HELLO OTTAWA | → The full Rideau Canal Skateway will open tomorrow at 8:00 am | → Enjoy the salty stylings of ByTown Sea Shanty Collective at Beyond the Pale’s City Centre taproom tomorrow | → O Train Lines 2 and 4 will start Saturday service on January 25 | → Deals on coffee accessories at Equator Coffee Roasters, appetizers and bottles of wine at Pure Kitchen, and free shipping at Retrokid | → ☁️ High -1° Low -10° and partly cloudy | – Martha and Darren | | STATISTICS OTTAWA | | $995 | The price, plus HST, for residents to commemorate things like ‘the loss of a family member, a new birth, an accomplishment such as a graduation, or an event like an anniversary’ in the City’s newly revamped Tree Dedication programme. Commemorations for ‘a community leader, milestone, event or accomplishment that is significant to the public at large’ cost $1,750 plus HST. All trees receive three years of watering and a plaque. | | | | Ted Raymond at CTV Tree Dedication Programme on the City website |
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| OTTAWAN OF THE DAY | Ariel Troster | Somerset ward councillor Ariel Troster has been a leading advocate for a City anti-renoviction bylaw. This Instagram video that she just posted is very of the moment: she explains the proposed bylaw in detail and why she thinks it is needed but her content is in the “Get Ready With Me” style preferred by the TikTok and Instagram kids. |
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| | WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL | | | WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT | ❄️ Outdoors | ▪️The Rideau Canal Skateway will be open for its entire length tomorrow. This will be the first time that has happened in three years. And, since it is expected to be a snowy weekend, Ottawa Tourism has released its list of the area’s 10 best tobogganing hills: Green’s Creek (Gloucester), Bruce Pit (Nepean), Carlington Park (Carlington), Loyola Park (Gloucester), Walter Baker Park (Kanata), Craig Henry Park (Nepean), Ski Hill Park (Gloucester), Conroy Pit (Hunt Club), Marcel Lalande Park (Cumberland), and Westboro Kiwanis Park (Westboro). The City also has a handy map of all 45 approved tobogganing hills. |
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| 🚊 O Train | ▪️The new Line 2 and Line 4 will expand to Saturday service on January 25. Right now the services, which both opened January 6, run only Monday to Friday. OC Transpo considers this a phased opening to ensure things are working correctly. | | | | CBC |
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| ➕Related In an Ottawa Citizen column, Brigitte Pellerin says that passengers should inform OC Transpo every single time something is not right ‘by phone, by text, [or] tagging them on social media’. That includes things like missed busses or sticky stations. | 🗳️ Local Politics | ▪️Local former public employee Mark Carney has applied for the position of leader of the federal Liberal Party. Carney lived in Rockcliffe during his long career in the Department of Finance, later becoming the governor of the Bank of Canada. After that, he spent seven years in London as the governor of the Bank of England where he turned down the offered chauffeured car and took the tube to work. He and his wife now live in Ottawa, we believe in Rockcliffe again. Readers with better info: please email it to us at ‘hello@theottawan.com’. The Liberal Party will choose its next leader March 9. Toronto MP Chrystia Freeland and House leader Karina Gould, of Burlington, are also running for the leadership. | | | | Vjosa Isai and Matina Stevis-Gridneff in the New York Times |
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| 🛻 Convoy News | ▪️Convoy coörganizer Pat King sentencing hearing started yesterday but it will take weeks to finish. The time will be taken up by witness statements of harm caused and harm mitigated. The Crown is asking for 10 years in prison, King’s lawyers are asking for time served. King was convicted of disobeying a court order, mischief, counselling to commit mischief, and counselling to obstruct a peace officer during the February 2022 siege of downtown Ottawa. | | | | David Baxter in the Canadian Press |
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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 | We interrupt your Friday event listings to tell you that with the sad news that Parkhurst is permanently closing, you should really invest in a quality, #madeincanada Classic Wool Basque Beret before it’s too late. $34. ▪️ Erie Otters visit Ottawa 67s with the puck drop at 7:00 pm. Once you arrive at the Arena at TD Place, check out the pop-up Pub at Gate 4 for happy hour deals. ▪️ Road Trip: The Haunted Walk will be conducting Paranormal Investigations at the Historic SDG Jail in Cornwall tonight and tomorrow night. Are you brave enough to go? ▪️ Queers & Beers are back at Queen St Fare for an evening of socializing and dancing. ▪️ Rocker veterans Top Shelf play Rainbow Bistro. ▪️ Have your say in the results of the Art Battle at Overflow Brewing. ▪️ Cover bands High Waters (Radiohead), Main Street Revival (The Band), and Annie Martel (Angel Olsen) perform. ▪️ Catch a fundraising performance of Hamlet by The Company of Adventurers, Friday January 17 and Saturday January 18 only at the Gladstone Theatre. It’s free, but the cast will be passing a hat around after the show. Please dig deep. ▪️ The final draw for The Snowsuit Fund’s For The City 50/50 event is today. At the time of writing the winner will take home more than $330K and many area kids will benefit from the Snowsuit Fund and BGC Ottawa programs. