staff members.
• The lawsuit against Nadler accuses him of administering ‘not indicated’ medicines which ‘would likely be lethal’ to their family member. None of the claims have been tested in court. (Aedan Helmer and Marlo Glass in the Ottawa Citizen)

Ottawan of the Day

• Dave Cameron
• – The coach of the Ottawa 67s has been selected as head coach for Team Canada in the 2025 World Junior Hockey Championship. Cameron was coach in 2022 when Canada won gold, in 2011 for a silver, and assistant coach in 2009 for another gold. The World Junior Hockey Championship will be held in Ottawa this Dec 26 to Jan 5, 2025. (Canadian Press) 

Quote 

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• Maybe a good bowling alley or something competitive. I haven’t done that in a while, or a mini golf place – I love mini golf once in a while

• – Third baseman for the Ottawa Titans, AJ Wright, answering the question ‘Is there something you’re looking for in Ottawa you haven’t found?’. The 27 year-old hails from just outside Philadelphia. (Kiersten Vuorimaki in Apartment 613) 
  
  Helpfully, Apartment 613 advises AJ to check out West Park Bowling, Mini Golf Gardens, and Mer Bleue Miniputt.

Sports

• 🏀 CEBL Ottawa BlackJacks 92 – Montréal Alliance 91 last night
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 8 – Schaumburg Boomers 6 last night

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CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

No meetings Monday.

📋 Meetings and agendas

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🏠 Get Thee a Nunnery

• The City is in the process of purchasing a former nunnery in Orléans. Maison Notre Dame de la Providence was built in 1960 for the Sisters of Charity – the Grey Nuns – as a retreat and retirement home for its members. The City plans for the building to house 115 refugees on the leafy and secluded 10.5-hectare St. Joseph Boulevard site. The Sisters of Charity strong armed an additional $1 million from the City, for a $11 million purchase price. (Elyse Skura at CBC)

⚕️ Unknown Patient

• The Ottawa Police Service is asking the public to identify an unconscious patient. The man is between 30 to 40 years old, 5’9, 190 pounds, has short brown hair, and was wearing black shoes, shorts and a white t-shirt. He was found the canal by Rideau Street and Colonel By Drive. There is a picture of two distinctive tattoos – a peace symbol and a maple leaf – in the link. Anyone with information is asked to call 613 236 1222 ext 5166 or email to centralciu@ottawapolice.ca. (Ottawa Police Service)

📺 CJOH

• Patricia Boal is the new anchor of CTV Ottawa’s News at Six. Previously, she was anchor of News at Five and she will continue her 10:00 am morning show on CFRA radio, ‘Ottawa at Work’. Matt Skube will take over anchoring News at Five and continue hosting the news at 11:30 pm. Longtime News at Six anchor Graham Richardson announced that he was seeking new opportunities last month. (CTV Ottawa)

🎉 Court Circular

• Guests at the US Embassy’s annual Fouth of July party in Rockcliffe were serenaded by 90s rockers Gin Blossoms. Guests were also treated to Merry Dairy ice cream.
  
  Over at the UK High Commission, High Commissioner Susannah Goshko threw an election watch party to witness the incumbant Conservatives get swept out by a surging Labour Party. US ambassador David Cohen went to that party as well. (Ottawa Playbook)

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Today

• Happy 20th anniversary to Avant-Garde Bar. Help them celebrate this incredible milestone by attending their party with live music from Basement Dweller, The Rough Go, Quantum Boogie, and All Bark No Bite. $10 online or $15 at the door. 135 1/2 Besserer St. Ottawa K1N 9K4 
   

• 🆓 ‘Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.’ The absurdism of 60-year old Cold War satire Dr Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb seems perfectly in tune with our weird world of 2024. Capital Pop-Up Cinema presents a free screening of the Kubrick classic at Beechwood Cemetery, tonight at dusk (around 8:45 pm). Bring your own picnic (be sure to take your trash with you), blanket, and lawn chair. Popcorn, gummies, and water will all be available for sale. 

• Famous bluesmen Nickelback hit the RBC stage tonight at Bluesfest. Your general admission ticket will get you access to all stages and all performances. Tickets $110 including fees and tax. 

• Rum Ragged headlines Almonte Celtfest, with special guests Mariner’s Curse. Tickets $30. There’s more great music all weekend but the festival doesn’t stop there. If you want to take up a new instrument or brush up your skills, check out the series of workshops happening on Saturday morning ($25 per student). On Sunday, there's a Fiddle Mass. All main stage performances are in Gemmill Park (182 Bridge St, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0), but you’ll also find talented buskers in the downtown area. Finally, food and drink vendors will be there to perk you up when your energy wanes. 

