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• Make some time this week to pick your own raspberries from area farms. The season is too short to wait until the weekend:

• Shouldice Berry Farm (open 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Monday to Thursday, 7:00 pm to 5:00 pm Friday through Sunday and holidays) 

  Avonmore Berry Farm (open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily) 

  Millers Farm (open 8:00 am to 5:00 pm daily) 

  Rideau Pines Farm (open 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Saturday and 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Sunday) 

  Proulx Farm: (check for hours) 

  
  ➕ Related Foodsharing Ottawa offers tips for preserving your harvest.

• – Martha and Darren

Number

• 43
• – The number of charges laid against tow truck operators by the Ottawa Police Service over the weekend in an enforcement blitz. The police were looking for compliance with the Towing and Storage Safety and Enforcement Act including proof of certification, licensing, consent forms, run sheets and daily logs. Four trucks were taken out of service  (Andrea Bennett at CityNews) (Know your rights when you are towed)

Ottawans of the Day

• Lee Power and Emelia Vincelette. Fine, Stewart too.
• – Power, an executive administrative assistant at the Fairmont Château Laurier, is the author of Stewart: King of the Castle, a children’s book telling the story of how the eponymous pooch became a canine ambassador to greet guests in the lobby. Seventeen year-old Metcalf high school student Vincelette is the illustrator. Sponsored by the hotel, a portion of the sales will be donated to Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind. Stewart: King of the Castle is available in the hotel café. (Caroline Phillips in the Ottawa Business Journal) 

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• He questioned if it was real at first. He gave it a rub and he's like, yeah, that’s dedication

• – Beacon Hill-Cyrville ward councillor Tim Tierney describing Nickleback frontman Chad Kroeger’s reaction to Tierney's rather large arm tattoo of the band’s name, when the two met for the first time at Bluesfest last Friday. (William Eltherington and Jackie Perez at CTV) Yes, it took two reporters to nail down this story.

Sports

• 🏈 CFL Ottawa RedBlacks 16 – Winnipeg Blue Bombers 25 last Friday
• 🏀 CEBL Ottawa BlackJacks 86 – Niagara River Lions 110 last Saturday
• ⚽ CPL Atlético Ottawa 0 – Pacific FC 1 last night
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 4 – Joliet Slammers 5 last night
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 7 – Joliet Slammers 2 last Saturday
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 6 – Joliet Slammers 5 last Friday

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CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

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

• Presentation - Alexandra Bridge replacement project
• Application for demolition and new construction at 381 Kent Street, a property designated under part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the Centretown Heritage Conservation District
• Application to alter 259 Clemow Avenue, a property designated under part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the Clemow-Monkland Driveway and Linden Terrace Heritage Conservation District
• Application to alter the Aberdeen Pavilion, 1000 Exhibition Way, a property designated under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
• Designation of 85 Primrose Avenue East, 755 Somerset Street West, and 90 Primrose Avenue East/96 Empress Avenue under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
• Designation of Cherry House, at 257 Clarence Street, under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
• Designation of St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, 206 Montréal Road under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
• Designation of 50 Carruthers Avenue under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
• Designation of Lemieux Island Water Purification Plant, 1 Onigam Street, under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act

📋 Agenda

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🏠 Real Estate 

• Home prices dropped 0.5 per cent last month over June 2023. The Ottawa Real Estate Board says the average price for a house in June was $734,300, down 0.2 per cent from 2023, and the average price for a condo was $501,500, down 1.6 per cent. (Josh Pringle at CTV)
  
  ➕Related A Carleton Place man who has been accused of scamming people out of their tiny home dream will go to trial in March. The man took deposits from people across Ontario for tiny homes, which were never built. The man denies the charges.

🪧 Public Service Alliance of Canada

• Charges against Public Service Alliance of Canada national executive vice-president Alex Silas  have been dropped. In February, Silas was charged with mischief and counselling an uncommitted indictable offence after he joined strikers picketing in front the Department of National Defence’s Joint Intelligence Operations Centre. The strike was settled in April. (CBC)

🚸 Children's Aid Society of Ottawa

• Workers at the Children's Aid Society of Ottawa have gone on strike as of today. The union says the issues are increased pay and protection from layoffs. During negotiations, the union discovered the Province was planning on laying off 20 Aid Society workers. (Isabell Harder at CBC)

♿ Para Transpo 

• The Ottawa Transit Riders have released the results of its 2024 Para Transpo challenge but are perplexed about what City officials think of the service. They had an excellent participation rate of City officials riding with a regular Para Transpo ‘ambassador’. 
  
  Taking part this year were Glen Gower (chair of the Transit Commission), Joel Harden (MPP for Ottawa Centre) Renée Amilcar (General Manager of OC Transpo), Amanda Putz (CBC journalist), Natalie Helmer (OC Transpo Customer Service), Jason Ashton (Program Manager of OC Transpo), and councillors Marty Carr, Wilson Lo, Ariel Troster, Catherine Kitts, Steve Desroches, Stéphanie Plante, Matt Luloff, Theresa Kavanagh, Shawn Menard, and Jessica Bradley.
  
  But the riders found that most did not answer its end of trip survey, so they did not get a sense of whether they found the service adequate. 
  
