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• In the weekend ottawan:

  → Halving O Train service only saves $600,000 per year

• → It’s the Butter Tart Festival in Stittsville, what else could we suggest?

• → The Federal government made no studies on productivity before mandating an extra day in the office

– Martha and Darren

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• $600,000
• – The amount of money OC Transpo expects to save by reducing service on the O Train. The O Train now runs every 10 minutes, rather than every 5 minutes, between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm and between 6:30 pm and 11:00 pm. 
  
  By the ottawan’s back-of-the-envelope calculation,  that is a savings of $219 per weekday.
  
  Some City Councillors have opposed the reduction in service and a vote on the matter will be taken at next Wednesday’s City Council meeting.
  
  (Ted Raymond at CTV)

Ottawan of the Day 

• Mark Wacyk
• – Wacyk is the new president of Ottawa’s Canadian Elite Basketball League team, the BlackJacks. The founder of tech corporation Akara Corporation, which he sold to Ciena in 2003, was assistant coach of the University of Ottawa GeeGees when they won the Wilson Cup championship in 1993. (Canadian Elite Basketball League)

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• I thought I was just getting old, and that’s why I wasn’t going as well at the races

• – Michael Woods, who says that he was contemplating retiring from the professional cycling circuit but then discovered he had a bacterial stomach infection. Wood will be competing in the Montréal cycling Grand Prix this weekend. (Daniel Rainbird at CBC) 

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CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

Finance and Corporate Services Committee
Monday, September 16, 2024 at 9:30 am

• Proposed 2025 Budget Directions, Timeline and Consultation Process
• 2024 Tax and Rate Operating and Capital Budget Q2 Status
• Draft Statement of Investment Policies and Procedures for Prudent Investor Standard
• Status Update – Finance and Corporate Services Committee Inquiries and Motions for the period ending 5 September 2024
• Application for Approval to Expropriate Lands – Baseline Transit Priority Phase Project

📋 Agenda

Election Compliance Audit Committee
Monday, September 16, 2024 at 2:00 pm

• Auditor’s Report – Election compliance audit of the campaign finances of Candidate Doug Thompson of Ward 20 Osgoode from the 2022 Municipal Elections

📋 Agenda

Ottawa Board of Health
Monday, September 16, 2024 at 5:00 pm

• Update of Ottawa Public Health’s 2024-2025 Immunization Plan
• 2025 Budget Planning and Considerations for Ottawa Public Health
• 2025 Ottawa Board of Health Meeting Schedule
• 2024 Operating and Capital Budget Q2– Board of Health for the City of
• Ottawa Health Unit Status Report

  
  In Camera Items

• Appointment of Associate Medical Officer of Health

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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🦁 Churchill Portrait

• The person accused of stealing the Yousuf Karsh-shot Winston Churchill portrait from the Château Laurier has been named.Jeffrey Wood is charged with possession of property obtained by crime and possession of property obtained by crime for the purpose of trafficking. He is being represented by lawyer-to-the-stars Lawrence Greenspon. Although the Ottawa Police said Wood’s name was subject to a publication ban, it’s not. Wood was released on bail on condition that he live with his sureties, two retired Ontario Provincial Police officers, in a town outside of North Bay.
  
  The buyer in Genoa, who is not suspected in any way, plans to visit Ottawa next month and will stay at the Château Laurier to view his former possession. (David Fraser at CBC)

🚊 O Train

• Carriage maker Alstrom says a redesign of the O Train’s wheel bearing assembly system will take years. A resigned system is considered a permanent solution to the O Train’s ongoing problems, which included derailments. (Elyse Skura at CBC )

⚙️ Federal Public Employees

• The Federal government admits that it did not do any study on productivity before mandating an additional day back into the office for most employees. Treasury Board President Anita Anand now says that a task force will look ‘uses of technology, the size of the public service, the relationship between the public sector and the private sector and overall declining productivity’. The task force will also look at what the UK and Australian governments are doing. (Catherine Morrison in the Ottawa Citizen)

🤫 Secret Joint Task Force 2 Training Base

• Work has started on the new $1.4 billion upgrade in Dwyer Hill, the home of the Canadian Forces special operations unit, JTF2. It’s not really a secret that 23 new buildings will be built in the rural area. Around 200 to 300 people will work on the site when it finishes in nine years. the ottawan recently visited the Ashton Brewery in the nearby village of Ashton and enjoyed a Blackstone Ale, brewed in honour of their neighbours with a portion of the profits going to the Blackstone Association, the special forces’ charity. (David Pugliese in the Ottawa Citizen)

🍩 Atlético Ottawa

• Deposits are now being taken for the next Atlético Ottawa season. Deposits are $50 and a there will be a draw for one of three $100 gift cards to Maverick's Donut Company for fans who buy before October 19. (Atlético Ottawa)

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Today

• Hand wipes at the ready: Bring your appetite to Orléans Ribfest and Poutine, starting today and running through Sunday at 255 Centrum Blvd in Orléans. 

