HELLO OTTAWA |
→ The City bought an island in the stream … of the Ottawa River |
→ It’s Musical Bingo at Orléans Brewing Co. tomorrow |
→ Sunday service on Lines 2 and 4 is not on the agenda anytime soon |
→ Deals of the day on womenswear and jewellery |
→ 🌨️ High 0° Low -12° and flurries |
Mailbag: C’mon people, you’re losing your touch. Reader Mark was the only person to email to us that there were not 19,777 collisions at the intersection of Hunt Club Road and Riverside Drive in 2024, but 97. The 19,777 is the total amount of collisions on roads in Ottawa. |
That 97 number was not in the CityNews story Friday but the full report from the Ottawa Police Service has all the details. It’s a very well designed report, too. |
🎂 Happy Birthday to OTTAWAN member Monique G on Saturday! Thank you for supporting us. |
– Martha and Darren |
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STATISTICS OTTAWA |
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$10.50 |
The toll for a round-trip on the Seaway International Bridge connecting Cornwall to New York State via Akwesasne starting April 1. While Akwesasne members do not pay the poll, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne says the $1 increase will hit families, businesses, service providers coming to the territory. | | | | Joseph Tunney at CBC |
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OTTAWANS OF THE DAY |
The Ice Hog family volunteers |
Over 100 different people will wear an Ice Hog costume during Winterlude. The Mama and Papa Ice Hog, with twins Nouma and Noumi, make appearances all over the capital during the fest. One volunteer has taken the fur for over 30 years. | | | | Lynn Saxberg in the Ottawa Citizen |
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– The CEO of local mom and pop business Shopify not really reading the room. Tobi Lutke, who now calls Toronto home, opposes Canada’s response to the 25 per cent tariffs levied by the United States tomorrow. | | | | Twitter |
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SPORTS |
🏒 NLL Ottawa Black Bears 8 – Calgary Roughnecks 11 last Friday |
🏒 PWHL Ottawa Charge 2 – Toronto Sceptres 4 last Saturday |
🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 6 – Minnesota Wild 0 last Saturday |
Something none of us have ever seen before: Canadian fans at sports events have started booing during the US national anthem. And it began Saturday with the Sens match. |
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL |
Finance and Corporate Services Committee
Tuesday, February 4 at 9:30 am |
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2024 Lansdowne Annual Report Surplus Lands Declaration of 5 City Properties - 2575 Reaneyhill Way, 3131 Jockvale Road, 7010 Parkway Road, 1127 & 1137 Mill Street
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Plus the Committee of Adjustment meets at 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. |
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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT |
🚨 Ottawa Police Service |
▪️A judge has acquitted a man of drug charges after ruling that Ottawa Police Service constables had no grounds for arrest and then lied in court. In 2021, Ottawa Police believed an Ottawa man was transporting drugs and conducted a surveillance. Instead, they saw the man’s brother drive a truck and, suspecting a drug deal might have gone down, the Ottawa constables arrested the brother and his companions, discovering ‘half a kilogram of fentanyl, 19 oxycodone pills, a single anticonvulsant pill and $2,600 in cash’. As the police could not prove that they had had any reason to suspect the brother, or that his truck was under suspicion, they had no grounds for arrest. The judge wrote that one of the constables was not honest in his testimony, when he testified he did have grounds for arrest. The two constables are currently serving on the Ottawa Police Service drug squad. | | | | Kristy Nease at CBC |
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🪧 Ontario Election |
▪️The City has publicized the rules for election signs on public and private property. Signs must: • Not be within three metres of an intersection, within fifty centimetres of a sidewalk, or where there is no sidewalk, within two metres of the roadway • Not be placed on medians or roundabouts. (Good luck with that - Eds) • Be removed within 72 hours after election day, March 2, even from private property. | | | | City of Ottawa |
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📚 The Nation Library |
▪️The Nation, that municipality next door to Ottawa on the east, is seeking library board members. The Nation closed its three libraries in December after its board resigned and chief executive retired. Nation residents have been permitted to use the libraries in Champlain Township, Casselman, Clarence-Rockland, and the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry in the meantime. Residents can also request a $60 refund on their property tax but none has been requested so far. Interested persons can apply here. | | | | James Morgan in The Review |