• Music and Beyond summer music festival welcomes big names like the Phaeton Trio, Miloš, Utrecht String Quartet II, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Payadora Tango Ensemble, Hannaford Street Silver Band, and Armour & Lacroix, but we’re also intrigued by the way that the festival explores how music interacts with with other arts disciplines like Circus and Film. The festival runs today through July 17, with the main series happening at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre and Outside the Core events popping up around town. Single concert tickets and festival passes are now on sale. 

• It’s all to, um, draw for at the Art Battle City Championships at Overflow Brewing, as the participants create artworks under pressure, in the hopes of moving on to the Canadian National Championships in Toronto. Who knew that art was a competitive sport?! 

• A massive 12 sonic creators from Ottawa and beyond, at two different venues, all in a single night: That’s the music event that is Coriolis: 5 years of Fun, presented by Congrego and Montréal’s Also Cool. Head to Club SAW for the first part of the night, then make your way to city at night for part two. Tickets are $35 at the door, or $20 plus charges online. 

• If the the Nickelback show at Ottawa Bluesfest doesn’t give you enough Nickelback, Emo Night Ottawa can help. They’re presenting A Love Letter to Chad at Berlin from 10:00 pm, where they'll be spinning hits from the band as well as some of your other alt-rock faves. 56 ByWard Market. 

• That big top tent at 1200 St Laurent is the home of Cirque Italia’s Water Circus Gold show, in residence from today through Sunday (July 7). 

• ByTowne Cinema: Ghostlight, L’é5é denier (Last Summer), MaXXXine, I Saw the TV Glow

• Mayfair Theatre: Thelma, Tuesday, Stop Making Sense 

  Gigs

• The Nausea, Flat Grey, Echthros, Mark Molnar, Clinical Bedfellows. Cafe Dekcuf

• Discontinuity, Valvehead, Alturna, The Aphelion. Rainbow Bistro
  teeth. LIVE on Elgin

• Acid Moth, Overcook, Congregation of Savagery, Altar of the Fuzz. House of TARG

• Barrow Gang. Atomic Rooster

• Garry Elliott Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

• Willy Nilly with GRFN, Gabriel. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

Tomorrow

• 🆓 Road trip: Not only can you shop from local vendors at the Calabogie Market, but tomorrow’s event is also a car show. Bring a donation for the Calabogie Food Bank and enjoy the classic autos on display. 
   
• Almonte Celtfest continues with performances from the Fitzgerlads, East Coast Experience, and more. Plus, kids’ activities food truck, and more. Admission is by donation. 
   
• The Music and Beyond summer music festival continues with performances at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, St. Thomas Anglican Church, and Woodroffe United Church.
   
• Make like Dorothy and escape from Oz – the Oz Experience, that is. 
   
• Famous bluesman 50 Cent leads the pack at Bluesfest tonight at LeBreton Flats. 
   
• Road Trip: Perth has it going on this weekend:
  🚗 Take a peek into 11 fabulous homes and gardens in the CFUW Perth & District Home & Garden Tour. Tickets cost $30 each, and will support the CFUW’s post-secondary education bursary program for women and girls in Lanark County. 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. A picnic lunch is also available for $20. 
  
  🚗 Shop with the experts at The Perth Antique Show & Sale. The event runs Saturday and Sunday, offering history-soaked art, jewellery, china, furniture, textiles, and tools from local dealers as well as those visiting from Québec and Western Ontario. $7 entry. Civitan Club, 6787 County Road 43, Perth K7H 3C7
   
• Music & Beyond Festival continues with performances at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, St. Thomas Anglican Church, and Woodroffe United Church. 
   

• 🆓 It’s a 613Flea Saturday at Aberdeen Pavilion, Lansdowne Park. Give yourself plenty of time, because it’s not easy visiting more than 150 vendors in one shopping trip. 

• Natsu Matsori, the Japanese festival, celebrates the food and culture of Japan with a day of programming.11:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Sandy Hill Community Centre and Annie Pootoogook Park. In case of rain, the entire festival will move indoors. 

• The Dominion Tavern is turning 30. Starting in the early afternoon they’re holding not just a celebration but a Super Party with all the trimmings, from BBQ to bag pipes. 33 York St. K1N 5S7. Tickets are $15. 

• Grab some laughs as Québecs best comedians hit the stage at Gatineau Comedy Festival. Toutes performances are en Français. 

• That big top tent at 1200 St Laurent is the home of Cirque Italia’s Water Circus Gold show, in residence today through Sunday (July 7). 

