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Tuesday, April 29 2025

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HELLO OTTAWA

In Today’s Edition

→ Incumbents win across Ottawa except Carleton

→ Puppets both giant and tiny tomorrow at Dragons and Mythical Beasts

→ Deals of the Day: Tulip Fest hotel specials

→ ⛈️ High 24° Low 9° and possible thunderstorms ☀️ 5:54 am 🌛 8:07 pm

🌪️ Besides the thunderstorms, there is also a tornado watch today

– Martha and Darren

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STATISTICS OTTAWA

NUMBER

9
– The number of parking spaces that have been removed on Dalhousie Street to provide a left turn lane for OC Transpo. Local businesses are livid.
CBC

OTTAWANS OF THE DAY

Molly Hale, Reese Kay, and Mya Angus
The three girls will be heading to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup next autumn in Morocca after winning the qualifier.
Pablo Medina in the Ottawa Sports Pages

QUOTE

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I was angry when I first found out. But now that the confusion’s passed, it’s just melancholy
– Algonquin College broadcasting student Iain Sewell on the cancellation of his programme once the current cadre of students have graduated. Their student-run station CKDJ 107.9 FM is licensed until 2030 but the College students’ union is uninterested in taking it on.
– Ernest Ko in the Algonquin Times

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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL

Ottawa City Council
Wednesday, April 30 at 10 am

Approval of Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (OCHC) By-Law 13-2025
2022-2026 Mid-term Appointments to Various Committees and Boards
2025 Update to Municipal Housing Allowance Programs and the Home for Good Housing Allowance Program
Community-led Green Initiatives and Garden Program
Councillors T. Kavanagh and A. Hubley – Supporting Aging in Place through Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities
Public Safety Service 2024 Annual Report
Ottawa Fire Services 2024 Annual Report
Review of City of Ottawa Gymnasium Rental Pricing Structure
Zoning By-law Amendment - 4175 Strandherd Drive
City Clerk – Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions
Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of April 16, 2025
Potential Property Acquisition – Negotiations
Thanking HMCS Ottawa for their service in the Indo-Pacific Region
Vegans Who Snack Night Market
Ottawa Chinatown Night Market
National Youth Week
Encroachments (Parking Pads) on the Longpré Lebrun Marquette
Integrated Renewal project
Waive the fees for a Building Permit

Agenda

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🗳️ After yesterday’s election, all seats in Ottawa were either retained by incumbent Liberal Party candidates, stayed Liberal with a new candidate, or flipped from Conservative to Liberal.

The last two are interesting: newbie candidate Mark Carney retained Nepean for the Liberals. Carney, who lives in Rockcliffe Park, will moonlight as Prime Minister when not serving his constituents.

Carleton had been represented by Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre since 2004 but voters chose Bruce Fanjoy instead. As leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, Poilievre also lives in Rockcliffe Park, at the taxpayer-provided mansion Stornoway. Losing his seat does not automatically mean that Poilievre ceases to be Conservative leader, so he will continue to live at Stornoway but have no authority to speak in Parliament itself. – William Eltherington at CTV

✂️ The mayor of Thurso has resigned after accusations of making ‘intimate remarks’ to staff. Benoit Lauzon jumped before he was pushed, as Quebec's municipal commission had applied to the province’s supreme court to disqualify him from office. The accusations involved sending so far unidentified ‘intimate remarks’ to seven municipal employees over text or Facebook messenger. Thurso, which is not named Truro as Darren has written in the past, is 40 minutes east of Ottawa, across the river, as determined by actually looking at a map. – CBC

🎓 Carleton faculty have reached a tentative agreement with the university. The 1,000 members of the Carleton University Academic Staff Association would have been able to legally strike next month had mediator-assisted negotiations not worked out. Details of the agreement have not yet been released. – Joanne Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen

🍃 An arborist in Wakefield who was charged for carrying a knife has been acquitted. In August 2023, the man was arrested at gunpoint in front of his kids after police received a report of a man wandering around town with a knife. While not charged criminally, he was charged with a bylaw violation, ‘carrying a knife without a reasonable excuse’. The man said that he had come from an arborist job and that’s why it was on him. The judge was not too impressed but said that since no one testified at the trial that they saw him ‘wandering around’, she would acquit. – Trevor Greenway in The Low Down

DAILY POLL

The Poll

Last month, we asked who would be prime minster today, and for comparison, we asked again yesterday. The results were ... unenlightening.

