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Hello Ottawa

In Today’s Edition

→ OCDSB trustees have been locked out of their emails by new supervisor

→ Rockcliffe Airport has an acoustic jam tomorrow

→ Deal the Day from Yoga Jeans

– Martha and Darren

STATISTICS OTTAWA

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OTTAWANS OF THE DAY

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  • I live in the Glebe

  • – Nanos Research founder Nik Nanos’s answer to the question ‘How did you get involved with Carleton University?’, asked to him by Carleton’s student’s newspaper. Nanos has been appointed as the new chancellor of Carleton.

  • Syd Robbescheuten in The Charlatan

SPORTS

  • 🏈 cfl Ottawa RedBlacks 33 – Edmonton Elks 39 yesterday
  • 🏀 cebl Ottawa BlackJacks 104 – Saskatchewan Rattlers 83 last Saturday
  • ⚾ frontier Ottawa Titans 15 – Sussex County Miners 14 yesterday
  • ⚾ frontier Ottawa Titans 12 – Sussex County Miners 2 last Saturday
  • ⚾ frontier Ottawa Titans 4 – Sussex County Miners 3 last Friday

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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL

Built Heritage Committee 
Tuesday, July 8 at 9:30 am

  • Island Park Drive Heritage Conservation District Feasibility Assessment
  • Application for alteration at 168 and 174 Murray Street, properties designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the Lowertown West Heritage Conservation District
    Designation of 410-412 Besserer Street under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
  • Status Update – Built Heritage Committee Inquiries and Motions for the period ending June 20, 2025

Agenda

The crazy kids at the Committee of Adjustment also meet at 9:00 amand 1:00 pm.

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

📨 The trustees of the Ottawa Carleton District School Board have found themselves locked out of their emails. Last week, the Province installed Robert Plamondon as the supervisor of the District, replacing the Board, after concerns of ‘financial mismanagement’. While trustees don’t have any jobs to do at the moment, the lack of email means they are unable to communicate with parents. – Paula Tran in the Ottawa Citizen

🏠 The first office building in Ottawa to be converted into shelter space has opened. The former office building at 230 Queen St will house 140 single adults who are experiencing homelessness. While owned by the City, the three levels of ‘sleeping pods’ will be managed by the Catholic Centre for Immigrants. – City of Ottawa

🌊 Nominations are being solicited for Canada’s best splash pad. Sponsored by otherwise newsy website National Observer, all splash pads are in consideration as long as they are working and open to the public. Deadline is July 11. – Cloe Logan in the National Observer

💥 A vehicle has driven into a Baseline Road Beer Store. An elderly man was taken to hospital with minor injuries. Can you believe it's been nearly a year since we last mentioned this seemingly-only-in-Ottawa phenomenon.  – The Ottawa Citizen

THE DAILY POLL

Do you agree with the Province replacing the Ottawa Carleton District School Board with a supervisor?

Yes

No

Other (email: trustees@theottawan.com)

  • Previously in ottawan polls:

  • We asked, ‘Do you think Bluesfest should change its name?’

  • 22% No, because blues is a hard sell but the crowdpleasing acts bring in patrons who may see the blues bands on the side stages

  • 19% Yes, if it doesn't feature blues on the main stage, it is wrongly named

  • 43% No, if we are that pedantic then CityFolk and the Jazz Festival would also need to rename themselves

  • 16% Yes, and to be pedantic, CityFolk and the Jazz Festival also need to rename themselves

  • 0% Other

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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR

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✳️ Means change from previous edition

MONDAY

TUESDAY

  • CYRO, aka Rockcliffe Airport, invites one and all to the Acoustic Jam Night from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Bring your own guitar or other instrument as well as your friends. This event is weather permitting, so keep an eye on the skies. 

  • Take a sonic journey into Organ Music of Canada this afternoon with musician Matthew Larkin, as Music & Beyond festival continues. At 7:30 pm, Canadian Brass performs a program of popular music along with classics from Bach, Mozart and others. 

  • 🎺 Road Trip: Music & Beyond stretches its reach to Almonte where the Bennewitz Quartet will perform pieces by Haydn, Schulhoff, and Dvořák. 

  • If the weather allows, A Company of Fools presents The Comedy of Errors in Lynwood Park (Lynwood Park Tennis Clubhouse) from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.  

  • Ottawa Street Markets has a new pop-up Farm Store location in Zibi. Check out the wooden frame on Head Street Square (Google 310 Miwate Private) from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm every Tuesday until October 21.  

  • ByTowne Cinema: Hot Milk, Materialilsts, 40 Acres

  • Mayfair Theatre: Les Barbares (aka Meet the Barbarians), The Phoenician Scheme, The Brood  

    Gigs

  • We were Sharks, Neon Ghosthouse, Outta Hand. The Dominion Tavern

  • Open Mic. The Laff

WEDNESDAY

JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

 
 
 
 
 

MADE IN CANADA DEALS OF THE DAY

There are discounts aplenty in the Yoga Jeans Summer Clearance event. 

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

  • When Martha and Darren lived in England, the guilty pleasure television show to which we always returned was Come Dine with Me. The premise is four stangers in the same town stage a dinner party each night for the others, with one of them winning £1,000 or something. The prize doesn’t matter, it was always about the characters (and sometimes about the food). One memorable UK episode involved the host ordering delivery from a local pub, which then handed her the dishes through her kitchen window while she attempted to pass it off as her own cooking (we didn’t say it was Masterpiece).

  • Now, Come Dine with Me Canada is seeking ‘amateur chefs in the Nation’s capital’ for its version on the Food Network.

  • If you’re interested, the deadline is July 25.

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