Hello Ottawa | In Today’s Edition→ Pet store robber gets citizens-arrested by man with a dog leash→ Victoire's special night in remembrance of Montréal designer Valerie Dumaine is tomorrow→ Deals the Day: steaks from Slipacoff and online discounts from Home Hardware📨 Inbox Alert We switched the ottawan to a new mailer yesterday. For several months now, readers – mostly Gmail users – have complained to us that their daily ottawan has been clipped just below the logo, requiring them to click a link to see everything. We know the reason why: our old mailer was accidentally adding 1,000,000 empty spaces to each newsletter. As of last Friday, it still was not fixed. So we have moved to another Canadian-based service, Elastic Email out of Vancouver. But changing a mailer service is playing with fire – emails get bounced, or put into promotional folders, or «shudder» reported as spam. If you are seeing something unusual in your ottawan, please let us know at ‘hello@theottawan.com’. – Martha and Darren |
 Bahar Emami AfsharThe computer science masters student at the University of Ottawa has created a new tool for financial institutions to combat credit card fraud. Afshar and her team say that ITERADE (ITERative Anomaly Detection Ensemble) is 15 times better at detecting fraud than current alternatives.
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🦮 Man at Riverside South Pet Valu makes a citizen’s arrest of a robber using a dog leash. The man, who was in the store to pick up his partner who works as a groomer, witnessed the suspected robber asking a cashier for money. The man tackled the suspect and tied him with a dog leash. Ottawa Police Service, who took two hours to arrive, say the same suspect was wanted for a June 20 robbery. – Tyler Fleming at CTV 🤖 Amazon is proposing a second giant warehouse, this one in Barrhaven. The five-story, 653,390 square foot warehouse would be located on a irregularly-shaped lot at 99 Bill Leathem Drive, 2 Leikin Drive, and 20 Leikin Drive. The City of Ottawa site application is here. – Andre in the Barrhaven Blog 🎾 Gabriela Dabrowski and her partner have made it to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. Dabrowski, the remaining Canadian in the tournament, and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand face Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens of Belgium today to view for the semifinals. – The Associated Press 🫗 Something is dripping onto cars and causing white blotches in a West End garage, say residents. The apartment building owner suggests car owners go through their insurance to have the blotches repainted. One resident says she was quoted $10,350 for the job. – Katie Griffin at CTV | | |
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▪️ “The Ford government has not performed in the past with the worst Minister of Education ever. He wasn’t a teacher or a parent and went to private schools. I have no faith in the Ford government to administer anything, much less the this.” ▪️ “Apparently they’ve sunk too much money into special needs classrooms when we should be grouping them in with the regular classrooms and add a lot more assistants to deal with it.” ▪️ “There are clear, black and white, reasons why it happened so it's a consequence of their actions.” ▪️ “They need to get things working for them and to stop all this nonsense. They are there for the children, not for themselves!” ▪️ “They need to be more accountable. Too many examples of bad judgement or decisions that lack financial responsibility in line with clear expectations or alignment on spending.”
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TUESDAYCYRO, 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✳️ Victoire boutique is holding a special night in remembrance of Montréal designer Valérie Dumaine, who passed away from cancer in February 2025. Proceeds from the event, which continues through this weekend, will benefit Fonds Valérie Dumaine (in Memoriam), which will support cancer research. 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at 1282 Unit B. Wellington St West. BBC Northern Ireland is in town filming an episode of its show The Band at Dominion Tavern. Be part of the excitement as Canada's oldest civilian pipe band, Sons of Scotland, plays along with Pop Culture Icons and Colorsfade. Bring your own project to Mad About Patchwork’s Big Tent, where every Wednesday evening you'll experience live acoustic music, creativity, and community. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at 2477 Huntley Road in Stittsville. $5 in advance, $12 on the day. Music & Beyond presents Igor Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du soldatat 2:00 pm and the English version A Soldier’s Tale at 5:00 pm. At 7:30 pm, Johan Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations are interpreted by pianist Stewart Goodyear at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Also at 7:30 pm, Ottawa Wind Ensemble plays a wide-ranging program at Tabaret Hall. Meanwhile, Montréal’s Kleztory puts its own spin on traditional klezmer music at The Church of St. John the Evangelist. Games take over Art House as Beats & Boards returns. Bring your own or enjoy one of the in-house games. If the weather allows, A Company of Fools presents The Comedy of Errors in Hiawatha Park from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ByTowne Cinema: Materialists, The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop with Director Q&A, Detour: The People Under the Stairs Mayfair Theatre: The Phoenician Scheme, Les Barbares (aka Meet the Barbarians), Endless Cookie Gigs ✳️ Jazz Nite with Wayne Eagles. Bar Robo Love and Mayhem. House of TARG Jazz Nite with Wayne Eagles. Bar Robo Trivia Night. Night Oat
THURSDAYSo convenient for sudden creative urges, Pop Up Painters will set you up with supplies and a pleasant session surrounded by nature. They'll be in Millennium Park, Orléans this morning at 10:30 am. Drop in with cash or etransfer ($20) or save when you buy a pass online. Orléans Farmers’ Market sets up in the Ray Friel complex from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. At noon, Music & Beyond presents the flute-cello-piano Ensemble Passamano performing pieces by Kapustin, Piazzolla, and Villa-Lobos in Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Next, enjoy Music in the Afternoon (2:00 pm) with pianist Frédéric Lacroix and fellow musicians at the Church of St. John the Evangelist. In the evening, choose from Phaeton Piano Trio or Vespers for the Virgin. Become a Tequila expert with a session at Split Tree Cocktail Co. Laugh, Please: Some of Ottawa’s best comics hit the Rainbow Bistro stage tonight. Olivia Onuk’s solo installation as the City of Ottawa’s Public Art Program’s Artist in Residence in Government, In Bloom: Joy & Social Connection as Determinants of Health opens with a vernissage tonight at Art Engine. 🆓 Nepean Concert Band plays Andrew Haydon Park. Bring your own chair. Take a dance class with: Vibe Salsa, Ottawa Vintage Swing, or Jose Sandoval - YouTube sensation Steve Hofstetter plays Yuk Yuk’s.
- Silent Book Club is meeting at Anina’s Café in Vanier. Bring your latest book, buy something to eat or drink, and settle in for some quiet reading time.
- Meet 25 artisans, painters, and creators at the ByWard Night Market. William street along the ByWard Heritage Building.
- ByTowne Cinema: Materialists, Restoration: In the Mood for Love, 40 Acres
- Mayfair Theatre: Les Barbares (aka Meet the Barbarians), The Phoenician Scheme, A Woman is A Woman
Gigs Phasez, Monostrat, Eliza Rankin. House of TARG The Couch, General Chaos, Sun Dried Flies, Crows Feet. Avant-Garde Bar
JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKINGSelf-described as ‘Ottawa’s funkiest little road race’, the Hintonburg 5K and 1K Fun Run is looking for volunteers to help with race kit pickup, marshalling, and other duties on both July 12 and race day July 13. Hintonburg5K@gmail.com Advance tickets for Killaloe Craft & Community Fair, a non-profit outdoor arts and music Festival that's been going strong since 1978, are on sale until July 25. The festival runs Friday August 8 through Sunday August 10 and camping is available.
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