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HELLO OTTAWA

• In today’s ottawan:

  → That’s a lotta spuds!

  → Closer than Stratford, it’s Shakespeare on the St Lawrence

  → City Council working group considering fee for private parking spots

– Martha and Darren

STATS

Number

• 24,000
• – The number of pounds of potatoes Lionhearts Inc. Ottawa received from Manitoba last Friday. Lionhearts is a non-profit that recovers food that would normally go to waste and distributes through partners to families in need of support. Lionhearts is named after Aslan the lion in The Chronicles of Narnia. (Lesley McKay in Stittsville Central) (Lionhearts)

Ottawan of the Day

• Kitdapawn E 
• – The 65 year-old is one of 20,000 people worldwide who won a spot in the Marathon Pour Tous on August 11, after the Paris Olympic’s women’s marathon has completed. Unlike many marathons which require time trials or invitation, this one is open to anyone by lottery. (Genevieve Beauchemin at CTV) (Marathon Pour Tous)

Quote 

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• We knew when ash started to fall toward us that it was getting a little bit out of hand

• – Devin Morrison, leader of 13 Nepean Gryphon Legion Venturer Scouts aged 14-17 who had to flee the Jasper forest fire. The group is safely back in Ottawa. (Isabel Harder at CBC)

Sports

• 🏈 CFL Ottawa RedBlacks 33 – Calgary Stampeders 6 last Friday
• ⚽ CPL Atlético Ottawa 1 – York United 4 last Friday
• 🏀 CEBL Ottawa BlackJacks 97 – Niagara River Lions 109 last Saturday
• 🏉 AUS RUGBY Ottawa Swans (Women) 54 – Etobicoke Kangaroos 1 last Saturday
• 🏉 AUS RUGBY Ottawa Swans (Men) 11 – Toronto Dingos 127 last Saturday
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 8 – Tri-City ValleyCats 3 last night
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 6 – Tri-City ValleyCats 5 last Saturday
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 11 – Tri-City ValleyCats 4 last Friday

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CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

No meetings next week.

📋 Meetings and agenda

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

⛲ New Hydrant Water Fountains

•  The City has unveiled the newly redesigned hydrant water fountains. The new design has a bottle refill and bubblers at adult and kid heights. Although they sit on top of regular fire hydrants, they don’t impede access to firefighters. If you think your neighbourhood would be a good candidate for one, email ‘hydrants@ottawa.ca’. (Natasha O’Nell at CityNews)

💰 OC Transpo

•  A levy on private parking spaces is an idea being considered to raise funds for OC Transpo. The internal working group of Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, three councillors, and city staff came up with the idea to help plug a $23 million deficit that councillors created when it passed the budget earlier this year. The Province would need to change the Municipal Act to allow the City to levy the unspecified fee. (Josh Pringle at CTV)

🚁 Airwolf Ottawa

•  The Province is buying the Ontario Provincial Police two helicopters to help combat car thefts in Ottawa and Toronto. The Province says the choppers will help cut down on thefts because they will be ‘equipped with the latest technology’, which is unspecified. (CBC)

🏫 Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

•  First-term Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee Alysha Aziz is resigning after 22 months. Aziz, who represents Zone 2 in Kanata, says it is for personal reasons. While the Board could call a byelection, as the next polling will be Oct 2026, in the past it has appointed a replacement from those who ran for trustee last time. (Joanne Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen) 

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Today

•  Ubus Théatre’s L’Écrit is ‘a short moment out of time and space while the memory of Hiroshima comes back to surface. Men’s craziness has transformed Chizuko. Her tranquil strength will help her ignite the awakening of Célestine’. In French at the National Art Centre’s Fourth Stage until August 3. 

•  A Company of Fools open air theatre is back, this time bringing a fresh take on Shakespeare's Macbeth to the stage. Catch the play tonight in Strathcona Park in Sandy Hill. 

•  Road Trip: Get even more of the Bard this summer with a trip to Prescott’s St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, where The Tempest is playing until August 10. 

