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In Today’s Edition → Registrations for summer camps and city-wide sports league open → Catch Super Duty Tough Work’s art-rap at the NAC tomorrow → Deal of the Day on #madeincanada bridal couture → ❄️ High 1° Low -10° and light snow. ☀️ 6:44 am 🌛 5:48 pm 🗳️ Ontario Election Today is election day in Ontario. You can find your polling place here. Polls close at 9:00 pm and you don’t need your voter information card if you bring some ID. The Poll Yesterday, we asked ‘Will you be going to Bluesfest this year?’. 23% Yes 68% No 8% No, I only like going out to see blues music. For those those who answered with #3, don’t worry. CityFolk is coming in September, maybe they’ll have blues there. Today’s question: |
Who will be the premier after today’s election? |
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NUMBER - $213,689
- – Mayor Mark Sutcliffe’s salary from the City in 2024, up $14,987 from 2023. Councillors make $119,490, up $8,379 from $111,111 in 2023.
- Josh Pringle at CTV
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SPORTS - 🏒 PWHL Ottawa Charge 5 – New York Sirens 4 last night
- 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 1 – Winnipeg Jets 4 last night
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🚧 No Parking - A partial demolition of the collapsed parkade on Slater street was made by crews today. A decision on what else to do: demolish the whole thing or attempt to repair it has not yet been decided. Around fifty cars are still in limbo.
Josh Pringle at CTV
💥 Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter Explosion - A partial ‘information to obtain’ document used by Ottawa Police to gain a search warrant over the Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter explosion has been released. Alleged negligence includes using parts that were not cleaned of flammable liquids, minimal training of staff, and employees judging if fuel tanks were empty by smell. Nothing has been proven in a court of law.
The 2022 explosion killed six employees.
Kristy Nease at CBC
⛳ City Wide Sports Leagues - The City has opened registrations to join a City Wide sports league. Register for for spring sessions of mixed and women’s beach volleyball, women’s pickleball, and women’s softball. Or plan to play mixed spikeball in the summer and men and women’s hockey in the autumn.
Click here to register.
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➕ Related: Summer camp registration starts tonight at 9:00 pm
🛒 Weekly Grocery Flyer Review - Every week, Stromanker reads all the grocery flyers and posts the best deals on Ottawa Reddit. The week he finds deals on ‘yoghurt, grapes, green peppers, olive oil, and potatoes.’
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✳️ Means change from previous edition THURSDAY
FRIDAY
✳️ Bid adieu to February at Tooth and Nail Brewery’s annual Beach Party. Grass skirts optional. I Heart Beer and Tacos festival at EY Centre (continues Saturday) Also at the EY Centre, the Ottawa Gatineau Golf Expo has all the retailers, demos, auctions, and games (Putting Challenge, anyone?) you want to be ready for the 2025 season. Continues Saturday. The Children, a black comedy about love and marriage in the face of disaster, continues at Gladstone Theatre. Super Duty Tough Work brings art-rap to the National Arts Centre. 🆓 Broadhead Brewery welcomes Seven Dollar Sundress to the stage for Live Music Friday. Also: enjoy BBQ with your brews. Ottawa Black Bears and Ottawa 67s play at home tonight. ByTowne Cinema: Conclave, A Complete Unknown, Parthenope, The Zone: Snowpiercer Mayfair Theatre: Sugarcane, The Seed of the Sacred Pig, Dune
Gigs The Barstool Prophets, The Strum Chums. Overflow Brewing Co. Namix Kilowatt. SAW Gallery Spitfire91. Buster’s Bar & Grill Adam Ferris, Mackenzie Drew & Isaac Baronikian. LIVE on Elgin Werk! Juarez, Zabella, Kye. Poa Tiki Bar
SATURDAY
If you want to shop local, choose Blondie Apparel’s Retail Day at 2304 Dwyer Hill Road in Ashton, Ontario. Cool Saturday activity: the Visible Mending Workshop at National Gallery of Canada. It’s drop-in and free with your admission to the gallery. 🆓 The Canadian War Museum is holding free activities devoted to Razzle Dazzle, the First World War camouflage style. (Admission required if you want to wander the exhibitions) Road Trip to Arnprior: Visit Switzer's House of Beer and as you sip Hinterland winery’s Pinot Noir, read the Ontario winery’s blog post explaining why an international space station is not the best place to sip sparkling wine. Canadian Centennial Choir will be performing a programme of Latin American works with special guests Ottawa Gay Mens Chorus, and accompanied by Latin-Andean fusion band Colores Andinos. Whiprsnapr Brewing is working hard for the Canadian Cancer Society in March. Starting today (Saturday March 1) proceeds from sales of Carol Anne Irish Blonde Ale will go to the charity. If pizza is more your vibe, $5 from the special pies will be donated all month. Do it! Learn the basics of the Hustle and stick around to dance until midnight. Enjoy local and regional brews at I Heart Beer and Tacos. Ottawa Bach Choir and guests Vancouver Chamber Choir present Polychoral Extravaganza, a program of works by Langlais, Bach, Pärt, Taverner, Laura Hawley, and more. Ottawa Little Theatre presents The Shawshank Redemption until March 15. - The (Early Harvest Launch) party’s at Aurelius today. If you’re one of the first 10 customers in store you’ll receive a $30 Mystery Bag, and don’t forget to enter the giveaway draw at the event for your chance to win an amazing prize. 1283B Wellington St. West
Cedric Newman brings the comedy to Yuk Yuk’s Cirquonscient presents Cirque À La Carte, bringing the joy of the circus to an intimate setting. Ottawa Gatineau Golf Expo has all the retailers, demos, auctions, and games (Putting Challenge, anyone?) you want to be ready for the 2025 season. Urban Sketchers Ottawa will be opening the sketch pads at Carlingwood Mall. Get ready for the 2025 growing season. Meet seed vendors, take in the presentations, and enjoy locally produced refreshments at Ottawa Seedy Saturday. If there are formal occasions in your near future start your search for the perfect frock at Past Lives thrift shop’s Vintage Prom Pop Up with La Strega Vintage. Find more classic fashion at the VPOP market at Next Door. Today and tomorrow The Children, a black comedy about love and marriage in the face of disaster, continues at Gladstone Theatre. Tonight in NHL hockey: Ottawa Senators vs. San Jose Sharks. ByTowne Cinema: Golden Age: An Affair to Remember, Parthenope, The Way, My Way Q&A with director/writer Bill Bennet, Detour: Bound Mayfair Theatre: Flow, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, Inglourious Bastereds Gigs Not Broken Band. Bar Robo They’re Not Here. Avant-Garde Bar Metro Jazz. Art House Café FJ Will Clarke. Sky Lounge Mumbo Loco. Rainbow Bistro Graven. House of TARG
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