• Today at CityFolk festival: Rise Against headlines the TD Stage with guests Explosions in the Sky and Soen. Cat Power Sings Dylan ’66 on the Fasken Stage, supported by Kellie Loder and Amanda Lowe Warnakulasuriya. Meanwhile, Cinno plays the Plaza at 5:00 pm. 

• Fifteen years of knitting; ninety pounds of yarn; one man’s artistic and spiritual journey. The Knitting Pilgrim is a multidisciplinary one-man show combining storytelling, image/video projection, and three huge, knitted panels that look like stained glass windows, breathtaking to behold in person. Free, but a suggested donation of $15 is suggested. 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm tonight at St. Andrew’s Church 

• 🆓 The Working on Wellness Festival brings Mental Health, Physical Health and Substance Use Health communities together as one collective to increase wellness for people living in Canada. The WOW Festival 2024 is your chance to engage with Ottawa’s wellness communities and allies, as well as support CAPSA’s #WorkingOnWellness campaign. 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at Marion Dewar Plaza (16 Avenue Laurier Ave West). 

• Every ticket sold to tonight’s Laugh with Purpose comedy show featuring headliner Bryan Hatt will support the Jordan Leigh Foundation Yuk Yuk’s Ottawa, 100 Kent St. 
   

• Capital Pop-up screens ET the Extra-Terrestrial at the Beechwood Cemetery. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Nos belles-sœurs (Sisters and Neighbors!), L’étoile filante (The Falling Star), Widow Clicquot, Drunken Cinema: Friday the 13th: The final Chapter
   

• Mayfair Theatre: His Three Daughters, Across the River and Into the Trees, Cuckoo 
  
  Gigs

• Striker with Lutharo and The Scepter. Overflow Brewing

• The Barrow Gang. Atomic Rooster

• Melwood Cutlery. Red Bird

• Bad Egg. Avant-Garde Bar

• MLNY with Jonas Brown. Rainbow Bistro

• Smelloship. Irene’s Pub

• The Space Wizards with The Burningtree and Aurora’s Reef. Café Dekcuf

• Bourbon House. The Brass Monkey

• Jeremy Dutcher. National Arts Centre

• Richard Page. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

Tomorrow

• 🆓 If it’s time for a decor refresh, visit the Glebe Fine Art Show, where 34 juried artists will have work on show. Today and Sunday at the Glebe Community Centre. 

• Here’s a surprising collab: Wild Birds Unlimited (1500 Bank St) will host a kitten adoption event with Furry Tales Cat Rescue from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Get a free cat collar, learn how to bird-safe your cat, make your own cat toy craft, and more. 

• Do you and your dog get stressed every bath time? Head to Dog Wash Day at Critter Jungle on Carling from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Volunteers will wash your pup for $15. 

• There are a few tickets left for the six week Wheel Beginner 1 workshopat Hintonburg Pottery, which starts tomorrow. 

• ‘B’ is for ‘butter tart’ and you’ll find many of them at the 3rd Annual Butter Tart Festival Market at the The Barn in Stittsville. Judges will do the official tasting starting at 11:30 am and announce the winners shortly thereafter, and quite soon after that the winning tarts will likely sell out. But the day is long and 16 bakers are taking part, so you’ll have plenty of tarts to sample. 

• 🆓 The Ottawa Bonsai Society’s Bonsai Expo 2024 runs 10:00 am to 4:00 pm today and 10:00 am to 3:00 pm tomorrow at the Embassy of Japan, 225 Susses Dr. 

• 🆓 The village of Manotick invites visitors to discover hospitality spots, live entertainment, and local shopping. Taste of Manotick (2:00 pm to 7:00 pm) offers sips and samples, entertainment, and the chance to donate to the Manotick Food Cupboard. 

• Upper Canada Village’s weekend programming ends this Saturday and Sunday with the 1860s Fall Fair Weekend & Quilt Show. Immerse yourself in 19th century living with historical exhibits, a quilting bee and demos, the horse and cattle show, live music and even magic shows. 9:30am to 5:00 pm today and tomorrow. Admission fees apply. 

• 🆓 Go behind the scenes for tours and presentations at some of the National Capital Commission’s sites with Open NCC (10:00 am to 3:00 pm). Some activities require advance registration. 

• 🆓 The National Arts Centre’s SPHERE Festival has fun activities for the entire family, from workshops to music and dance. 10:00 am to 3:00 pm 

• Road Trip: Wander the attractive streets, do some shopping in the stores and from local artisans, dine at one of the area restaurants or pubs, and experience the heritage beauty of the town during the Perth Night Market. 

• Orléans Ribfest and Poutine continues. 

• Meet local first responders at Carp Farmer’s Market Safety Day. The West Carleton 4-H Swine Club will also be on site, and you can shop from more than 80 vendors. 

• If the hearing the words ‘Scotch Bonnet Peppers’ makes you crumble into a sweaty, crying mess (looking at you, Martha), it’s best that you avoid Heating Up the Capital. The 4th annual hot sauce expo is one day of hot, hot, heat that includes 40 vendors, the Capital Punishment Stage, entertainment, adult beverages, and food. Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Dr. 

