HELLO OTTAWA | → No Virgin River or Shorsey for you on work computers, Federal public employees | → Learn to fix your own bike tomorrow at Community Bike Repair | → 16 per cent off all red light camera tickets in Ottawa occur on a one kilometre stretch of King Edward Avenue | → Save on Blondie Apparel and Cyntia Miglio jewelry | → ☁️ High -4° Low -7° and cloudy | – Martha and Darren | | STATISTICS OTTAWA | | 16% | The per centage of all tickets issued in Ottawa by automatic red-light cameras that come from a one kilometre section of King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street. | | | | Josh Pringle at CTV |
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| OTTAWAN OF THE DAY | Jerome Watters | After 50 years behind the wheels of Tele Transpo, OC Transpo buses, and the O Train, Watters has retired from driving other people around. | | | | Alexa MacKie in the Ottawa Citizen |
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| | What I most wish for the Ottawa Public Health team as we go forward into 2025 is joy. Joy at seeing your work make a difference for people and populations in Ottawa |
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| – The outgoing message from Ottawa’s medical officer of health, Dr Vera Etches at her last board meeting before becoming the new chief executive officer of CHEO. Associate medical officer of health, Dr Trevor Arnason will be the acting chief medical health officer while the Health Board seeks a successor. | | | | Ted Raymond at CTV |
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| SPORTS | 🏒 NHL We have been reliably informed that the Sens 3-2 win last Sunday was against the Dallas Stars, not the Minnesota Stars, which, checking notes, do not exist. | PLEASE SUPPORT THE OTTAWAN | THE OTTAWAN was launched in 2020 as the daily answer to the questions: What’s going on? What should I do? Where is somewhere good to eat? | Please consider joining the many other readers with a monthly, annual, or one-time donation to keep THE OTTAWAN on its mission. | All annual or one-time donations over $60 get a free OTTAWAN or historic logo t-shirt of their choice. |
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| | WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL | Planning and Housing Committee
Wednesday, January 15 at 9:30 am • Zoning By-law Amendment – 37 Wildpine Court • Front-Ending Report – Design and Construction of the March Road and Buckbean Avenue Intersection | | | | Agenda |
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| The City’s most opaque body, the Committee of Adjustment, also meets tomorrow at 1:00 pm. | | WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT | 🖥️ Federal Public Employees | ▪️Federal Public Employees have been barred from watching Hulu, Disney+, Netflix, AppleTV+, Amazon Prime Video, and Crave on work computers. The ban was first announced by Shared Services Canada, which provides most Internet services for government agencies, in November. ‘Streaming services are not considered work tools and offer no business value for the Government of Canada’, the agency said in a statement. YouTube and Facebook are not barred. The CBC’s streaming service, Gem, was not mentioned so we emailed Shared Services Canada to find out if it was on the banned list. We’ll let you know when we hear back. | | | | Kate McKenna at CBC |
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| ➕ Related The Ottawa Citizen’s new advice column, Public Service Confidential, has launched but without any juicy bits. It’s a great idea for a column, and we can hardly wait for Federal public employees to start sending in the hard questions. Today, however, it’s about ‘How to rethink success in public service’. | ✏️ Surveys | ▪️The City wants to know your communication preferences, be they social media, email updates, or public engagement opportunities. The survey asks how you are receiving City info and which social media platforms you use. Interestingly, it did not ask if people see – or want – advertisements in local media. Click here to take part. | | | | City of Ottawa |
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| 🏒 Michael Andlauer | ▪️Toronto billionaire and owner of the Sens, Michael Andlauer, has sold the Ontario Hockey League’s Brantford Bulldogs to Edmonton Oilers star Zach Hyman. Andlauer bought the Belleview Bulldogs in 2015 and moved them to Hamilton. In 2023, due to renovations of their arena, the Bulldogs moved to Brantford, promising to stay at least three years. The sale price is unknown but another Ontario Hockey League team, the Niagara IceDogs, was sold for $20 million. | | | | Brian Smiley in the Brantford Expositor |
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| | THE ROLLING 3 DAY CALENDAR | Is there an event we should know about?
Please use our easy event submission form | TODAY | ▪️ Give your funny muscles a workout at Joke Gym (Absolute Comedy, 412 Preston St.). ▪️ Mahal Tanjore celebrates the Hindu festival Pongal with a special buffet. Call 613 695 1969 for reservations and information (Tuesday January 14). ▪️ Toronto Sceptres visit Ottawa Charge as the PWHL season continues. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Small Things Like These, Detour: McCabe & Mrs. Miller Mayfair Theatre: Queer, A Real Pain, Vixen! Gigs ▪️ Trivia Night. Pour Boy, Moose McGuire’s (4025 Innes Road), ▪️ Mardi Tuesday Live Music X Jay Trépanier. Le Petit Bar À Vin (168 Old Chelsea Road, Quebec) ▪️ Jamie Douglas. Heart & Crown ByWard Market |
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| TOMORROW | ▪️ Tell a tale or support others while they do at the Ottawa StoryTellers Open Mic. OPL Sunnyside branch (1049 rue Bank). ▪️ USEFUL Quick Cranks (1089 Somerset St. W)’s series of five Pay What You Can Community Bike Repair Classes cover everything from riding through the snow to fixing a puncture. 🆓 Enjoy a program of Schubert’s Arpeggione with the Bibek Duo at today’s noon - 1:00 pm Doors Open for Music at Southminster concert. Also on livestream. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, L’Amour ouf, Detour: McCabe & Mrs. Miller ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: A Real Pain, Queer, Rabid Gigs ▪️ Girls to the Front featuring Becks & Shannon Eddy. Irene’s Pub ▪️ January Game Dev Show ’n’ Chill. Avant-Garde Bar ▪️ Music Bingo. Brew Revolution ▪️ Taproom Trivia. Stray Dog Brewing Company |
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| THURSDAY | ▪️ Your first theatre outing of 2025 has got to be the Stratford Festival production of Salesman in China, presented in English and Mandarin and playing the National Arts Centre tonight through January 25. ▪️ The JazzWorks January jam session is taking place at Festival Japan restaurant (149 Kent St). ▪️ Keith Pedro plays The Brass Monkey. ▪️ Ottawa Senators meet Washington Capitals at Canadian Tire Centre. 🆓 Sad Girl Café - a women’s open mic - returns to GigSpace Performance Studio. Get your free tickets in advance for the 35-capacity event. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Detour: The Legend of Billie Jean, Ciné-Club d’Ottawa: Les Hommes de la Mère ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Queer, A Real Pain, Vixen! Gigs ▪️ Joe McDonald. Irene’s Pub ▪️ Silent EM, Infinity’s Astrum, The Seance. House of TARG ▪️ Open Mic. Café British (Aylmer, QC) ▪️ Search Party with Cattail Creek, Occasional Pudding, and The Wayward Sound. LIVE on Elgin ▪️ Comedy Night. Pour Boy ▪️ Epic Karaoke-Dance Party at the Nuvo Lounge |
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| JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING | | | DEALS OF THE DAY |  | Blondie Apparel |
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| Blondie Apparel is having a sale on sale items, so expect sweet deals on locally made clothing. |
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|  | Cyntia Miglio |
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| A selection of rings, necklaces, and bracelets have reduced prices at Cyntia Miglio. Use the code BOX50 to save. Plus, get free shipping on orders of $250 and over. |
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