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Yesterday, we wrote about Hintonburgers looking for support to save Plouffe Park, which is scheduled to have a new French language school built upon it.

Reader Marissa wrote in with more on the issue:

‘Since you linked to the Save Plouffe Park campaign, I wanted to share the link to the ‘French Public Education Matters’ page which details the need for a new building for the local French public school, École élémentaire publique Louise-Arbour.

The crux of the problem is that Chinatown/Hintonburg/Little Italy need to maintain greenspace and parkland, and a new building for the school must be built. The city needs to find a way to enable both.’

– Martha and Darren

TODAY’S LINE UP

•  Ottawa Stats
• Food + Drink Update
•  City Hall Agenda
•  What Ottawa is Talking About
•  Events
•  Deals of the Day

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FOOD + DRINK

• If you’re looking for a midweek visit to a market stall, Beechwood Market’s Farm Store is waiting for you at 1805 Gaspé Ave in Manor Park (3:00 pm to 6:00 pm). It’s apple season and the market has Honey Crisp, Macintosh, Cortland, and Royal Gala. There’s lots of other great produce from Brockville, North Gower, Ingleside, and Buckingham QC.
  The local vendors include Le Momo (dumplings), Strawberry Blonde (gluten-free and vegan baked goods), Fettuncine’s (frozen Italian meals for one to four people), Just Perogies, Ottawa Valley Grain Products, and many more.
   
• The Happy Goat Coffee company lost $500,000 with its kiosks in O Train stations. All the kiosks are now closed but the company hopes to return. The City is considering a new rent scheme based on ridership.
   
• The chef de cuisine at Carben Food+ Drink in Hintonburg, Khalid Farchoukh, won the Great Kitchen Party (Ottawa edition) last week. Farchoukh’s winning dish featured ‘a slab of grilled corn on a crisp slice of beef-fat brioche, dusted with smoked, shaved beef heart and accompanied by lime gel, fermented romesco sauce, corn husk emulsion, bone marrow, corn miso glaze and puffed sorghum’.
  
  On a bittersweet note, Carben Food+ Drink itself closed for good last weekend.
   
• Mac My Cheese Fest 2023 serves up the ultimate in comfort food at City Hall Friday through Sunday. It’s going to be cheesy.
   
• Faces magazine recommends three sincere pumpkin patches: Miller’s Farm & Market, Fallowfield Tree Farm, and Courges et Cie.
   
• Yvonne Langen in the Ottawa Business Journal has thrown down the gauntlet with ‘ten of the best lunch spots in downtown Ottawa’. They are: Sansotei Ramen, Thali, Cocotte Bistro, Seoul Dog, Toro Taqueria, Aiana, Bread and Sons, Mulligans Golf Bar, Paradise Poké, and Shawarma Express.
   
• Marianne Jeffery at Eat The Strip says Kanata’s Turkish Kebab House was packed on a Sunday afternoon. 
   
• Dave Chapin and John Chenier in the Lowertown Echo have 12 suggestions for gluten-free dining in ByWard Market: Cupcake Lounge, Aulde Dubliner, J’TM Resto Bar, Heart & Crown, Lexington, Peace Garden, Zaks, Luxe Bistro, Blue Cactus, Grand Pizzeria + Bar, Pure Kitchen, and Starling.
   
• Miriam Porter in Forbes has five recommendations for vegans in Ottawa: The Green Door, Peace Garden, Chickpeas, Grand Pizzeria + Bar, Pure Kitchen, and Amore Gelato.
  
  Someone in the comments suggested Keeping it Vegan.

CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s coming up tomorrow at City Hall.

