HELLO OTTAWA
🎁 We’d like to wish a Happy Birthday to OTTAWAN member Andrea I! → Mounted police proposed to patrol ByWard Market → Prepare for a teeming number of Trivia Tuesdays tomorrow → The new Stittsville school is open. Or 50 per cent of it is, at least. → 🌧️ High 16° Low 14° and light rain We’re trying out a new email platform for the newsletter today. You shouldn’t notice any difference but if you see something weird, or something improved, please let us know at hello@theottawan.com. – Martha and Darren |
| | STATISTICS OTTAWA | | $40,000 | – The amount of money a Dairy Queen in Embrun has been fined over an accident in which a 16 year-old employee had her hair snarled in a Blizzard machine. The employee received a serious neck injury after being stuck for seven minutes, and was hospitalized for two weeks. | | | | Andrew Duffy in the Ottawa Citizen |
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| OTTAWAN OF THE DAY | Nash Coté | - The eight year-old, who is in a Boston hospital to receive a specialised form of radiation, was surprised by a visit from Ryan Reynolds. Coté will need to stay at the Boston Children’s Hospital for six weeks to receive proton radiation, a treatment not available at CHEO. | | | | Andrew Duffy in the Ottawa Citizen |
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| QUOTE | | ❝ | | | The last thing we want to do is level this and build more housing. We've got lots of housing going on | | | | CTV |
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| ![]() | Kanata South ward councillor Allan Hubley on what to do with the Canadian Tire Centre if a new arena is built at LeBreton flats. |
| SPORTS | 🏒
Ottawa Senators 5 – Toronto Maple Leafs 6
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Ottawa Redblacks 12 – Montréal Alouettes 24
Last Saturday |
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Atlético Ottawa 1 – Pacific FC 1
Last Saturday |
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| | WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL | Community Services Committee
Tuesday, September 24 at 9:30 am | Long-Term Care person-centred care Update Update to the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan: Incorporation of the former Crime Prevention Ottawa Community Partnership Capital Programs annual report Status update – Community Services Committee inquiries and motions for the period ending September 13, 2024
| 📋 Agenda | | WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT | ⛵Gatineau | ▪️The remains of a sailboat that wrecked itself in Lac Leamy 40 years ago is being removed. The Ville de Vanier caught on fire in 1983 and its remains have been a visible sight on the lake ever since. Unfortunately, they have also been a navigational hazard. Most of the material will be recycled – the 1959 boat is wood – but select pieces will be given to the Musée maritime de Charlevoix. | | | | CBC |
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| 🐴 Ottawa Police Service | ▪️The Ottawa Police Service plans to patrol ByWard Market on horseback. Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs says the Service will start the mounted patrol next year. He says the horses will be paid for by funds freed up after the Service’s costs of policing the Parliamentary precinct are paid by the Federal government. | | | | Campbell MacDiarmid at CBC News |
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| 💥 Russian Embassy | ▪️The Russian Embassy called in the Ottawa Police’s bomb disposal unit Friday to deal with an item tossed over their fence. The Ottawa Police Service will not say what the item is but from photos, it appeared to be a cell phone. | | | | Gabrielle Huston at CBC |
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| 🎒 Ottawa Carleton District School Board | ▪️Opening the new Maplewood Secondary School in Stittsville really is a drip drip drip event. The school is now allowed to open – but on only half the property. The half that is not permitted to open includes the cafeteria and the gymnasium. | | | | Toula Mazloum at CTV |
