HELLO OTTAWA | → Tewin drawings have been released before tonight’s public meeting | → Rideau Hall skating rink opens tomorrow (cross your fingers) | → Local Members of Parliament, both Federal and Provincial, have been apologizing, speechifying, and job applying | → ☀️ High -4° Low -14° and sunny | – Martha and Darren | | STATISTICS OTTAWA | | 4 | The vastly reduced number of tickets that have been issued on Lynda Lane near the Ottawa Hospital General Campus. Motorists are permitted to park for two hours between April and November but a small sign banned parking December to March. After CTV reported on 111 tickets being issued by Ottawa ByLaw, the two-hour parking sign has been removed. | | | | Josh Pringle at CTV |
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| OTTAWAN OF THE DAY | Michael Wakefield | The Defensive lineman for the Ottawa RedBlacks has signed up for another year with the team. Wakefield was the RedBlack’s unanimous nominee for the CFL’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player award last year, leading the league with eight sacks. | | | | Don Brennan in the Ottawa Citizen |
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| – An anthropomorphised dog requesting help to find his two missing companions, as posted by Ottawa ByLaw on Twitter. The department picked up the dog at Farmers Way and Piperville Road but his two boxer mix companions have not been found. Call 311 if you have seen them. | | | | Ottawa ByLaw Twitter |
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| | WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL | No meetings until January 13. | Agenda | | WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT | 🏗️ Tewin | ▪️Some drawings have been released of the Tewin development, ahead of tonight’s public meeting. The drawings show a main street with shops, surrounded by tallish-residential buildings and further surrounded by townhomes plus a fancy-looking community centre. The development near the intersection of Boundary Road and Highway 417 was approved despite the lack of transit or City infrastructure and is expected to house 35,000 people. Tonight’s public meeting will be 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Carlsbad Springs Community Centre (6020 Piperville Road). | | | | Blair Crawford in the Ottawa Citizen |
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| 🗳️ Members of Parliament, Federal and Provincial | ▪️Member of Parliament for Nepean, Chandra Arya, has announced his intention to run for the leadership of the Federal Liberal party. Arya’s two known platform promises are make Canada a republic, dropping the king, and to cancel the carbon tax. The current leader, New Edinburgh resident Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, announced that he will step down as soon as the party has selected a new head. Arya’s campaign site will launch this evening at 6:00 pm. | | | | Josh Pringle at CTV |
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| ➕ Related Ottawa Centre Member of Parliament Yasir Naqvi says ‘we need to expand our urban tree canopy’. | ➕ Related The outgoing Member of the Provincial Parliament for Ottawa Centre, Joel Harden, MPP for Ottawa Centre, has published the farewell speechthat he gave to the house. Harden has filed papers to run for the New Democratic Party’s candidacy for the Naqvi’s federal Ottawa Centre riding. | ➕ Related Outgoing Member of Provincial Parliament for Nepean, Lisa MacLeod, has apologized to Husien Abu-Rayash, who is running to take MacLeod’s place as Conservative candidate for the Nepean riding. Abu-Rayash told the CBC that the now-deleted Tweets from MacLeod ‘unleashed a flood of hate my way and facing Islamophobia head-on really hurts’. | | OTTAWA HISTORIC LOGO T-SHIRTS |  | BNR |
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Please use our easy event submission form | TODAY | ▪️ An in-person session ‘to learn about and provide feedback on the Tewin project and the study process will be held tonight.. Display panels will introduce a preliminary land use plan and options for supporting infrastructure’. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Carlsbad Springs Community Centre (6020 Piperville Road). (Details) ▪️ Enjoy games and ice time during the Family Games and Skate Nighton the synthetic rink at 55 ByWard Market Square. ▪️ Figureworks’ 12th Prize Show will open with a Vernissage at Wallack Galleries (308 Bank St). Attendees who arrive early enough will have the opportunity to cast a vote in the People’s Choice Award. The exhibition will be up until January 18. ▪️ Microgreens Ottawa is holding another 1.5 hour beginner course to teach you the basics is growing your own crop of microgreens at home. $70 + tax (includes supplies). 🆓 You don’t need a reservation to participate in Bingo Night at Broadhead Brewery. You should, however, bring your competitive spirit. ▪️ You do need a reservation for Stray Dog Brewing’s Trivia Night. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Vermiglio, Babygirl, A Real Pain ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Maria, Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979) Gigs ▪️ Dart Trees. LIVE on Elgin ▪️ Karaoke Thursdays. Atomic Rooster ▪️ Maria Hawkins. Irene’s Pub ▪️ Big Trout. Rainbow Bistro |
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| TOMORROW | | SATURDAY | ▪️ Whether or not you are Ukrainian, if you love a good party you’ll want to check out the Ottawa Malanka soirée. This ‘Old Ukrainian New Year’s Eve’ party includes cocktails, dinner, music, and dancing. $97.18 🆓 150 vintage clothing, antiques, food and drink vendors and bakers return to 613Flea at Lansdowne Park. ▪️ Ottawa Charge meet Boston Fleet at the Arena at TD Place. ▪️ Kanata Wind Ensemble will be playing a range of both familiar music - we’re looking at you, Barber of Saville - and lesser known pieces at its Overtures concert. ▪️ 20-and-30 somethings looking to make new friends: Meet people over cocktails at Rabbit Hole. ▪️ Make a clay snowman by hand at Hintonburg Pottery. For ages 5 through adult. ▪️ End the Christmas season in a big, Medieval way with the Boar’s Head Feast Society of Ottawa. ▪️ You’ll find more vintage sellers at Vintage Pop-Up 613 over at Next Door Event Space. Come back Sunday for different vendors. ▪️ Rainbow Bistro goes nostalgic with 80s & 90s Party featuring the New Vintage band. Tickets $15 in advance / $20 at the door. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, L’Amour ouf, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T., To Die For ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Flow, Queer, Vixen!, Saturday Night Sinema Gigs ▪️ Honey Locust with Neeve Crichton. Avant-Garde Bar ▪️ Hot Jupiter. The Carleton Tavern ▪️ The Haylofters. Irene’s Pub ▪️ Frostbite, Nirthal, Longhouse. Dominion Tavern ▪️ Jason Wilson. Red Bird ▪️ Open Mic Night. New Edinburgh Fieldhouse ▪️ Jesus Christ! The Band. LIVE on Elgin ▪️ Dance Mix 2008: Millennial Pop Dance Party. House of TARG |
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| JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING | | | DEALS OF THE DAY |  | Maker House |
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| Now that the year has begun, it’s the best time to buy a discounted wall or desk calendar. Maker House has a very good Canadian-made collection. Check out the vintage images of Parks Canada, the vivid illustrations of Ojibwe artist Jim Oshkineegish, and the always adorable Golden Girls. |
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| | BUT, ONE MORE THING … | Three-time Grand Slam doubles champion Gabriela Dabrowski has revealed that she played through a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment throughout last season. Dabrowski discovered a lump in 2023 and underwent two surgeries and a series of recovery treatments while competing. At her final tournament, the WTA Tour Finals in Riyadh which she won with New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe, Dabrowski punted pink tennis balls into the crowd. | | | | James Hansen in The Athletic |
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