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– Martha and Darren

TODAY’S LINE UP

•  Ottawa Stats
•  City Hall Agenda
•  What Ottawa is Talking About
•  Events
•  Deals of the Day

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OTTAWA STATS

CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on tomorrow at City Hall.

There was supposed to be a Planning and Housing Committee, but it has been cancelled.

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🏌️‍♀️ The Kanata 40 per cent agreement

•  A judge has ruled that Clublink can develop land on its Kanata Golf and Country Club property.
  
  The history of this is long and convoluted, and this decision is basically an appeal of an appeal, but in a nutshell: Kanata was once a separate city from Ottawa, and it made an agreement with Robert Campeau to develop the Kanata Lakes area.
  
  In the deal, Campeau agreed to keep 40 per cent of the land as public green space and the City agreed that he could run his golf course in ‘perpetuity’.
  
  Campeau later sold his golf course and the City of Kanata was later absorbed into the City of Ottawa.
  
  The current golf club owner, Clublink, wants to develop some of its land into housing, an idea that the City and community groups said was against the 1981 – and subsequent – agreements.
  
  The view from the courts is now:
  
  1) You can’t make an agreement in ‘perpetuity’ for anything in Canadian law, not now and not in 1981. The judge also said the agreements themselves also contemplated selling and changing the golf course land.
  
  2) The agreements said that Kanata Lakes would be 40 per cent green space in addition to the golf course. If any golf course land is developed, 40 per cent of that land must also be public green space. But the golf course isn’t in the green space calculation.
  
  Kanata North councillor Cathy Curry says City lawyers will review the decision. The Kanata Greenspace Protection Coalition is disappointed and is also looking at its legal options.
  
  (Superior Court of Justice Decision PDF)

🚆 OC Transpo

•  Westbound O Train service was stopped for 45 minutes between westbound service at Lyon, Pimisi, and Bayview stations yesterday. The operator had received an ‘on-board fault notification’ light and pulled into Bayview Station. Forty minutes later, OC Transpo had a bus replacement service running then resolved the problem 20 minutes after that. The train has been sent for a ‘detailed inspection’. (CBC)

🛻 Convoy News

•  It’s day 18 in the criminal trial of Convoy co-organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber for their part in the Convoy siege.
•  Zexi Li, who became a hero to many when she won an injunction against the Convoy’s truck horn honking, testified today that it was hard to live as human downtown due to the incessant noise.
•  In a weird paragraph, the CBC decided to describe what Li was wearing in court, noting her ‘white silky V-neck T-shirt with matching wide-leg dress pants’. We have no idea what the next resident who testified about the noise, Paul Jorgenson, wore. This reads creepy, CBC.
  
  (David Fraser at CBC)
  
  ➕The Ottawa Citizen is live blogging the trial.

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EVENTS

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Today

•  Tenor Ian Bostridge sings Franz Schubert’s Winterreise, accompanied by Wenwen Du on piano. Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Presented by Music and Beyond.
•  The Soca Kitchen’s Blind Tapas Tasting requires everyone at the table to take a chance and eat whatever culinary surprises the chef serves up. $28 per person.
•  Raise funds for Ottawa Rabbit Rescue with The Jackalope watercolour event. $40. Royal Oak Pubs Stittsville (6160 Hazeldean Road).
•  Spark Beer welcomes Prof. Wendy H. Wa for the launch of her new book We, The Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at 702 Somerset St. W.
•  It’s Movie Night at the Ottawa Public Library (Main branch). Watch Akira Kurasawa’s classic High and Low. Free, 6:00 pm.

Music

•  The Plastic Waste Band / Denis Lim-Sersan Group. Avant Garde

•  Yes No Wave label showcase. Club SAW

•  Cat Clyde with Joe Abbott and Valley Girls. Rainbow Bistro

•  Empathy Test with Nite. Café Dekcuf

•  Bologna Colorado with the Desert Island Big Band. LIVE on Elgin

Tomorrow

•  Game developers - or those who are interested in getting involved in game dev - are meeting up for a relaxed night of prototypes and student projects. October Show & Chill starts at 8:00 pm at 22 Waller St.
•  Enjoy Authentic Flamenco featuring Yolanda Osung at the intimate Gladstone Theatre on Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday (Friday night is already sold out).
•  Enjoy a midweek shopping trip for fresh produce. Beechwood Street Market’s Farm Store is open from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at 1805 Gaspé today. While you’re there, pick up items for the pantry, some fresh chicken, and frozen Italian meals from Fettuncine’s in Beacon Hill.

Music

•  Calling All Captains, Sudden Waves, Colorsfade, Pop Culture Icons. Dominion Tavern
•  Jazz Jams with the Peter Hum Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge.
•  Stephen Runge. Southminster United Church.
•  Bytown Ukulele Group. Red Bird Live.
•  The John Carroll Show. The Laff.
•  The Tea Party and I Mother Earth. Bronson Music Centre.
•  Bologna Colorado with the Desert Island Big Band. LIVE on Elgin.

Thursday

•  Authentic Flamenco featuring Yolanda Osuna continues at the Gladstone Theatre.
   
•  The Akram Khan Company’s production of Jungle Book reimagined opens its very limited run (til Saturday). This retelling is told through the eyes of a child refugee in a world devastated by climate change.
   
•  Artist Whitney Lewis-Smith translates astronauts’ descriptions of the view of our planet from space, utilising breathtaking staged “sets” of plant material, sky scapes, and insects. The Overview Effect vernissage runs Thursday from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm and the exhibition continues until November 7. Galerie St. Laurent + Hill, 291 Dalhousie St.
   
•  Thyme & Again Creative Catering presents Cibo E Vino Italian Food + Wine Flights, a culinary experience exploring Northern Italy. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Nest, 1255 Wellington St. W. $134.46.
   
•  The town of Carleton Place opens its doors this evening and every other  Thursday night until November 23. Fall in Love with Carleton Place invites visitors to explore its Heritage Downtown Shopping and Dining district. From 5:00 pm until late.
   
•  Now that Friday’s show is sold out,  the Ottawa Pops Orchestra has added a preview tonight for Heroes of Hyrule. That would be a concert of music from the video game, The Legend of Zelda. Technically a dress rehearsal, there may be stops-and-starts.  Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre. 8:00 pm.
  
   

  Music

•  Bathwash. Adam Ferris, and Myhill. Spark Beer

•  Little Bones. Heart and Crown Preston St.

•  Bad Luck Woman. Montgomery Scotch Lounge.

•  Espanola plus Bent Neck & The Joints and Edison Rupert. House of TARG.

Just Announced / Now Booking

•  Local boy Elijah Woods will play Bronson Centre Music Theatre on Oct 20.
   
•  Investigative journalist Dean Beeby’s book Mass Murder, Police Mayhem outlines the horrific Portapique Nova Scotia tragedy and distills the Mass Casualty Commission’s recommendations for action into plain language. Book launch 7:00 pm on Tuesday October 24 at Octopus Books. 116 Third Ave.

DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

Adriana David has written a new book, Spanning Time: The Bridges of Ottawa-Gatineau, telling tales of the Capital’s 44 bridges. We had no idea that the Montcalm Street Bridge in Gatineau incorporates a spiral staircase from the Eiffel Tower, a gift from then mayor of Paris, one day president of France, Jacques Chirac. 

THE END

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