HELLO OTTAWA | → We’re number four in nightlife | → Have a BBQ turkey dog, live music, and fine craft beer at the Cold Bear Brewing Friendsgiving evening tomorrow in Arnprior | → On the second day of testing, the O Train is holding up well | → ⛅ High 13° Low 8° and partly cloudy | – Martha and Darren | | STATISTICS OTTAWA | | 4 | – Where Ottawa ranks on Uber Canada's nightlife index. Fourth is a great leap from last year’s ninth place. The number is calculated by the volume of Uber rides called between 10:00 pm and 2:00 am. Toronto made first place, Hamilton was 10th. | | | | Uber Canada |
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| VANKLEEK HILLERS OF THE DAY | Seven linemen and a supervisor from Sproule Powerline Construction | - The eight have travelled to Florida and South Carolina to assist local power companies recover from Hurricane Milton. They have been there since September 27, when they arrived to assist with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. | | | | James Morgan in The Review |
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| QUOTE | | ❝ | | | I think people thought I had Mickey and Minnie down the street, and that was not the case. Nobody was listening. This was catastrophic. This was horror. Dead rats in our yard, dead rats in our house |
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| – South Kanata resident Kim Hallarn on how her neighbourhood was infested with rats but police, bylaw, Ottawa Public Health, and her local councillor showed little interest. Ottawa ByLaw has now made orders against the owner of a specific townhouse. | | | | Austin Lee at CTV |
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| | WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL | No meetings tomorrow | 📋 Agendas and meetings | | WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT | ⛺ Sprung structure shelters | ▪️Unable to get answers from City staff, Barrhaven East ward councillor Wilson Lo has filed a freedom of information request to find out proposed locations and criteria for the City’s sprung structure shelters. The shelters are being built to house refugee claimants. | | | | Wilson Lo newsletter |
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| 🚊 O Train | ▪️The Trillium line hit 99 per cent reliability on its second day of testing. The new line is being tested for 14 days and requires an average of 98.5 per cent to pass. | | | | Blair Crawford in the Ottawa Citizen |
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| Talisman Motor Inn t-shirt | The Beachcomber Room tiki bar at the Talisman Motor Inn was where Ottawa swingers could be found in the early 60s | Help support THE OTTAWAN by buying one of our historic logo t-shirts. | |
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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 | 🆓 Join the virtual discussion Teens and Screens by The Walrus Talks @ Home. As youth mental health problems surge, join a critical discussion about social media, brain science, and the impacts of screen time. 🆓 Spend a spooky evening at Spaniel’s Tale Books for the launch of Mark Leslie’s new novel One Hand Screaming. Free but you must register. 🆓 Ottawa author Jennifer Whiteford launches her novel Make Me a Mixtape at Spark Beer. ▪️ Marking World Mental Health Day, Ottawa non-profit Pleo’s Art of Support event will benefit the families of children facing challenges. ▪️ Gaze at more than 10,000 hand-carved pumpkins while you’re serenaded by creepy sounds and effects. Find Pumpkins After Dark Ottawa at Wesley Clover Parks from tonight through October 31. ▪️ Microgreens Ottawa host Introduction to Growing Microgreens, a 1.5 hour beginner session covering all the basics. $70. Call +1 613-915-8388 to book your place. ▪️ Flutist and bansuri player Lara Wong and Melón Jiménez compose flamenco infused with Indian, jazz, and world music. National Arts Centre Fourth Stage. ▪️ If you’re considering entering this year’s 48 Hour Film Project, head to DARC for the Meet and Greet information session tonight. ▪️ DJ Shadow plays Bronson Centre Theatre. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema and the Embassies of the Baltic and Nordic nations present a screening of recent short films. ▪️ Conductor Jessica Cottis and the NAC Orchestra perform the second of two performances of Beethoven. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Lee, Bright Night: Baltic-Nordic Short Films, A Different Man ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: The Critic, Rosemary’s Baby Gigs ▪️ Taproom Trivia. Kichesippi Brewing ▪️ Scott Amey. Irene’s Pub ▪️ Grace Clark. Montgomery Scotch Lounge ▪️ Talel McBriar. Montgomery Scotch Lounge ▪️ Ringpop. LIVE on Elgin ▪️ Paul DesLauriers & Annika Chambers Band. Rainbow Bistro |