•  Today at Ottawa Chamberfest: Bring the Kids: A Taste of Paris; Chamberfest’s Rising Stars Showcase 2024; Chamber Chat: Gryphon Trio; Gryphon Trio: Breathe 

•  Mondays are Dog Days at the Glen Scottish Pub & Restaurant. Note: your dog must be on a leash. 

•  ByTowne Cinema: Widow Clicquot, The Fabulous Four, The Cartoons of Max Feischer 

•  Mayfair Theatre: Ghostlight, The Desperate Hours, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 

  Gigs

•  The Telegrams. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  Bluegrass Mondays. Red Bird

•  Karaoke Mondaze. Atomic Rooster

•  A Night of Darius Rucker. LIVE on Elgin

•  Frozen Soul, Creeping Death, Gates to Hell, Enforced, Skullgate. Brass Monkey

•  Geek Trivia. Level One Game Pub

Tomorrow

•  Today at Ottawa Chamberfest: 1 Piano, 4 Hands: Nicole Presented and John Dapaah; Chamber Chat: Blake Pouliot; Two Pianos, Two “Hams” (Marc-André Hamelin and Charles Richard-Hamelin).

•  A Company of Fools open air theatre is back, this time bringing a fresh take on Shakespeare's Macbeth to the stage. Catch the play tonight in Brentwood Park (Ottawa East).

•  ByTowne Cinema: The Fabulous Four, Seven Samurai. 

•  Mayfair Theatre: Thelma, Ghostlight, Oddity 

  Gigs

•  Trivia Tuesday. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  KID, FERAL, Terry Green, Basque, Keylls. House of TARG

•  Clint Everson. Atomic Rooster

•  Open Stage. Red Bird

Wednesday

•  Twilight Cinema presents $5 French films at Terrasse due Square, 248 Old Chelsea, QC. Free for kids 12 and under.

•  FREE You still have a few chances to enjoy live music as you shop or dine at the Ottawa Bagelshop Musicfest. This afternoon’s lineup: Malaïka Urbani and Mars Aspen. Hosted by Kristy Hagerman. 

•  Today at Ottawa Chamberfest: Meryenda: An Artist Project by Marisa Gallemit; Blake Pouliot & Mendelssohn’s Octet.

•  A Company of Fools open air theatre is back, this time bringing a fresh take on Shakespeare's Macbeth to the stage. Catch the play tonight in Weston Park in Elmvale. 

•  Road Trip: Get even more of the Bard this summer with a trip to Prescott’s St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, where The Tempest is playing until August 10. 

•  ByTowne Cinema: The Fabulous Four, Widow Clicquot, Don’t Go Into The… Series: Silver Bullet

•  Mayfair Theatre: Ghostlight, Thelma, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid 

  Gigs

•  Video Game Music Live with 8-Bit. House of TARG

•  Jazz Nite with Ottawa Jazz Quintet. Queen St. Fare 

•  Marvel Trivia Night. Tailgators (Nepean)
   

Just Announced / Now Booking

•  If the Paris 2024 Olympics have you all fired up for live sport, check out the North Lanark Highland Games on Saturday August 24. The 39th session features live pipe bands, champion heavyweight athletes, and a Children’s Mini Highland Games. Early Bird tickets of $18 for adults are available until July 31 (this Wednesday); after that they’ll be priced at $20. Kids 11 and under get in for free. At the N.L.A.S. Fairgrounds, Almonte, Ontario 

•  Ottawa Tool Library’s 10 year Birthday Bash will be Big, with games, a silent auction, food and drinks courtesy of Beyond The Pale Brewing. Saturday September 7. Tickets from $91 (includes two drinks and finger food). 

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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

Carleton Place gardener Chloe Hurst, who is more interested in the darker things in life, has curated a ’goth garden’ – most of the flowers are black. She features over 50 plants, including the black hero tulip. (Jocelyn Shepel at CBC) (The Goth Garden on Instagram)

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