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HELLO OTTAWA

The flag in front of the Heritage Building at Ottawa City Hall has been lowered today in memory of Patricia Nicol.

Pat Nichol was a former Ottawa alderman, developer, television commentator, and newspaper columnist and twice candidate for mayor.

The flag will be lowered until dusk today.

– 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

CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall.
 

Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
Wednesday, November 1 at 8:30 am

• Zoning by-law amendment – 4639 Highway 17
• Zoning by-law amendment – 1500 Thomas Argue Road
• Subsequent connection to the Faulkner Municipal Drain, Hewitt Branch
• Simpson Municipal Drain construction of the Biltmore Branch and modification of Branch 3 – Court of revision

📋 Agenda

Planning and Housing Committee

• Wednesday, November 1 at 9:30 am, or immediately following the regular Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
• Zoning by-law amendment – 178, 180, 182 and 200 Isabella Street
• Zoning by-law amendment – 1400 Upper Canada Street
• Zoning by-law amendment – 4338 Innes Road
• Zoning by-law amendment – 222 Baseline Road
• Zoning by-law amendment – Part of 3700 Twin Falls Place
• Office-to-Residential conversions

📋 Agenda

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🔥 Ottawa Hospital General Campus

•  The emergency room remains closed at the Ottawa Hospital General Campus but the power is back on. A transformer fire Friday caused many patients to be transferred to other hospitals. (Elizabeth Payne, Marlo Glass in the Ottawa Citizen) 

🙏 Elegy

•   Inderjit Handa, founder of early health food stores in Ottawa, has died aged 85. Handa, a vegetarian, was dismayed by the lack of food options in the late 1960s. In 1974, he opened Handa Natural Foods at the Billings Bridge Shopping Centre. Soon he opened a second store on Bank Street, then a new chain of travel agencies. Handa’s voyage to Ottawa started when his family was forced to move to India after the partition with Pakistan. En route to a job offer in the US, he stopped in Ottawa to visit cousins, one of whom convinced him that staying in Canada's capital was a better idea than continuing to Ohio. (Andrew Duffy in the Ottawa Citizen)

🔒 Ottawa Schools

•  An Ottawa teacher has been suspended for two days after holding a locker door shut on a student. A twelve year-old boy at the Collège catholique Franco-Ouest in Bells Corners was demonstrating how he could fit in his locker when the teacher told him to get inside and held the door shut for two minutes. While the French Catholic school board agrees that this was inappropriate, it will not transfer the teacher to another school as requested by the boy’s parents. (CBC)

🏫  Matthew Perry

•  The Hollywood Reporter’s article on the passing of Matthew Perry says the actor attended West Carleton Secondary School in furthest west Ottawa. Experts in everything West Carleton, West Carleton Online, says the original story is incorrect but the ottawan mentions it because how often do West Carleton and Hollywood ever get mentioned together? Perry, as the son of the press secretary to former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, lived in Rockcliffe Park, attending Rockcliffe Park Public School followed by Ashbury College. (Canadian Press)
  
  ➕ Related West Carleton resident Les Nagy has succeeded in building his own private airfield in Dunrobin. Neighbours had objected to the recreational pilot establishing a grass airstrip in his front yard, but Transport Canada has now approved it.

📱 Federal Public Employees

•  If you are a Federal public employee and you use WeChat on your government supplied phone, delete it. Canada's Chief Information Officer Catherine Luelo says that WeChat, a social media app based in China and Kaspersky Lab antivirus applications, based in Russia, ‘present an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security’. TikTok has already been banned from all Federal and Provincial government supplied phones. (Peter Zimonjic at CBC)

🛻 Convoy Trial

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are on trial for their actions in the Convoy siege.

• The Ottawa Citizen is liveblogging the trial.

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EVENTS

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Today

•  It’s Halloween, therefore the final night to take in the Saunders Farm’s spooky Sawmill experience at Lansdowne. Meanwhile, down on the (Saunders) farm, you only have tonight to experience FrightFest.
•  Pumpkins After Dark concludes its run at Wesley Clover Parks. Get inspiration for this year’s Jack O’Lantern as you view more than 10,000 carved pumpkins, watch pumpkins being carved in real time, and enjoy the tastes of the season.
•  If you're both feeling brave and in a party mood, spend your evening at House of TARG’s BlockbusTARG: Video Store from Hell – Grand Opening / Halloween Party. Cover $13 includes your BlockbusTARG (dis)membership card. The costumes will be epic, the prizes and fun even more so.
•  Thr33s Company Snack Bar is throwing a little Halloween Party with a DJ and drinks specials. Don’t forget your costume - you could win a prize. 582 Bank in the Glebe.
•  As independent farms become a thing of the past and industrialised agriculture takes over, documentation about the former becomes more important. Romanian photographer Vlad Dumitrescu’s The Life I love – The Life I Choose shows how farmers in his country continue to use the traditional but vanishing ways of farming. The exhibition ends today (October 31) so you’ll need to act fast to catch it. At the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum.
•  View the Poppy Drop, a projection of poppies representing Canadian veterans, on the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill. Watch the display from 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm each evening until November 11, except November 5, 10, and 11 when it runs until midnight. You can also view and search the names of fallen soldiers in the Books of Remembrance.