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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 | ▪️Cosy up to Beyond the Pale Brewery for a creative evening care of Paintbrush Passion Studios. You’ll learn how to create an Autumn landscape and maybe even make new friends over a local craft beer. Tickets $33.25. ▪️The Ottawa Chamberfest Silent Auction is now live. Bid on trips to the Riviera Maya and the Yukon, a four course gourmet dining experience with your besties, private concerts in your own home, a two hour portrait session by a professional photographer, season tickets to Ottawa Chamberfest, tickets to the Stratford Festival, and more. Bidding ends at 8:30 pm on October 23. ▪️It’s Geek Trivia Night at Level One Game Pub. ▪️Sales have ended for tonight’s session of Naked Boys Reading, but there is a waitlist. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept: naked men read from a variety of curated literary sources related to a theme, which for this month is “Into The Woods”. ▪️You must book in advance to grab a table at Ward 14’s Tirvial Night. ▪️ByTowne Cinema: The Critic, 1995, The Substance ▪️Mayfair Theatre: Will & Harper, Coup! Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo Gigs ▪️Joey Valence & Brae. Club SAW ▪️The 5-Star Monday Band. The Laff ▪️Karaoke Mondaze. Atomic Rooster ▪️Open Mic Night. Art House Café ▪️Trivia Night. Royal Oak Pubs at Kent St and 2067 Meadowbrook Road in Barrhaven |
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| TOMORROW | ▪️Now that the weather’s closing in, spend an evening impressing your friends with all that trivia rattling around your brain. Find Trivia events at Irene’s Pub, select Royal Oak pubs, Jack Astor’s(Lansdowne), Manor Lounge, and Jack Astor’s Kanata. ▪️ByTowne Cinema: 1995, The Critic, The Substance ▪️Mayfair Theatre: Coup! Will & Harper, Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo Gigs ▪️Rare Tuesday Jazz Nite with The Hype Department. Bar Robo/Queen St Fare ▪️Benighted, Cognitive, Echoes From Beyond, A Scar For the Wicked. Rainbow Bistro ▪️Open Mic. Pour Boy |
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| WEDNESDAY | ▪️Not only does The 2024 Ottawa International Animation Festivallaunch today but The Animation Conference (TAC) also gets underway at its new venue the National Arts Centre. Highlights of the former include The Land Wants You Back (I thought you looked familiar), a multi-genre exhibition at Arts Court, screenings at the ByTowne Cinema and Ottawa Art Gallery, and the Opening Night party at Lowertown Brewery. As for TAC, there’s a full day of programming for animation professionals from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, including pitching and networking opportunities. ▪️ByTowne Cinema: The Critic, The Ottawa International Film Festival: The Wild Robot, Short Film Competition 1, Feature Competition: Boys Go To Jupiter ▪️Mayfair Theatre: Will & Harper, The Trail Running Film Festival, Whiplash Gigs ▪️Celtic Celebration ft. Alexis MacIsaac and Calum MacKenzie. Red Bird ▪️Operatic Revelry: From the Beyond. Rainbow Bistro ▪️The John Carroll Show. The Laff ▪️Lazzy Lung. Montgomery Scotch Lounge ▪️Small Fish: A Comedy & Variety Show. Irene’s Pub ▪️Brat, Gallowspine, Threefold Ruin, Qwan. Dominion Tavern ▪️Video Game Music LIVE with F9-Bit. House of TARG ▪️Scream, Soulside, The Fly Downs. The 27 Club ▪️Apolo Suns. Avant-Garde Bar |
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| JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING | ▪️Single tickets for Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC)’s 50th Anniversary Season are now on sale. Homegrown hit The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine launches the season tomorrow. ▪️If you’re looking for a new creative outlet, consider the Introduction to frame loom weaving at Ravelution Studio in Orléans. The four hour event will teach you the basics and you’ll leave with a finished piece to show off to your friends and family. $98 per person. 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Sunday September 29. |
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| | BUT, ONE MORE THING … | This is something unusual from the Ottawa Citizen, Stefanie Jennifer Bowles writes about an 1800s-era home and how it safeguards ‘Ottawa’s character, norms and values across the generations’. The unusual part is that Bowles tells it from the point of view of the house itself. | | DAILY QUALITY CONTROL | What did you think of today’s OTTAWAN? |
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