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Monday May 27, 2024

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HELLO OTTAWA


We have added a new Ottawa-based podcast to our constantly updated list: Cabin in the Clearing is ‘dedicated to supporting and inspiring local artists in the music scene’. 

They also have a YouTube channel here.

Mailbag:

Reader Gautam points out that on Friday we blundered by calling the 14-year-old Kanata chess whiz a “grandmaster’ rather than his actual achievement, ‘International Master’.

He also notes, ‘in the article on the LRT, the word should be ‘axle’ (which has to do with transportation like trains and cars) and NOT ‘axel’ which has to do with figure skating and, coincidently, was also the Eddie Murphy character's name in the movie Beverley Hills Cop.’

Thanks a bunch, Gautam, now we will have Axel F going through our heads all morning.

– Martha and Darren

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    Ottawans of the Day

    • Jordan Evans and Simon Kerr
    • – The two Carleton University students travelled to Haida Gwai to turn kelp into agricultural fertilizer, as part of a interdisciplinary, collaborative project. (Carleton University) 

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    • You can't go outside without getting absolutely swarmed — us and our animals, actually. Even the dogs can't stand it

    • – Clarence-Rocklander Alexis Brisson on the onslaught of mosquitoes this spring. Mosquitoe eggs generally have a low chance of survival over Ottawa winters, so they compensate by laying lots. This year's mild winter meant many more mozzies could survive. (Natalia Goodwin at CBC)

    Sports

    • ⚽ CPL Atlético Ottawa 3 – Forge FC 0 last night
    • ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 1 – Trois-Rivières Aigles 2 yesterday
    • ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 10 – Trois-Rivières Aigles 11 last Saturday
    • ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 5 – Trois-Rivières Aigles 3 last Friday

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    What’s going on at City Hall

    Accessibility Advisory Committee - Special Meeting
    Tuesday, May 28 at 6 pm

    • 3.1 Duty to Consult - Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005

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    WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

    🚊 O Train

    •  O Train carriage maker has stopped efforts to redesign the axle, says the City. French trainmaker Alstom now disagrees with track builder Rideau Transit Group that the wheel hub assembly cause the derailment problems that have plagued the O Train. The City has told Alstrom to keep working on it. (Elyse Skura at CBC)

    🧠 Montfort Hospital

    •  Montfort Hospital has started fundraising to create a new specialized mental health crisis zone at its emergency department. The new zone will have six spaces to help patients experiencing mental health crises. Specialized rooms like this ‘often feature relaxing music, lighting, textures, aromas and other elements to help reduce agitation and anxiety’. The hospital says eight per cent of its 50,000 annual emergency room visits are related to mental health. (Faith Greco at CBC) (Donate)

    🏢 Real Estate Bargain

    •  The City has the chance to buy a $92 million building for $12 million. In 2003, the City negotiated an option to buy 100 Constellation Drive when it agreed to rent space in it for $6.3 million. The building had been built and used by the now bankrupt Nortel corporation. The 6.88 hectares of land is near Algonquin College and is used by the Ottawa Public Health immunization clinic and the Ontario Court of Justice, amongst others/ (Nicole Williams at CBC) (Current owner’s rental website)

    🏠 Housing

    •  Insurance company delay has kept residents from returning to their affordable housing building for over a year. In February 2023, a frozen pipe broke and displaced 42 residents at Ottawa Salus building. The damage was so significant that the building ‘was quickly stripped down to its bare studs’, and repairs budgeted in the millions. The disagreement with the insurance company on compensation means the building may not reopen until 2025. (Charlie Senack in the Kitchissippi Times) 

    💉 COVID 19

    •  Seniors, get your COVID jab says Ottawa Public Health. The Provincial Ministry of Health has recommended that seniors and other people at risk should get a COVID 19 update shot. Besides people 65 and older, the shot is recommended for adults in long-term care homes, anyone six months or older who is immunnocompromised, and people 55 or older from from First Nations, Inuit, or Metis communities. (Elizabeth Payne in the Ottawa Citizen) (COVID Page at Ottawa Public Health)

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    Today

    •  Send an transfer and the name of each person playing to info@straydogbrewing.ca, to get on the list at Stray Dog Brewing Co’s Brewchre Tournament. $25 per person gets you a bevvie, two slices of pizza, and a chance to win prizes. 501 Lacolle Way, Orléans. K4A 5B6

    •  Members in good standing of the Digital Arts Resource Centre are reminded to register for this evening’s AGM.

