In Today’s Edition → Night Mayor finally says he is the Night Mayor → Play Dungeons and Dragons in one session, tomorrow → Made in Canada Deal of the Day on womenswear → ⛅ High 5° Low -2° and partly cloudy. ☀️ 7:11 am 🌛 7:12 pm The Poll Friday, we asked ‘Do we need the Kettle Island bridge?’ 74% Yes
21% No
6% I'd prefer a two-way zipline between downtown Ottawa and Gatineau
Big zipline has its work cut out for them. Today’s question (details in What Ottawa is Talking About below): |
How will you celebrate St Patrick’s Day? |
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Birthday Shoutout Happy Birthday to OTTAWAN member Christine T! We welcome any comments ‘hello@theottawan.com’ – Martha and Darren |
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- – The number of new portraits placed throughout the O Train system. The Faces of Hope campaign by the Shepherds of Good Hope are stylized images of people who have interacted with the organization and are ‘aimed at breaking down the stigma of homelessness’.
- Bruce Deachman in the Ottawa Citizen
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CHELSEAN OF THE DAY - Katherine Sandford
The television writer has won her first Emmy Award, for Outstanding Writing for a Live Action Preschool or Children's Program, at the Children's and Family Emmys. The award was given for her work on a Sesame Street episode entitled ‘Can They Be Friends?’. Gabrielle Huston at CBC
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SPORTS 🏒 PWHL Ottawa Charge 2 – Boston Fleet 5 last Saturday 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 4 – Toronto Maple Leafs 2 last Saturday 🥍 NLL Ottawa Black Bears 8 – Rochester Knighthawks 2 last Saturday |
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL |
Environment and Climate Change Committee
Tuesday, March 18 at 9:30 am - Environmental Excellence Awards 2024
- Green Fleet Strategy
- Third-party infrastructure agreement report – Design and construction of the Legget Drive local watermain
- Motion – Councillor R. King - Salt use on roads, sidewalks and multi-use paths in Ottawa
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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT |
🗳️ City Council - Osgoode ward councillor George Darouze has officially resigned his seat. Darouze won the provincial Carleton riding as a Progressive Conservative in the recent election, requiring his resignation of a municipal seat. City Council will officially accept the resignation on March 26, when it will announce the details of a byelection for a replacement. The Osgoode ward office remains open and staffed; residents who require assistance can email ward20@ottawa.ca for help.
Rachel Morgan at CityNews
🧭 Business Help - The City has created a new online tool for entrepreneurs to find the perfect location for their business. Locate Ottawa has been connected to local real estate listings to help find available offices, warehouses, and the like for rent or sale. But it also allows prospective businesses to search using demographics, consumer spending habits, and labour statistics.
Locate Ottawa can be found here.
City of Ottawa Stittsville Central
💥 Rideau Lakes Township - Another local mayor has thrown in the towel towel due to frustration. Mayor Arie Hoogenboom of Rideau Lakes Township, east of Ottawa, is stepping back due to ‘lack of civility’ by council. Last year, the mayor of Gatineau quit due to toxicity and the mayor of McNab/Braeside quit last month.
Guy Quenneville at CBC
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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR |
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✳️ Means change from previous edition MONDAY 🍀 St. Patrick’s Day There’s live music playing all day long at Brew Revolution (1:00 pm to 10:00pm). Moose McGuire’s in Orléans presents Jackpot Karaoke every Monday night. Buy a drink and some food, sing a song, and you’ll be entered into the draw to win $100. They’re calling it Ottawa’s Official St. Patrick’s Day Mega Party and Berlin Nightclub has limited free tickets Pour House above the Aulde Dubliner pub has live entertainment starting at 11:00 am. Head to the Laff for lively tunes featuring fiddler Dana Arrowsmith. Meanwhile, at D’Arcy MaGees on Sparks St, the live music starts at 1:00pm. Moose McGuire’s offers 25% off food for seniors, along with live music from noon. Brigid’s Well is promising live music and ‘the best pint of Guinness in Ottawa’. Royal Oak Orléans celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with Guinness and Harp Irish Lager on tap and an authentic Irish food menu. The Barley Mow in Kanata has live music from 5:00 pm to 8:00pm. This month’s theme at Naked Boys Reading is ‘Books Tech Bros Don’t Understand.’ Road Trip: Bring your fave LP to the Vinyl Night at Cold Bear Brewing in Arnprior. ByTowne Cinema: I’m Still Here, The Way, My Way, Universal Language Mayfair Theatre: Wicked, A Complete Unknown, Nosferatu, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Gigs Grumpy Old Men. Carleton Tavern Karaoke Mondaze. Atomic Rooster
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🆓 This afternoon’s Doors Open for Music at Southminster concert is music for Dueling Harps. Level One Gaming Pub hosts Gaming for Charity, where you and your crew can choose form 300 board games and 1000 video games, eat and drink well, and support Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services. $16 Art House’s Music Trivia starts at 7:00 pm. IFFO presents Canadian Masters: Clement Virgo, with a screening of his most recent work, Brother. The Greely Players mount a six performance run of Grease at the Greely Community Centre. Questionable Behaviour Trivia leads the shenanigans at Overflow Brewing. The Peter Hum trio plays the Jazz Jams at Night Oat. ByTowne Cinema: I’m Still Here, Detour: Daisies, No Other Land Mayfair Theatre: Universal Language, A Complete Unknown, The Quick and the Dead
Gigs The Space Between, Fear, 1000jules. LIVE on Elgin Not Your Momma’s Mixtape. The Brass Monkey Trivia night at local craft breweries: Brew Revolution, Brocken Stick Brewing, Stray Dog Brewing Co.
JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING The just-announced Cosplay-Eh! Canadian Cosplay Competition will crown its first-ever winner in Montréal 16 months from now. Before that happens, however, there will be regional competitions, the first of which happen at the Animé Ottawa festival on April 19, 2025. Entries must be received by April 5, 2025. 🆓 The Ottawa Outdoor Adventure Travel Show (Nepean Sportsplex on April 26-27) has something for everyone; from paddling and camping to adventure travel and family activities. Enjoy the free parking, see the products, plan the trips and enjoy the Adventure Video Stage
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Are you having trouble falling asleep? Ottawa native – turned Victoria resident – Julie Gauthier has a new podcast, Pepperoni Pizza Dreams, to lull people into dreamland: she reads the menus of restaurants. Her latest edition is Ottawa focused, featuring Drip House, SuzyQ Doughnuts, Fritomania and Heartbreakers Pizza. Peter Hum in the Ottawa Citizen |
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