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🚊 O Train |
▪️OC Transpo says Sunday service will not be added to Lines 2 and 4 anytime soon. The agency just added Saturday service but says that there is still work to do before running seven days per week. | | | | Ted Raymond at CTV |
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⛵ City of Ottawa |
▪️The City of Ottawa may have bought an island in the Ottawa River and not publicized it. According to this letter in the West Carleton Online (it’s behind a paywall, THE OTTAWAN pays the $50 per year and it’s worth it), the City bought the 28 acres off of Mohrs Road, across from the village of Galetta. The purchase price is claimed to be $300,000 and is zoned agricultural. Letter writers Mark and Marsha MacGowan say that when they asked West Carleton ward councillor Clarke Kelly about it, it was the first of it that he had heard. Kelly later confirmed to West Carleton Online that the City did buy the island. THE OTTAWAN believes that this is the real estate listing. | | | | Letter: Galetta island also a City of Ottawa purchase (paywall) |
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THE ROLLING 3 DAY CALENDAR |
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TODAY |
▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Hard Truths, The Brutalist ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: The Last Showgirl, The Room Next Door, Bram Stoker’s Dracula Gigs ▪️ Botfly, They Grieve, Moratorium. LIVE on Elgin ▪️Daisy Train Karaoke. 27 Club ▪️ Mdou Moctar. Bronson Centre ▪️ Open Mic. Art house Café ▪️ The Five Star Monday Band. The Laff ▪️ Karaoke Mondaze. Atomic Rooster |
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TOMORROW |
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WEDNESDAY |
▪️ Elevator Theatre Company’s production of Late Company opens tonight for a two week run at the Gladstone Theatre. The play, which is set in an Ottawa suburb, examines the effect of a tragedy on a pair of grieving families. 🆓 DJ Geoff Paquet presents Trivia Night at Bicycle Craft Brewery. 🆓 It’s a Bad Night at the Movies at OPL Main Branch. Catch the newly completed New York Ninja (started in 1984, finished in 2021 by Vinegar Syndrome Pictures) at 6:30 pm. 🆓 The noon Doors Open for Music at Southminster concert at 15 Aylmer Ave, Conversations, features Virtuoso pianist Philippe Prud’homme and flutist Pascale Margely, who will mine the expressive potential of the flute and piano pairing, playing sonatas by Hindemith, Poulenc, and Desmarais. Live and live-streamed. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The Brutalist, Hard Truths, The Substance ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: The Room Next door, Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, Bram Stoker’s Dracula Gigs ▪️ Jazz Nite with Crop Circle Catalysts. Queen St Fare ▪️ Chayce Beckham. Bronson Centre ▪️ Prime Rib Big Band. Irene’s Pub ▪️ Valentine’s is A Drag. LIVE on Elgin ▪️ Havana Nights. Pure Havana Dance Studio (MacLaren and Elgin) |
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JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING |
▪️ Reserve your place at Deacon Brodies’ Whisky, Spice and Everything Nice tasting, and stay to watch the Super Bowl. Sunday February 9 starting at 4:00 pm. ▪️ Take your cocktail making skills to the next level. Split Tree’s new set of workshops will cover everything you need to know about shrubs (the proper name for Italian soda bases), fat-washing (via olive oil, coconut cream, or smokey bacon fat), Valentine’s cocktails, bourbon cocktails, tiki, mezcal, martinis, and more. |
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DEALS OF THE DAY |
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| Fall in love with MiiK Valentine’s Sale, today only, with select womenswear up to 50% off. Made in Ontario. |
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 | Singing Pebble Books |
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| All jewellery is 20% off at Singing Pebble Books (206 Main St). In-person shopping only. |
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BUT, ONE MORE THING … |
Sens owner, Toronto billionaire Michael Andlauer, is still trying mea culpa his way out of making it seem like he wanted to move the team to Quebec City. In a decently long interview, he says ‘“I relate to this community a lot more than I did in Montréal or Toronto. It’s more me. I run a public company (ATS Healthcare), I have coffee with the drivers and I love talking to the drivers’. Sens fans, relax. | | | | Bruce Garrioch in the Ottawa Citizen |
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