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The Room Next Door, The Last Showgirl, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: A Real Pai, Anora, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Gigs ▪️ Double Experience. Broadhead Brewery ▪️ Radio Days. Brew Revolution ▪️ The Start. Heart & Crown (Barrhaven) ▪️ Jim Bryson. Red Bird ▪️ Eric Montpool. Art House Café ▪️ The Yodas. The Barley Mow Merivale Road ▪️ The Ruffianz. House of TARG ▪️ Warm Songs for Cold Months. LIVE on Elgin |
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| TOMORROW | ▪️ Maxime Zecchini plays Music for the Left Hand (From Classical to Musical Comedy) in Music & Beyond’s concert at Mackay United Church (39 Duffering Road). ▪️ Canadian Museum of History reopens after its annual deep cleaning. 🆓 Bytown Sea Shanty Collective brings its special brand of fun back to Beyond the Pale’s City Centre location. 🆓 A self-described “sustainable vintage mall of one-of-a-kind second-hand goods that’s so much fun!”, Vintage Pop-Up 613 presents another fantastic two day shopping event at Next Door Market & Event Space. 🆓 The Asian Community Arts Market at the NAC is more than shopping: performances, food, and workshops are all on offer. ▪️ Shop used books, “furrbulous merchandise”, and sweet treats atOttawa Stray Cat Rescue’s Book Purge at Studio Staja (507 Rideau St). ▪️ There are more used books for sale at Riverside United Church’s Winter Book Nook Sale. ▪️ If you need to refresh your goals check out the Exploring Life Goals and Making Change Happen workshop. ▪️ Hintonburg Public House’s monthly Karaoke night features drink specials from Beyond The Pale and Side Hustle vodka sodas. The fun kicks off at 9:00 pm. ▪️ 250 musicians play the soundtrack live at the screening of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. ▪️ Meet adoptable cats, dogs, and reptiles at the Critter Jungle’s Tax Free Weekend. 1405 Carling Ave. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The Room Next Door, The Last Showgirl, A Clockwork Orange ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Flow, A Real Pain, Supervixens Gigs ▪️ Jahmeema X Julzzz. Irene’s Pub ▪️ PSTRNC Goth Industrial Dance Party. The Underground ▪️ All Bark No Bite, Coppershop, Alturna, Countdown 2 Earplugs. Dominion Tavern ▪️ Emo Night Ottawa. The 27 Club ▪️ Japanese Fusion Night. House of TARG |
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| SUNDAY | ▪️ Meet other Doctor Who Society of Canada (Ottawa chapter) members for a spot of brunch at Royal Oak Centrepointe. Buy your own drinks and food. ▪️ ROAD TRIP: Ballroom and swing dancers: bring cash to the Almonte Big Band Tea Dance, where the Standing Room Only Big Band and guest vocalist Helen Glover will lead you through nearly four hours of fun. 🆓 Take a family and beginner-friendly house dance workshop at the NAC. ▪️ It’s Day 2 of the Vintage Pop-Up 613 market at Next Door Market & Event Space. ▪️ More than 85 vendors at Lansdowne Farmers Market will be selling fresh bread and sweet treats, specialities from Jamaica, Belgium, UK, France, and Ethiopia, plus locally made chocolate, spirits, honey, maple syrup, produce, craft beer, and even yarn for your crafting projects. ▪️ Break out the snowshoes and try an NCC trail. ▪️ ROAD TRIP: Take a drive to Carleton Place and visit the Art Hub Gallery, where you’ll find Breakaway, an exhibition of local artists’ works. ▪️ Go skating on the Rideau Canal, on the ByWard Synthetic Rink, or at Rideau Hall. ▪️ Weaving and textiles take centre stage at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The Room Next door, The Last Showgirl, Soundtrack to a Coup d’État ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Flow, Anora Gigs ▪️ Open Mic. Moose McGuire’s Orléans ▪️ Keith Glass Band (Matinée), Sunday Night Revue. Irene’s Pub ▪️ Roxanne. Atomic Rooster |
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| MONDAY (BLUE MONDAY) | | JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING | | | DEALS OF THE DAY |  | Equator Coffee Roasters |
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| It’s Free Shipping Friday at Retrokid.ca. If you’ve been putting off buying that Arthur sweatshirt or Mr Dressup tee, now’s the time. |
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| | BUT, ONE MORE THING … | It has been quite a while since we heard from our effusive friends at Narcity Ottawa, but the Instagram pics in their new article, ‘8 romantic small towns near Ottawa to visit with your loved one this winter‘ do inspire some roadlust in us. Those romantic recommended destinations are: Almonte, Montebello, Perth, Wakefield, Gananoque, Lake Placid, Mont-Tremblant, and Merrickville. |
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