Transportation Committee
Thursday, September 28 at 9:30 am

• Status update - Transportation Committee inquiries and motions for the period ending September 19, 2023
• Eastbound Permissive-Protected Left Turn on Innes Road - Councillor Luloff

📋 Agenda

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🚌 School Buses

•  The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority has announced some of its plans to resolve the lack of buses fiasco. The Authority, owned by the Ottawa Carleton District School Board and the Ottawa Catholic School Board, plans to investigate whether the Coach Lines company can provide shuttle service, change stops, or reassign students to OC Transpo. In the next month, it plans to advertise for new drivers. The current semester ends December 23. (Ted Raymond at CTV)

🏘️ House Shortage

•  Developer says that GST break means it will build 1,000 rental units in Ottawa. Last week, the Federal government introduced a 100 per cent GST rebate for new rental buildings. Condos have had a GST rebate for years. Toronto’s Dream Unlimited Corp will partner with Multifaith Housing Initiative to build the units. Forty per cent are expected to rent either 33 per cent or 45 per cent below market value. (The Canadian Press)

🚨 Centretown

•  The new mental health emergency service programme will trial first in Centretown. The new service will have a non 911 number, and professionals in mental health and substance abuse would be dispatched. The City will request proposals from non-profit organizations to lead the project next week. Centretown was chosen due to community need and central location. (Blair Crawford in the Ottawa Citizen)

🚨 Dr. E Couture Municipal Child Care Centre

•  Ottawa Police have cleared a staff member at the Dr. E Couture Municipal Child Care Centre of abuse. The City was informed last week that a staff member was suspended from the child care centre while police investigated an incident. The police now say the allegation is unfounded. The City says that it has no comment until after the investigation by the Children's Aid Society of Ottawa is concluded. (CBC)

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EVENTS

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Today 

•  Doors Open for Music at Southminster presents singing duo Madeline Hildebrand and Caitlin Broms-Jacobs in concert at noon. Free at Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave.
•  The Human Library, a concept that originated in Demark more than 20 years ago, is a unique opportunity to spend 20 minutes “reading” a human with a story to tell. The reader chooses a human book from the list, and spends 20 minutes asking questions and learning about the experiences of the "book". Free at the Ottawa Public Library from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
•  Sanctuary, the second screening of the Ottawa Korean Film Festival, tells the story of a zoo head who dreams of transforming his workplace into the nation’s first animal sanctuary. The free screening takes place at the Korean Cultural Centre at 150 Elgin St, but you must reserve a ticket.
•  Goethe Institut will screen the short films of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the DARC Microcinema, Arts Court.
•  Ottawa Architecture Week’s Movie Night is a double bill of Asteroid City (6:30 pm) and Blade Runner 2049 (9:00 pm). Get on the Guest List here.
•  Find authentic happiness through inner peace at the Kadampa Meditation Centre’s Training in Happiness series. Tonight’s topic: The happiness that comes from sharing in others’ happiness. Free at Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar St.
  
  Music
•  I’ve Got a Diabolus in Me. Avant-Garde Bar
•  Celtic Celebration featuring Anna Ludlow Music. Red Bird Live
•  Garrett Warner. Montgomery Scotch Lounge
•  Street Justice and Salem Trials. Dominion Tavern

Tomorrow

•  Today is Test Your Smoke Alarm Day. The City of Ottawa recommends that we all check our smoke alarms once per month, and replace the batteries each year. Further, you should replace your alarm every 10 years.
•  Did you know that the Metcalfe Fair, which opens today, moved to its current home in 1861? Now you do. The 167th edition of the Fair begins the day with judging of categories like Grains, 4-H Field Crops, Homecrafts, and Eggs. At 4:00 pm the gates and midway open, and the Demolition Derby gets underway at 7:00 pm. Day tickets and weekend passes are available.
•  In Kemptville, Harvest for Hospice - a Night Market Event will raise funds for the Beth Donovan Hospice. Food vendors will take care of dinner, and there will be lots to keep the kids busy. 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the Kemptville Campus Greenhouse
•  Jango: Uncharged screens at Night Three of the Ottawa Korean Film Festival. At the Mayfair Theatre. Free, but you must reserve a ticket.
  