  
  Music

•  Raphael Weinroth-Browne (cello). Speakeasy Tapas Lounge
•  Scratch Bastid plus Illo & Techtwelve, Iggy Smalls, and So Durant b2b Sacha Foster. 56 Byward Market Square
•  Half-cocked Trivia. Atomic Rooster
•  Release the Bats: Bloodbath! Café Dekcuf

Tomorrow

•  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.
•  Make an everlasting poppy at the Beaded Poppy Workshop with Mairi Brascoupe (Algonquin Anishinabeg), the Indigenous Cultural Resident for Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre.
•  Ottawa Canadian Film Festival opens with a series of eight short films, including two by Ottawa filmmakers: Lunch at the Rideau by Jane Burr and Kent Newson and Impulse Control by Mikey Tack and Sarah Marks. All screenings are at the ByTowne Cinema.
•  The NAC Gala with soprano Renée Fleming and the NAC Orchestra supports the NAC Foundation and its mandate to “enrich the lives of Canadians through the performing arts and championships our country’s artists, students and educators.” From $85 per person.
•  Creatorland’s Storywell: Autobiographies will encourage attendees to consider their own life stories. The evening will include a surprise screening of a BAFTA qualifying short film (the title to be announced at the event), a presentation about Bruce Lee, and a group dialogue about “Self-Storytelling”. Prepare to engage your creativity. At Artengine, 67 Nicholas St.
•  The WelliWednesdays concert series returns to Parkdale Park, coinciding with the Parkdale Night Market. Enjoy live music by Dec Lopez and The Keystrings (bring your own blanket or chair), shop with over 55 vendors, and buy a snack.
• View the Poppy Drop, a projection of poppies representing Canadian veterans, on the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill. Watch the display from 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm each evening until November 11, except November 5, 10, and 11 when it runs until midnight. You can also view and search the names of fallen soldiers in the Books of Remembrance.
  
  
  Music

•  Taproom Trivia. Stray Dog Brewing

•  The Prime Rib Big Band. Irene’s Pub & Restaurant 

•  TARG Monthly Pinball Tournament. House of TARG

•  Country for a Cause. National Arts Centre

•  Broadway Nights. Red Bird Live
  
  
  Thursday

•  The new Kidd Pivot show explores the human need for a sense of togetherness and belonging, with eight performers who combine dance with theatre. At the NAC’s Babs Asper Theatre until Saturday (November 4).
   
•  The Horticultural Building welcomes Wall Candy Noir Art Festival, with a theme this year of Day of the Dead. More than 50 artists will be exhibiting at the Festival, whose work you can view tonight at the opening Gala. The Gala will also feature food, decor, and entertainment in collaboration with the Mexican Embassy. $141.25
   
•  A sculptural exhibition featuring the work of artist Judy Nakagawa, takes inspiration from an economics text. Value and Obligation runs at Studio Sixty Six until November 12.
   
•  Ottawa area wineries, distilleries, craft breweries, and food vendors will converge for the Orléans Cork & Fork Festival November 2-4. Each nightly session offers live entertainment and either a tasting, a masterclass or a chef competition. It’s all happening at the Shenkman Arts Centre.
  
  ➕ Related: see Deals of the Day for a special price offer to the Thursday night and Saturday afternoon sessions.

   

Music

•  Open Mic. Stray Dog Brewing

•  Irene’s Blues Sessions with Guest Host Jarhead. Irene’s Pub & Restaurant

•  Storgårds Conduts Sibelius. National Arts Centre

   

Just Announced / Now Booking

•  Create some gorgeous new holiday decor pieces with a workshop by Flowers Talk Tivoli. Choose from Outdoor Holiday Planter ($130), Holiday Wreath ($115), or Long Lasting Winter Centrepiece ($125).

DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

NarCity has a nice selection of nine autumn hiking spots, or as they put it, ‘9 Stunning Hiking Spots Near Ottawa That Lead Through Majestic Scenery’.  The nine hikes are Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Carbide Wilson Ruins, Chapman Mills Conservation Area, Mackenzie King Estate, Eagle's Nest Lookout, Pinhey Forest, Pink Lake, Pine Grove, and Luskville Falls.

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