  
  (Ottawa Transit Riders)

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EVENTS

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Today

• Wellington West’s Where’s Waldo event could win you $100 gift card to spend at a participating business. All you need to do is pick up your passport at one of the businesses, collect a stamp for it as you shop those businesses today through July 28, and drop off your completed passport at one of them for your chance to win. 21 businesses in Wellington West are taking part.
   
• The Beechwood Ottawa Street Market is stocked with Oat & Mill vegan and gluten free ice cream today. Pick some up at 1805 Gaspé Avenue in Manor Park. Of course you can also shop for produce and pantry staples. 
   
• Start with an afternoon of French music performed by Tapestry at Music and Beyond festival. Next, Canada’s celebrated Bandonéonist Denis Plante plays a program of tango. After that, you’ll have to choose between classical pianist Arsentiy Kharitonov performing Jean-Philippe Rameau, César Franck, Maurice Ravel, Sergei Rachmaninov, and his own compositions; and Miloš, who will take his audience on a classical guitar journey from Paul McCartney to George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, and beyond.
   
• Singalong to your fave show tunes at the hugely popular Broadway Nights Ottawa open mic. Club SAW, starting at 7:30 pm. $15 per person.
   
• ByTowne Cinema: Ghostlight, L’été dernier (Last Summer), MaXXXine. 
   

• Mayfair Theatre: Tuesday, To Have and Have Not, The Wild Bunch
  
  Gigs

• Jazz Jam with the Beeched Wailers. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

• Bluegrass Mondays with The Dusty Drifters. Red Bird

Tomorrow

• July 9 is Nunavut Day, and the colours of the territory’s flag inspire a special offering from Merry Dairy today. The celebratory frozen custard is injected with lemon curd, raspberry sauce and a dash of blue sugar. By yourself a scoop or a pint at the Merry Dairy headquarters today. 102 Fairmont Ave, K1Y 1Y4 
   
• Canada meets Argentina in the COPA Semifinal (8:00 pm).  Watch it with other football fans at Boston Pizza Conroy (2980 Conroy Rd).
  
  ➕Related Tell us where you’ll be watching hello@theottawan.com.
   
• Today at Music & Beyond: Les Voix Humaines present viola music at allSaints event space (afternoon performance); Ottawa Wind Ensemble at Paroisse Saint François d’Assise; Utrecht String Quartet at Woodroffe United Church; Music and Architecture: A Celebration of Douglas Cardinal at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre; Les Voix Humaines with Georg Philipp at allSaints Event Space. 
   
• Today at Ottawa Bluesfest: Jelly Roll headlines, with guests Shaboozey and DAX 
   
• It’s Improv all the way at LIVE on Elgin tonight. First up, there’s a free jam from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm, then watch as performers walk the tightrope of unscripted comedy. $12. 
   

• ByTowne Cinema: Lété dernier (Last Summer), MaXXXine, I Saw the TV Glow

• Mayfair Theatre: Thelma, Tuesday, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Wednesday

• Today at Ottawa Blues Fest: Zac Brown Band with guests Charley Crockett and Nicholette & The Nobodies at the RBC stage. Matthew Good, Texas King, and Joh Muq perform on the River Stage. Medicine Singers ft Lee Ranaldo, Yonatan Gat & Zoon top the bill at Siriuxsm Stage. Blackburn Brothers headline at Barney Danson Theatre, Alamusic plays Accora Village Spin Stage. 
   
• Today at Music & Beyond: Utrecht String Quartet, Film “De la music pour le cerveau (2:00 pm to 3:30 pm) followed by Tuning the Brain with Music (4:00 pm to 5:30 pm); Phaeton Piano trio, Christina Quilico; Thomas Baeté. 
   
• ByTowne Cinema: L’été dernier (Last Summer), Yintah, MaXXXine 
   
• Mayfair Theatre: Tuesday, Thelma, Stop Making Sense 

  
  Gigs

• Trivia Wednesday. Royal Oak Pubs at Maclaren and Bank, Centrepointe, Barrhaven, and Stittsville. 

Just Announced / Now Booking

• Ouimet Farms’ impressive ‘Man in the Moon’ corn maze opens August 10. Tickets are on sale now. 63 Main Street West, Vankleek Hill K0B 1R0.

• Learn about the arts programming and tour the BEING Studio at the Open House on Thursday August 15. 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Room 304, 211 Bronson Ave. K1R 6H5 

• The Almonte Fibrefest returns September 7 and 8, at the Mississippi Mills Textile Museum and Almonte Community Centre. This year you can shop from more than 80 vendors selling completed pieces, fibres, and other supplies, and register for the workshop series, running September 3 through 11. 

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DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

The City’s 2024 Music on Hold playlist has been released. Every year, the City requests submissions of Capital area music to play while citizens wait while on hold with someone at City Hall.

This year’s artists are: Ania Hejnar, Annie Socoria, Country Club Pool Boy, Danielle Allard, Endless, Jessy Lindsay, Josephine Leone, Kasm and, Rise Ashen, LeFLOFRANCO, Lemon Cash, Lisette Potvin, Marc Decho Quartet, Mario Gauvreau, meccaofstank, Mel Mrabet, Michelle Treacy, Nile Groove, OK, Naledi, Opartheeb, Pocket Writer, Pony Girl, Qattuu, Remenkimi, Shaemara, and YardboyK.

You can listen to the complete 5 hour, 18 minute playlist by calling City Hall and asking for someone to say whether it is the carriages or the tracks that are bedevilling the O Train.

Or you can just listen to this Soundcloud.

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