• Bands from Ottawa, Montréal, PEI, and beyond are rolling into the region for BC Black and Bluegrass Festival, 2:00 pm to midnight at Rideau Pines Farm in North Gower. Tickets $45. 

• Today at CityFolk: On the TD Stage, Milky Chance headlines with guests Half Moon Run and Jamie Fine: Katie Tupper leads the line-up on the Fasken Stage and is supported by John Muirhead and Alanna Sterling; while Almyr Jules plays the Plaza.

• 100 Canadian vendors are ready to sell you the best in handmade and vintage wares at the Cheerfully Made Fall Market. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. $5 at the door (kids under 14 get in for free). Bell Sensplex 1565 Maple Grove Road, K2V 1A3. 

• 🆓 If you like to shop for vintage treasures, scour piles of vinyl LPs, and support small businesses, visit the massive marketplace that is 613flea. 10:am to 3:00 pm at Aberdeen Square, Lansdowne Park. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Temporarily closed for renovations until September 19 

• Mayfair Theatre: Sisi & I, His Three Daughters, 1984, Saturday Night Sinema. 

  Gigs

• Soundcheck. Queen St. Fare

• Mecca of Stank. Irene’s Pub

• Rocking the Carleton Tavern with Werth It. Carleton Tavern

• Movements, Turnover, Queen of Jeans. Bronson Centre

• Berndt. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

• Blackguard. Rainbow Bistro

• Dart Trees. LIVE on Elgin

Sunday

• You can still register for the Ottawa Terry Fox Run, which at the time of writing has raised 70% of its fundraising total. 

• Today at CityFolk, headliners Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit are supported by Maren Morris and Billianne. Catch the Cityfolk Slam spoken work showcase on the Fasken Stage at 5:30 pm, and Alejandro Escovedo at 7:50 pm. Sonia G. plays the Plaza at 5:00 pm. 

• The Ottawa Chinatown Bazaar is one day of shopping, food sampling, and fun in the heart of the Chinatown neighbourhood. 

• Enjoy free programming this afternoon from City Sounds Live as Pony Girl’s Yolande Laroche plays songs from her upcoming solo album Orchidae and Tennyson King performs his bluesy rock and roll. The Shed (190 Sparks St). 

• Filmmakers have just 48 hours left to register for the 2024 Digi60 60-Day Challenge. The deadline to register is 2:00 pm on Sunday September 15. This deadline coincides with the festival kick-off event, which also includes a panel of past 60-Day Challenge participants and a group of screenwriters, who will pitch ideas to the 2024 registrants. It all happens at DARC Microcinema at Arts Court (67 Nicholas St K1N 7B9). 

• 🆓 York Street Market is for the dogs this Sunday, as the 9th Annual ByWard Barket presents artists creating works featuring dogs, a dog fashion show at 1:00 pm, and live entertainment. 40 vendors will be on site at the Artisan Market, and 18 pet-friendly businesses will be hosting events. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. 

• It’s Sunday Funday at Atomic Rooster, with food, drinks specials, and lots of the aforementioned fun, all starting at 6:00 pm. 

• 🆓 It’s Day 2 of the Glebe Fine Art Fair. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Temporarily closed for maintenance work 

• Mayfair Theatre: His Three Daughters, Sisi & I, 1984 

  Gigs

• Sunday Revue. Irene’s Pub

• Authority Zero. The 27 Club

• NLE Choppa. Bronson Centre

Monday

• There are more than 80,000 songs to choose from at Atomic Rooster’s Karaoke Mondaze. 

• Book your table now for Ward 14’s Monday evening Trivia. 

• Start the week with Monday Night Salsa at Mill St. Brewery. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Temporarily closed for maintenance work 

• Mayfair Theatre: His Three Daughters, Sisi & I, Breakin’ 

  Gigs

• Trivia Night. Royal Oak Barrhaven

Long Runs

• Cirque du Soleil ECHO continues in Gatineau until September 22. 

• The University of Ottawa created the Department of Visual Arts 50 years ago. The Ottawa Art Gallery commemorates those five decades with the exhibition Art School Confidential, until September 22.

Just Announced / Now Booking

• Pot & Pantry’s series of Fall courses covers recipes and techniques for the cooler months: Tutta la Pasta with Chef Lewis (October 8, $120), Caramel Basics (October 22, $105), Beyond Pumpkin Spice Baking Class (November 5, $105), and Fuss-Free holiday Baking (November 26, $105). 

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DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

In the Ottawa Citizen, Brigitte Pellerin tells of a way to improve OC Transpo’s experiment in on-demand buses. Earlier this year, OC Transpo ran an experiment in Blackburn Hamlet on Sundays, when residents could call a minibus when needed. It was deemed successful.

But Concordia University researchers have a new version using smaller passenger vans and buttons at bus stops. Riders press the button, are told how long they will need to wait, and the van will come to take them to a determined transit hub or shopping centre or similar. No smartphones are needed and a suburban Montréal test showed it provided faster service.

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