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| TOMORROW | 🆓 Artists from Algonquin Anishinaabe First Nation from Kitigan Zibi, Canada, Colombia, and Argentina exhibit at the Multicultural Artists’s Coalition Art+ Fall Exhibition. The free Vernissage is this evening. 🆓 The uOttawa Orchestra plays Robert Rival, Sergei Prokofiev, and W.A. Mozart at St. Joseph’s Church. ▪️ Sisters Bel and Quinn sing compositions that merge jazz and Haitian rhythms, accompanied by Quinn on guitar. National Arts Centre Fourth Stage. ▪️ Join the Stittsville Haunted Heritage Tour if you dare. ▪️ Ottawa Storytellers present 9 Lives, 8 Near-Misses: life lessons from near-death events with Paul Shanker de Tourreil, Arts Club Blackbox Studio. ▪️ Road Trip: The Festival of Small Halls stops at Tweed’s Marble Arts Centre, where blues artist Suzie Vinnick performs. ▪️ Road Trip: Enjoy a BBQ turkey dog, live music, and fine craft beer at the Cold Bear Brewing Friendsgiving evening with Kyle Felhaver. 199 Madawaska Blvd, Arnprior. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Lee, The Apprentice, A Different Man, Drunken Cinema: Scream 2 ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Girls Will Be Girls, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, The Room. Gigs ▪️ Young Stitch, Vigorous, Ruckus. Rainbow Bistro ▪️ Around the Clock. Irene’s Pub ▪️ Blingo. Pour Boy ▪️ Martyr, Dopethrone, Southief, Rockin’ Enging, Hatred Reigns, Longhouse. The Brass Monkey ▪️ Mikhair Paxton. Stray Dog Brewing Co. |
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| SATURDAY | ▪️ Say so long for the season to Ottawa Street Markets Alta Vista Market this Saturday. 🆓 Hot apple cider, hay rides, and organic veggies for your Thanksgiving table; find them all at BeetBox Farm’s Harvest Fest. ▪️ Road Trip: The 28th annual Crown and Pumpkin Studio Tour visits the studios of more than 45 artists in the Mississippi Mills region. ▪️ Visit more than 130 vendors at the Robert Plante 1st Annual Thanksgiving Market. ▪️ Start your engines, crafters. The Great Ottawa Markets Collective Destash Market only runs for four hours. ▪️ Road Trip Shop at the only Thanksgiving Fair and Market located at a working horse stables. Fall for Merrickville costs $12 to attend. ▪️ Flora Hall Brewing’s 7th Birthday party will be epic, with DJ and live music from Funk A Tron 5000 and four special beer releases. 🆓 It’s a 613Flea Saturday at Lansdowne Park, where more than 150 vendors will be selling food, drinks, hand made, and of course, vintage. 🆓 What’s up, doc? Join the harvesting team at Ottawa Farm Fresh’s Carrot Fest. ▪️ The Latin American Heritage Celebration honors the Latin American heritage, culture, achievements, and contributions of this community in the national capital region. ▪️ The Little Farm Cart will be parked in front of Aurelius Fine Balsamic Vinegars and Olive Oils from noon to 3:00 pm. 🆓 and Pay What You Can: 2SLGBTQ+ YouthLine presents an intergenerational panel discussion in honour of its 30th anniversary. ▪️ It’s Vinyl Night at Baked Goods records. ▪️ View more local art at the Expressions of Art event by West Carleton Arts Society, happening at Carp Fairgrounds Agricultural Hall. ▪️ Discover more than 70 fashion designers and makers in person at Grande Braderie de Mode Québécoise de Gatineau, at Hilton Lac-Leamy (3 Bd du Casino, Gatineau, QC J8Y 6X4). ▪️ Road Trip: The Perth Autumn Studio Tour will visit 32 artists over four stops in the picturesque town. ▪️ Hip Hop artists from Ottawa, Montréal, and Toronto throw down for the chance to win big prizes in Oh That’s Tight: Hip Hop Dance Battle Vol 1. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Lee, The Apprentice, A Different Man ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party (Halloween Edition), Qalat, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, The Thing, Saturday Night Sinema Gigs ▪️ Bev Dun. Montgomery Scotch Lounge ▪️ Susses. Red Bird ▪️ Mecca of Stank. LIVE on Elgin ▪️ Faux Confessions. Rainbow Bistro ▪️ Fleetwood Max. Queen St. Fare |
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| JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING | ▪️Thirteen Strings bring sweeping film scores to life with Let’s Go to the Movies! Featuring the atmospheric themes to Interstellar, Raging Bull, He Got Game, Bridgerton, Eyes Wide Shut, and more. October 22. ▪️ Tickets are now on pre-sale for this year’s Crave Food and Wine (November 16 at Shaw Centre). The culinary event of the season will keep you busy with food, drinks, demonstrations, and exhibitors. |
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| Tired of talking turkey? Slipacoff’s has great deals on Angus Ribeye Steak, AAA Baseball Steak and even Lean Ground Beef. |
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| | BUT, ONE MORE THING … | As the Sens play their first regular season match tonight at the Canadian Tire Centre against the Florida Panthers, Josh Pringle has ‘6 things to know about the Ottawa Senators this season’.
Meanwhile, satirical website The Beavertown writes, ‘At press time, the Senators had already won their first game of the year after the Florida Panthers assumed “Ottawa” was a schedule misprint and cancelled their flight to the city’. | | DAILY QUALITY CONTROL | What did you think of today’s OTTAWAN? | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great ⭐⭐⭐ Satisfactory ⭐ Needs Improvement |
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