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HELLO OTTAWA

Thank you for the emails of concern over Friday’s missed ottawan. We didn’t mean to worry anyone.

No, the ottawan company car, such as it is, was involved in an accident on Thursday and Friday was spent at the collision reporting centre in Kanata and myriad phone calls with insurance. The situation just took up the entire day.

No one involved was hurt, by the way.

Before we told Darren’s mom what happened, however, she had come up with her own theory: she assumed that we had stayed up too late watching The Gentlemen on Netflix the night before. This is true, but that's not why we skipped an edition.

Thank you readers, for your understanding.

– Martha and Darren

TODAY’S LINE UP

•  Ottawa Stats
•  City Hall Agenda
•  What Ottawa is Talking About
•  Events
•  Deals of the Day

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OTTAWA STATS

Ottawan of the Day

• Alison Larabie Chase
• – The senior editor of Apartment 613 is leaving after four years at the Ottawa culture website. (Apartment 613)

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• It used to be that the way to share your disagreement with a politician was to write a letter to them, or the Editor, engage in peaceful protest outside of their office and use your ballot every four years. That was a bygone era

• – Nepean Member of Provincial Parliament Lisa MacLeod speaking out on rising threats against elected officials. (Barrhaven Independent) 

Sports Five is the magic number

• 🏒 PWHL Ottawa 5 – Toronto 3 last Saturday
• 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 5 – Edmonton Oilers 3 last night
• 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 5 – New Jersey Devils 2 last Saturday

CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

No meetings tomorrow.

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🌉 Chief William Commanda Bridge

•  The Chief William Commanda Bridge has reopened for the season. The City warns that the bridge may close again if the weather changes and it snows again in Ottawa. (Blair Crawford in the Ottawa Citizen)

💰 Ancient Parking Tickets

•  The City says that its collection agency misspoke and old fines will be removed from credit records once they are paid. The new line from the City and Financial Debt Recovery is that the recovery company will remove debts from credit records after payment. In January, the City hired a new company to collect ancient fines whereupon the company immediately reported over 100,000 people to the credit bureau. (Guy Quenneville at CBC)

🔥 Ottawa Fire Department

•  Sure it’s cold, but it’s dry and a burn ban is now in effect. Even if you have a fire permit, all open air fires are banned until further notice. (CBC)
  
  ➕ Related The McKeen Metro grocery store in the Glebe is closed after a fire broke out in the pharmacy next door yesterday. The McKeen Metro owners intend to reopen but have no set date.

🥌 Women's Curling World Championship 

•  Team Homan has won the Women's Curling World Championships for Canada for the first time since 2018. The Ottawa-based team beat Switzerland 7-5 yesterday. (Gregory Strong at CBC)

🐈 Ottawa International Airport

•  A search is on the find a pregnant cat lost in the Ottawa International Airport parkade since Thursday. Boots the cat was travelling to a shelter here, where it escaped its carrier, after being found in a Winnipeg landfill.  Furry Tales Rescue is offering a $1,000 reward. (Marlo Glass in the Ottawa Citizen)

🏠  Vacant Unit Tax

•  Almost all residential owners filled in their Vacant Unit Tax declarations before deadline. The City says 98.2 per cent have been completed, or 321,800 forms. Everyone else gets a $250 fine, and the declarations must be filled out before April 30. (Ted Raymond at CTV)

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EVENTS

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Today

•  It’s standing room only when The Sheepdogs take to the stage at Neat café tonight. 1715 Calabogie Road, Burnstown.

•  ByTowne Cinema: One Life, The Queen of My Dreams, Love Lies Bleeding

•  Mayfair Theatre: They Shot the Piano Player, The Taste of Things, Riddle of Fire

  Gigs

•  The Telegrams. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

Tomorrow

•  A free exhibition in celebration of Ingienous Languages Day on March 31 opens today the NAC’s Canal Lobby Stage. Speaking the Inuit Way is an introduction to the intricacies of the Inuit language, both in a historical and contemporary context. Free.
   
•  The ottawa sign in the ByWard Market turns purple tomorrow to support Epilepsy Awareness.
   

•  ByTowne Cinema: The Queen of My Dreams, Love Lies Bleeding

•  Mayfair Theatre: The Taste of Things, They Shot the Piano Player, Christine

  Gigs

•  Harry Potter trivia. Boston Pizza (Barrhaven)

•  Life Drawing. Art House Café

•  Trivia Tuesday. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  Trivia Night. Select Royal Oak pubs.

Wednesday

•   Speaking the Inuit Way continues at the National Arts Centre. Free

•  There’s a rare opportunity to view three works by Nederlands Dans Theater at the National Arts Centre today and tomorrow. Arrive early tonight for a free pre-show chat with NDT’s artistic director Emily Molnar (7:00 pm at Peter A. Herrndorf Place).

•  Schools from across the country will compete in the semi-finals and finals of The Canadian Improv Games, tonight through Saturday at the Babs Asper Theatre in the NAC.

•  Kanata Theatre’s production of Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs runs tonight through April 6.

•  ByTowne Cinema: The Queen of My Dreams, Love Lies Bleeding, Tarantino’s Birthday! Switchblade Sisters with Trivia.

•  Mayfair Theatre: They Shot the Piano Player, The Taste of Things, Riddle of Fire

  Gigs

•  The Price is Right Stage Show. The Arena at TD Place

•  Small Fish - A Comedy & Variety Show with Hosts Maggie Horde & Glenys Marshall. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

Just Announced / Now Booking

• Helping With Furniture’s Sweet 16 Gala on April 26 is a candy-filled prom party full of whimsy, a playful celebration with dinner and dancing. All proceeds go directly towards supporting free volunteer-run programmes. There will be silent and live auctions with treasure troves of terrific items you’ll want to take home.

• It’s too early for any details but we do know that Black & Bluegrass Fest 2024 will take place at Rideau Pines Farm on Saturday September 14. Mark your calendars. Tickets will go on sale April 1.

• Sum 41 will play Canadian Tire Centre  January 24 next year. Tickets on sale at Ticketmaster on Thursday.

   

DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

Andrew King at Ottawa Rewind has uncovered another great history story on ... ‘Ottawa’s Island of the Dead’. Aylmer Island is in the middle of a wide stretch of the Ottawa River, 18 km northwest of downtown. We won’t give away the story, just read it.

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