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• In today’s ottawan:

  → Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is not getting much support 

• → Ticket announcement for MJ: The Musical

  → Feedback received about experiences at Ottawa Airport: YOW!

– Martha and Darren

STATS

Number

• 138
• – The number of complaints received by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority about the security checkpoint process at Ottawa International Airport. The complaints were between January 2023 and May 2024.  (Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang at CBC)

Ottawan of the Day

• Conor DeVries 
• – The documentary maker who created 2015’s Shawarma City, is keeping Ottawa as his home base for filming. (Matthew Slevin in Apt 613) 

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• It’s been deadly for butternuts

• – Stephen Woodley, president of Action Chelsea for the Respect of the Environment, on how Canker disease has wiped out 80 per cent butternut trees in the region. However, a plantation of trees grown by the organization in Wakefield is currently doing well. (Jocelyn Shepel at CBC)

Sports

• ⚽ CFL Atlético Ottawa 0 – Forge FC 3 last Saturday
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 7 – Sussex County Miners 0 last Saturday
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 4 – Sussex County Miners 3 last night

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CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

No meetings this week.

📋 Meetings and agendas

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

♨️ Aylmer

•  After 10 days, the boil water advisory in Alymer has been lifted. Analyses by the City of Gatineau found the water tested positive for E.coli bacteria starting August 1. Residents should run their taps for a full minute to clear out old water and, if for some reason you made ice out of unboiled E. Coli water, toss it out. (Isabel Harder at CBC)

💰 Mayor Mark Sutcliffe

• Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is not getting much love for his request that the Provincial and Federal governments should be giving more money to cover the City’s money woes.
  
  💸 In a press release, the Mayor says that the City is $100 million in the hole ‘that are not of our making’.
  
  💸 The Ottawa Bulldog points out that almost all of the replies to the Mayor’s Twitter post on the topic ‘see the LRT fiasco, the big spending on the Lansdowne failure and the over-spending on the new central library as transparent examples of poor budget discipline and incompetence’. 
  
  💸 During the 2022 debate between Mark Sutcliffe and opponent Catherine McKenney, McKenney says ‘I found a hole in your budget. You only account for half of the City budget’. 
  
  💸  Neil Saravanamuttoo in The 613 says it is a crisis of our own making: Toronto mayor Olivia Chow asked for and received money from the Provincial government for transit; Sutcliffe asked for and received a police station and a highway interchange.

🏊‍♂️ Autumn Recreation

• Registration for autumn recreation programmes begins at 9:00 pm tomorrow for swimming and 9:00 pm Thursday for all other activities. The whole process is less fraught if you sign up for an account early – like today – and add in your credit card. (Activity Search)

🍺 Ottawa – Gatineau Craft Brewery Map

• We have a new addition to our Ottawa – Gatineau Craft Brewery Map. The CWG Barnside Brewery opened two months ago just down the road from Vankleek Hill, in St-Eugène. Barnside specializes in growing the hops itself for brewing in its beer. Worth a road trip, certainly. (CWG Barnside on the Craft Brewery Map)

🛻 Convoy News

• Convoy coörganizer Pat King is again out on bail, this time for breaching his previous bail conditions. As King could not afford to pay his legal representation for his previous mischief and intimidation charges, a judge permitted King to solicit for funds online. However, the Crown argued that he used his online platform to comment on media coverage and comment on the judge and prosecutors. In addition to a ban on any online communication other than fundraising, King had to foreit a $25,000 bond. (David Fraser at CBC)

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Today

• Come and belt out your favourite hidden gem showtunes at Broadway Nights Ottawa. There’s live accompaniment and you can take to the stage or provide backing vocals from your chair. $15. Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St. K1N 7B9 

• Or take that singing incredible singing voice to the Heart & Crown in Barrhaven for Rockstar Karaoke. 8:30 pm to 12:30 am at 3161 Strandherd Dr #300, Nepean K2J 5N1

• The Artichoke Hearts play Lundis Musicaux/Musical Mondays at Maison Fairbairn House in Wakefield, where entry is by donation or ‘pass the hat’. In addition to the music, you’ll have access to food and drink options, including vegan and gluten-free options. Doors open at 6:00 pm with the music starting up at 6:30 pm. 45 Chemin de Wakefield Heights Wakefield J0X 3G0 

• We’re assured there will be no actual fires at A Very Fine Improv Show: Summer Bonfires at LIVE on Elgin. What you will find, however, are extremely talented improv artists ready to set your evening on fire. Come early for the free open-to-all-skill-levels Improv Jam. 