Yesterday

89% Mark Carney (Liberal leader)

10% Pierre Poilievre (Conservative leader)

0% Jagmeet Singh (New Democratic Party leader)

0% Maxime Bernier (People’s Party leader)

0% Elizabeth May & Jonathan Pedneault (Green co-leaders)

1% Wayne Gretzky (Appointed governor)

March 25

81% Mark Carney (Liberal leader)

16% Pierre Poilievre (Conservative leader)

0% Jagmeet Singh (New Democratic Party leader)

0% Maxime Bernier (People’s Party leader)

0% Elizabeth May & Jonathan Pedneault (Green co-leaders)

2% Wayne Gretzky (Appointed governor)

Today’s poll:

To which radio station do you most listen?

CBC Radio One / Ici Radio-Canada Première

CBC Music / Ici Musique

Ici Musique Classique

Community radio: CJRO-FM, CKCU, CHUO, CKDJ, Valley Heritage

Other (radiogaga@theottawan.com)

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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR

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TUESDAY

🆓 Chamberfest’s annual residency at Ottawa City Hall begins with a noon programme of romantic favourites performed by the University of Ottawa School of Music students. Ottawa City Hall, Tuesday April 29 at noon. Bring your lunch.
ByTowne Cinema: En Fanfare (The Marching Band), Restoration: Picnic at Hanging Rock, On Swift Horses
Mayfair Theatre: The Penguin Lessons, The Way, My Way, Naked

Gigs
Trivia. Broadhead Brewery, Pour Boy, Irene’s Pub

WEDNESDAY

🆓 Chopin’s Ballades take centre stage at the noon Doors Open For Music at Southminster concert.
The kids become the heroes as larger than life puppets (and some tiny ones, too) tell the story of Dragons and Mythical Beasts.
Red Bird’s Music Trivia Night will test your knowledge of tunes past and present.
ByTowne Cinema: Golden Age: A Night at the Opera, On Swift Horses, The Shrouds
Mayfair Theatre: The Way, My Way, Trail Running Film Festival, The Island Between Tides
Gigs
Video Game Music Live with 8Bit. House of TARG
Open Mic. EveryPerson Café
Gone Fishing, Robin Kenny, Tea & Oranges. LIVE on Elgin

THURSDAY

Shop unique artisan-produced goods, eat and drink, and take in the exhibitions at Urban Art Collective’s Hintonburg Night Market. 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm at 1088 Somerset St. W.
The iconic pop culture moments of the 2000s are the theme of the Bridge Public House’s Trivia Night.
Horror fans have a double treat in store as the seminal 1979 film Zombie is scored live by the composer, Fabio Frizzi. May 1 at Overflow Brewing.
Youth Week is a city-wide showcase of youth talent and innovation.
Interested to know what a 24-month aged Parmesan Reggiano cheese tastes like? Head to Grace in the Kitchen’s Customer Appreciation Event for the tasting at 6:30 pm. Stay for the other tastings and to receive 10% savings store wide (excluding sale items).
Anina’s is screening Goodfellas for $5 per seat.
ByTowne Cinema: En fanfare (Teh Marketinc Band), Detour: The French Connection, On Swift Horses
Mayfair Theatre: The Penguin Lessons, The Way, My Way, Naked
Gigs
Irene’s Thursday Blues Sessions with Guest Host Joe Mcdonald. Irene’s Pub
Andrae Duhaney. Rainbow Bistro
Jason Dunkerley. Red Bird

JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

🆓 Take inspiration from the Library and Archives floral art collection in the Art From the Archives: Spring-Themed Drawing workshop. Saturday May 10. Registration required.

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MADE IN CANADA DEALS OF THE DAY

If you’ve got friends or family descending upon Ottawa for the Tulip Festival (May 9 to 19), tell them about the 20% discount at Germain Hotels (Alt Hotel Ottawa Downtown and Le Germain Hotel Ottawa).

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

In the latest drop of CBC’s podcast This is Ottawa, Robyn Bresnahan looks at the history of the City as a baseball town, locating the spot in the Golden Triangle where the first baseball stadium stood, and noting how a local uniform became a symbol of international mockery.

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