• Road Trip: Get outta town for a cozy weekend lunch overlooking the Gatineau River at the Village House in Wakefield. The menu of upscale comfort food is available from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm every Saturday and Sunday until late October. 759 ch Riverside, Wakefield J0X 3G0 

• ByTowne Cinema: Ghostlight, Wicked Little Letters, l’été dernier (Last Summer), Maxxxine

• Mayfair Theatre: Thelma, Tuesday, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 
  
  Gigs

• TARG Dance Mix 2000 - Summer Jam XtendaMix 2000-2015

• Northblane. Bronson Centre

• Ness Nöst, Chloe Laberge. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

• Aurora’s Reef, The Get Alongs. Rainbow Bistro

• Karaoke Night. Hintonburg Public House

• Martin-Card-Laroche Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

• The Prowlers, The Scally Cap Brats, Vanier Shank, Sons of Scotland Pipe & Drum Band. Dominion Tavern.

Sunday

• Today’s Bluesfest highlights: Maroon 5 headline the RBC Main Stage, with guests Carly Rae Jepsen and Tyler Shaw. 
   
• Today’s lineup at Music and Beyond ranges from the Music at Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, Ensemble Caprice performing an all-Vivaldi program, and more. 
   
• Catch Riverthieves, Kelly Sloan, and other great music acts at the second day of Almonte Celtfest. Admission is by donation. 
   
• Ottawa Atletico vs Pacific FC at TD Place, 1:00 pm. 
   
• 🆓 Go beyond Pad Thai and sample authentic flavours at the Thai Street Food Festival, Horticulture Building, Lansdowne Park. The food isn’t the only star of this show; you’ll see performances, demonstrations, and maybe relax with a Thai massage. Presented by the Royal Thai Embassy. 1525 Princess Patricia Way, K1S 3W Free but you’ll need to book a ticket.
   
• Visit one of the bijou Sunday markets dotted around our region today:

  Market at the Barn in Stittsville 

• Road Trip: Lost Villages Brewery’s Hops ’n’ Shops in Long Sault 

• Road Trip: Meet artisans and craftspeople at the Terrasse du Square Sunday market in Old Chelsea. 10:00am to 1:00 pm. 248 chemic Old Chelsea, Chelsea, QC J9B 1J3 

• It’s a Dog’s Day at the Market - the Nepean Night Market, that is. This sounds beyond cute, with a kissing/photo booth for you and your pooch and a parade led by Happy the dog. Obvs dogs are allowed at this market. 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

• ByTowne Cinema: Yintah, Ghostlight, L’été dernier (Last Summer) 

• Mayfair Theatre: Thelma, To Have and Have Not, The Wild Bunch 

  Gigs

• Summer Indie Folk Nite. LIVE on Elgin

• Free-Play Sunday After Dark 8:00 pm to 12:00 am. House of TARG

• The Sunday Night Revue. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

Monday

• Start with an afternoon of French music performed by Tapestry at Music and Beyond festival. Next, Canada’s celebrated Bandonéonist Denis Plante plays a program of tango. After that, you’ll have to choose between classical pianist Arsentiy Kharitonov performing Jean-Philippe Rameau, César Franck, Maurice Ravel, Sergei Rachmaninov, and his own compositions; and Miloš, who will take his audience on a classical guitar journey from Paul McCartney to George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, and beyond. 

• Singalong to your fave show tunes at the hugely popular Broadway Nights Ottawa open mic. Club SAW, starting at 7:30 pm. $15 per person. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Ghostlight, L’été dernier (Last Summer), MaXXXine

• Mayfair Theatre: Tuesday, To Have and Have Not, The Wild Bunch 

  Gigs

• Jazz Jam with the Beeched Wailers. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

• Bluegrass Mondays with The Dusty Drifters. Red Bird

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• Multimedia creatives: get ready to save at the DARC Garage Sale, Saturday July 13. Find deals on cameras, audio equipment, computers, and more. 

• Watch the 2024 Euro UEFA Final at the TD Place Watch Party. Sunday July 14 at 3:00 pm. 

• Not all of the new round of courses at Ottawa City Woodshop have sold out, but they probably will. The new ‘Condo-Friendly Dining Table’ course in particular looks interesting (September 7, 14, 21, 28, and October 5), but we also like to imagine ourselves giving a Hand Made Laminated Chopping Board (August 16th/23rd) to a loved one at Christmas.

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Tom Green made his fame in Ottawa, moved to Los Angeles, and is back now, living in the Ottawa Valley. The Q with Tom Power show on CBC interviewed Green in front of a live audience at the Banff World Media Festival, where he was this year’s recipient of the Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award. It’s a good, career spanning podcast.

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