• County Fair by MilkUP continues at Aberdeen Pavilion. 

• Tonight’s performance of Macbeth by A Company of Fools is at Champlain Park in Old Ottawa West (140 Carleton Ave, K1Y 0J2)). 

• ByTowne Cinema: Dance First, Kinds of Kindness, Cuckoo

• Mayfair Theatre: Touch, Roman Holiday, If…. 

  Gigs

• Jazz Jam with the Beeched Wailers. Irene’s Pub

• Bluegrass Mondays featuring the High Saddles. Red Bird

• Open Mic Night. Art House Café

• Geek Trivia. Level One Game Pub

Tomorrow

• LA Pai Gallery’s current exhibition Heirlooms presents the work of two artists with ancestral links to the Cornwall area. While Stephanie Hill’s art is inspired by the work of early botanists to catalog and illustrate Canadian wild flowers, it’s so much more than a collection of botanical drawings. Hill’s ink and watercolour images trace early settlers’ and farmers’ lives, interspersed with myths and personal stories. Artist Erin Robertson uses painting and sculpture to depict the pain and loss experienced by her ancestors when the 170 year old family farm was expropriated by Ontario Hydro in 1954 to build the Moses-Saunders Power Dam. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday at 13 Murray St. K1N 9M5

• 🆓 Visit the world of alternative country with Diyet & The Love Soldiers, live on the NAC’s Wood Terrace tonight and tomorrow night. Bring your own lawn chair. 

• 🆓 County Fair by MilkUP continues at Aberdeen Pavilion and continues through August 18. More than an opportunity to drink a glass of the good stuff, find loads of food and drink vendors, merch, and activities. On weekdays, enjoy free line dancing classes. Today from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm 

• ByTowne Cinema: Dance First, Firebrand, Cuckoo

• Mayfair Theatre: Mother, Couch, Touch, Kinds of Kindness 

  Gigs

• Melanie C. Bronson Centre

• Trivia Night. Pour Boy

• Trivia Tuesday. Irene’s Pub

• Sorry Snowman, Root Cause, Naked Neighbours, Sun Junkies. Rainbow Bistro

Wednesday

• Come From Away, presented by Mirvish Productions, Junkyard Dog Productions, and NAC English Theatre, opens its limited run tonight. Some performances are sold out but there are tickets available for many performances. The run ends Sunday September 1. 

• The spectacle in the skies continues at Les Grands Feux du Casino Lac Leamy. 

• 🆓 Visit the world of alternative country with Diyet & The Love Soldiers, live on the NAC’s Wood Terrace tonight. Bring your own lawn chair. 

• 🆓 County Fair by MilkUP continues at Aberdeen Pavilion and continues through August 18. More than an opportunity to drink a glass of the good stuff, find loads of food and drink vendors, merch, and activities. On weekdays, enjoy free line dancing classes. Today from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm 

• ByTowne Cinema: Kinds of Kindness, 2024 Cat Video Fest, Cuckoo

• Mayfair Theatre: Touch, Mother, Couch, If…. 

  Gigs

• Green Jëlly, The Convalescence. Brass Monkey

• Conway the Machine. Bronson Centre

• Drag Me to Live: Two Year Anniversary Celebration. LIVE on Elgin

• Avril Lavigne, Simple Plan, Girlfriends. Canadian Tire Centre

   

Just Announced / Now Booking

• Broadway Across Canada announced today that tickets for MJ: The Musical go on sale next Monday, August 19. The show, will run December 31 2024 to January 5 2025 at the National Arts Centre, is centered around the development of Michael Jackson’s 1992 Dangerous World Tour. 

• Book yourself a new experience in September. The Wine Grape Harvesting Day-Trip from Aventure Outauais will introduce you to grape harvesting but you’ll also get to sample wine and enjoy a fabulous lunch right there at the winery. 
   

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DEAL OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

Journalist David Moscrop has released the agenda for his – presumably fictional – run for mayor of Ottawa. It’s good because there is something for everyone to like but also be mad at:

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