    •  ByTowne Cinema: Kanaval, Tautuktavuk: What We See, Civil War

    •  Mayfair Theatre: The Promised Land, Wicked Little Letters, Red Sun

      Gigs

    •  Ottawa Pocket Jazz Band. Queen St. Fare

    •  Heathen, Arsenal, Infrared, Bonded by Strength. Rainbow Bistro

    •  Karaoke Mondaze. Atomic Rooster

    •  Open Mic Night. Art House Café

    •  New Age Doom, Fuzzed Out. LIVE on Elgin

    •  Bluegrass Mondays with Handsome Molly. Red Bird

    Tomorrow

    •  Tonight’s free screening at Ottawa Public Library is Aftersun. Adult audiences only. 6:00 pm at the Main Branch Auditorium. 120 Metcalfe St K1P 5M2 https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/movie-night-aftersun

    •  Settle in as short story writer John Gardiner reads from his memoir. With musical guest Christophe Elie. Pay What You Can. Avant-Garde Bar, 135 Besserer St. K1N 9K4

    •  ByTowne Cinema: Wildcat, The Movie Man, Civil War.

    •  Mayfair Theatre: Wicked Little Letters, The Promised Land, Love Lies Bleeding

      Gigs

    •  Friends Trivia. The Prescott

    •  OK Goodnight. Cafe Dekcuf

    •  Spiter (Devil Master), Desolus, Mesothelioma. Dominion Tavern

    •  Vocals Only Tour. Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe

    •  Bingo Night. Evergreen Craft Ales

    •  T.K.O. Tuesdays. Level One Game Pub

    •  Life Drawing. Art House Café

    Wednesday

    •  Pinball wizards of all skill levels are welcome at the TARG monthly Pinball Tournament, presented by Ottawa Punk Pinball and House of TARG. The cost to participate and compete for prizes is just $1. The tournament starts at 8:00 pm sharp, so show up early to register. All ages. 1077 Bank St. K1S 3W9

    •  Admit it: there’ve been moments in your life when you wondered what it would be like to stand naked as the day you were born, as artists stared intently at you and painted. Find out what it takes at ‘How to be a life model’ with model Gabrielle Lalonde, where your questions will be answered and you’ll get a chance to try out the discipline. $10 includes entry into the life drawing session tonight. Sandy Hill Life Drawing, 250 Somerset St. East, K1N 6V6

    •  Office Hours are open at Absinthe, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at 1208 Wellington St. W. K1Y 2Z7.

    •  ByTowne Cinema: The Movie Man, Occupied City

    •  Mayfair Theatre: The Promised Land, Wicked Little Letters, Red Sun

      Gigs

    •  Why Wednesday. The 27 Club

    •  Smash into Pieces. The Brass Monkey

    •  Outside the Box Trivia. Beyond the Pale Brewing Co.

    Just Announced / Now Booking

    • Ottawa becomes City of OM in just days, and tickets are going fast. Find yoga and fitness events inside Aberdeen Pavilion and eight other sites across Lansdowne Park. Friday May 31 and Saturday June 1.

    • Quilters and sewists have a rare opportunity to learn from Jen Kingwell herself during a series of workshops and lectures at Mad About Patchwork. Events are individually priced. June 3-8 at 2477 Huntley Road K2S 1B8

    • Music of the Night: The Concert Tour featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most iconic theatrical music including selections from Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Sunset Blvd, and more. Théâtre du Casino du Lac-Leamy. June 15, 8:00 pm.

       

       

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    BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

    🎶 "You got trouble, folks, right here in the capital city, trouble with a capital ‘T’ And that rhymes with ‘P’ and that stands for pool."

    Dave Allston in the Kitchissippi Times has the story of the Province’s fight to rid Ottawa of pool halls from the 1890s to the 1950s, in the name of propriety.

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