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  → The 6 worst transportation headaches in Ottawa

• → Bad Movie Nights are just so good

• → Drink up, Chelsea

– Martha and Darren

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Number

• 6
• – The number of worst transportation headaches according to residents, as compiled on a list by the City.
  
  The worst transportation headaches are:
  
  💥 Brian Coburn Boulevard, Orléans
• 💥 Greenbank Road over Jock River, Barrhaven
• 💥 Bank Street transit backups
• 💥 Bronson Avenue
• 💥 Strandherd Drive, Barrhaven
• 💥 Innes Road, Orléans
  
   (Arthur White-Crummey at CBC)

Ottawan of the Day 

• Nayana 
• – After a stay at the SOCAN Nashville House for Canadian songwriters where she completed her single, ‘Bought Me A Drink’, country musician Nayana is planning on another trip in 2025 to move to the next step.  (Faces magazine) (Bought Me a Drink)

• It’s not very Ottawa specific, but the ottawan did not know that the performance rights organization for musicians, SOCAN, provides accomodation in Nashville, Los Angeles, and (sometimes) Paris for members at reduced rates.

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• If you own to what used to be the high-water mark … that is now the water’s edge

• – Lawyer Margot Pomerleau explaining that waterfront homeowners – and cottage owners – may believe that their property extended to the highwater mark but that is an outdated concept. She mentions the topic because of the issue with a Constance Bay homeowner who has extended a fence across the beach to the water, an item of considerable controversy in the area. (Jodie Applewaithe at CBC News)

Sports

• 🏈 CFL Ottawa RedBlacks 38 – BC Lions 12 last Saturday
• ⚽ Atlético Ottawa 1 – Vancouver FC 0 last Saturday
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 7 – Québec Capitales 5 last Sunday
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 2 – Québec Capitales 1 last Saturday
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 5 – Québec Capitales 8 last Friday

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CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

City Council
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at 10:00 am
 

• 10. City Manager's Office – Update on key financial challenges and operational reviews
• 12.1 Zoning By-law Amendment – 2973, 2983, 3053 and 3079 Navan Road and 2690 Pagé Road
• 12.2 Zoning By-law Amendment – 6001 and 6005 Renaud Road
• 12.3 Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment – 30 Cleary Avenue
• 13.1.1 Zoning By-law Amendment – 381 Kent Street
• 13.1.2 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
• 13.1.3 Zoning By-law Amendment – 9 Gurdwara Road

📋 Agenda

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🚤 Gatineau

•  A Gatineau teenager has received 12 tickets for illegally renting out his dad’s boat. The tickets were for renting out the boat to people under the age of 14, people who did not have the skills to operate a water craft, and not providing the proper safety equipment.  (Josh Pringle at CTV)

🌊 Chelsea

• The water restrictions in Chelsea have been lifted. Residents were previously asked to reduce their use of water after storms wrecked infrastructure in the town last month. (Ottawa Citizen)

🕴️ Earthquake

• A 4.6 magnitude earthquake, at a depth of 18 kilometres, was felt Sunday morning in the Ottawa Valley and the Outaouais. The epicentre was between Drummondville and Québec City. No damage was reported. (CBC)

⚙️ Federal Public Employees

• A judge has ordered a full hearing into the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s return-to-office challenge. The Federal government has mandated most employees return to the office for three days per week, beginning September 9, which the Alliance opposes, preferring the status quo. The Federal government had hoped to have the issue tossed out by the judge, who said she was not choosing sides but felt the issue required a full hearing. (Nick Murray at CBC)

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Today

• We can’t believe it’s already time for another Cock Show ’24 Vernissage at Atomic Rooster. Check out the roster of rooster art and enjoy live entertainment from George Stryker. Plus: vote for your favourite Cock of the Walk. If you can’t make tonight's Vernissage, you can visit the show until October 14. 

• Learn how Tibetan Buddhist meditation techniques can be used to mitigate the stress and anxiety brought on by modern life. Overcoming Stress & Anxiety Through Meditation: Conference with Buddhist Monk Lama Samten, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at 464 Metcalfe St. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Widow Clicquot, Sing Sing, Donnie Darko 

• Mayfair Theatre: Thelma, Firebrand, Longlegs 

  Gigs

• Use your brain at trivia nights all over the city: Broadhead Brewery, Irene’s Pub, Royal Oak Pubs in Orléans, Pour Boy. 