  Music
•  Danielle Allard, Melissa Lamm, and Jasen Colson. City Sounds Live, Minto Park
•  Rachelle Behrens Sings Latin and Jazz. Marzitelli
•  Open Mic. Stray Dog Brewing
•  Josephine Leone. CF Rideau Centre

Friday

•  Pumpkins After Dark celebrates Halloween in a big way, with its walk through a pathway of lit, hand carved pumpkins synchronised music and special effects. Photo ops, wandering performers, and live pumpkin carving demos round out the experience, which is designed to be enjoyed by the entire family. Until October 31 at Wesley Clover Parks. Timed entry tickets must be booked in advance.
•  Gladstone Theatre raises the curtain on the Company of Adventurers production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. It’s a fundraiser for the theatre and tickets are free, but a donation hat will be passed around the audience after each show. Tonight and two shows tomorrow at 910 Gladstone Ave (at Preston).
•  Stittsville Haunted Heritage Tours is back for the fifth time with scary wanders throughout the old Ottawa neighbourhood. Tickets from $24.96 
•  Tonight’s screening at the 6th Ottawa Korean Film Festival is actor-turned-filmmaker Jung Woo-sung’s action movie A Man of Reason.
•  Ottawa Artisans’ Pick of the Patch Online Shopping Event gives you access to 200 vendors and easy pickup (at your choice of six Ottawa locations). It runs this weekend from 7:00 pm tonight to 9:00 pm on Monday.
•  The annual Ottawa Wine Auction in support of Music and Beyond returns to Carlton Dominion-Chalmers Centre.
•  Metcalfe Fair continues with the Open Sheep Show, the Holstein Show, Heavy Horse Hitch, the Heavy Horse Pull, and live entertainment on the stage.
  
  Music
•  Annie Martel, Adeline. City Sounds Live, Wedel, Westboro Village
•  Angela Hunter Trio vinyl release party with Jesse Green Band. Overflow Brewing
•  Wolf Castle. National Arts Centre Fourth Stage
•  John Kofi Dapaah (Piano), Raphael Weinroth-Browne (Cello). Piano Place Studio
•  A Night at the Noise Hotel. SAW
•  Gerry Wall, Jerome Jeffrey, Matt Chaffee. Red Bird
•  The Barrow Gang. Atomic Rooster
•  Horojo Trio. Rainbow Bistro
•  James Blonde. LIVE on Elgin
•  Friday I’m in Love. 27 Club

Just Announced / Now Booking

•  The Greek International Film Festival stops in Ottawa this Saturday and Sunday September 30 and October 1. A Golden Pass ($50) gives you access to all Ottawa screenings, which are scheduled at the ByTowne and the Mayfair theatres. 
•  The revival of The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time is an opportunity to witness the final chapter of Walter Borden’s long-running one man show that reflects upon the life of a Black homosexual man. November 1 - 11 at the Azrieli Studio, the National Arts Centre.
•  November sewing classes at the Green Needle are now available for registrations.
•  Tickets to the 2023 Festival of Small Halls (October 5-22) are on sale for concerts in October, November and December. This is a rare chance to see bands in intimate smaller venues. Stephen Fearing, Spoons, East Coast Experience, Ron Sexsmith, Arrogant Worms, and The Irish Descendants are just a few of the artists on the programme.
•  The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s Geographica Dinner, which raises funds for the Society’s programming, will honour nature photographer Paul Nicklen, during an evening which will also feature singer songwriter Loreena McKennitt and Evan Solomon in conversation with RBC President and CEO Dave McKay. November 15 at the Canadian War Museum.
•  Spinning Yarns: The Millworker’s Musical, tells the tale of Almonte, Ontario’s former textile industry. Proceeds of the amateur production, which runs November 17-26 at Almonte Old Town Hall, will be donated to the Mississippi Mills Textile Museum.
•  Country superstar Tim McGraw will perform at Canadian Tire Centre on Friday, May 3, 2024.

DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

Call him Ottawaheimer. Andrew King of Ottawa Rewind theorizes that Dr George Laurence may have created the world’s first nuclear reaction in 1941 on Sussex Drive, using carbon instead of heavy water.

THE END

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