• T.K.O. Tuesdays! Level One Game Pub

• KPOP. Club SAW

• Karaoke Party by All Things implied. Il Vicolo

Tomorrow

• Meatings' BBQ Platter Party has two seatings for your convenience, but whether you choose 5:30 pm or 7:30 pm, you’ll enjoy smoked brisket, pulled pork, Mac ’n’ Cheese, and new meat treats that are too secret to disclose in this newsletter. Your $10 ticket will be deducted from your bill at the end of the night. Broadhead Brewery, 1680 Vimont Ct Unit 106, Orléans K4A 3M3 

• 🆓 Have a good time at the (Bad) Night at the Movies, curated by Ottawa Bad Movie Nights. Tonight’s program of vintage trailers and serials and the screening of Gamera vs Guiron (1968) is intended for mature audiences. Ottawa Public Library Main Branch (Auditorium). 6:30 pm. 

• Pinball wizards are invited to go up against some of Canada’s best players at the Ottawa Pinball Arcade’s Weekly Tournament. $15. 2547 Baseline Rd, Ottawa K2H 7B3 

• ByTowne Cinema: Across the River and Into the Trees, Widow Clicquot, Sing Sing 

• Mayfair Theatre: Widow Clicquot, Firebrand, The Time Masters 

  Gigs

• Concession 23. Red Bird

• Nicholas Campbell & the Two Metre Cheaters. LIVE on Elgin

• The Prime Rib Big Band. Irene’s Pub

• Scotty’s Farewell Jam. Atomic Rooster

Thursday

• End the work day with the Cinq à Sept Concert Series. Meet at 55 ByWard Market Square for a program of local and touring musicians curated by Ottawa Music Industry Coalition.

• Road Trip: Dig out your cooler weather sweater, put the leash on the dog, and head to the final Metcalfe Night Market of the season. More than 70 local producers will be on site for fabulous shopping and live music. 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at 2821 8th Line Road, Metcalfe K0A 2P0.

• There’s something new to find every Thursday night at Hintonburg Night Market (until September 26). 

• 🆓 Bring your creativity to Ottawa Art Gallery for Happy Hour in Jackson Café. It’s a workshop and happy hour in one. All materials provided. Cash bar. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Sing Sing, Kill Bill: Vol 1, Kill Bill Vol 2 

• Mayfair Theatre: Firebrand, Widow Clicquot, O Lucky Man! 

  Gigs

• Karaoke Thursday. Atomic Rooster

• Thursday Blues Session with Guest Hosts Bill & Tonia Hearst. Irene’s Pub

• Comedy Night. Pour Boy

• Indie Thursday. Overflow Brewin
   

Long Runs

• The University of Ottawa created the Department of Visual Arts 50 years ago. The Ottawa Art Gallery is commemorating those five decades with Art School Confidential, an exhibition until September 22. 

• Ottawa Little Theatre’s production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time continues until September 7. 

• Cirque du Soleil ECHO continues in Gatineau until September 22. 

   

Just Announced / Now Booking

• 🆓 Plan 99 Reading Series is now in its 20th year of bringing the best Canadian poets and fiction writers to Ottawa. On Sunday, September 22, listen as poets Manahil Bandukwala and Jake Byrne read from their new collections, both of which are published by Kingston, Ontario’s Brick Books. The Manx Pub, 370 Elgin St. 

• Learn to kayak properly with the Basic Kayak Skills Certification Coursefrom KC Padding Club in Carleton Place. In one eight hour day you’ll learn all you need to know to paddle safely and efficiently in calm waters. 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Sunday September 22. $159. 

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DEAL OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

Yet again, we reluctantly mention the Fraser Institute’s best and worst schools in Ottawa. We’re relunctant because, as Mark Twain quoted, there are ‘lies, damn lies, and statistics’.

The Fraser Institute has long been a proponent of ‘privatize everything’, including schools, and its annual rankings are in service of this idea.

The Institute ranks schools by how well students perform in provincial tests.This is a great way to rank schools if all the students started in the same place: equal knowledge of English, equal nourishment, equal parental involvent, etc. but as the measurements are not in how much individual children improve, the actual rankings of little value.

That said, the Fraser Institute’s top ranked schools in Ottawa are:

• Stephen Leacock – 9.8 (25th place)
• St. Isabel – 9.8 (25th place)
• W. Erskine Johnston – 9.5 (42nd place)
• St. Gabriel – 9.3 (53rd place)
• St. Anne – 9.1 (77th place)

And the lowest ranked are:

• W.E Gowling – 2.3 (2,928th place)
• Queen Mary Street – 1.9 (2,950th place)
• Dunlop – 1.7 (2,962nd place)
• Riverview Alternative – 1.5 (2,971st place)
• Hawthorne – 0.0 (3,015th place)

* Place means where it ranks in Ontario

(Andrea Bennett at CityNews)

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