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• The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority, which monitors all the tributaries and streams that feed into the Mississippi, the Carp, and the Ottawa rivers is looking for some feedback.

• Some of the questions the Authority is asking: should it be adding more land to its conservation bank, should it be operating parks and trails, and what should its attitude be about dams?

• You can read the discussion paper, which ponders the questions, here. And get all the details about the Authority in its strategy report here.

• Once you’ve done the homework, you can answer the survey here.

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• – The number of new grocery store licenses to sell beer and wine in Ottawa. At least 74 convenience stores have been licensed to begin sales starting Sept 5. The Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers says the lack of take up by grocery stores is because they, unlike convenience stores, will be required to accept empty bottle and can returns. (Mike Crawley at CBC)

Ottawans of the Day

• Anne and Amelia Griffith
• – Anne and Amelia are both taking part in the Bring on the Bay, the 3 km open water swim for Easter Seals tomorrow. Daughter Amelia, who is 3 ½ years old, will be towed by mom Anne in a specially made raft. The team has raised $10,000 so for for Easter Seals this year. (Blair Crawford in the Ottawa Citizen) (Donate)

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• I say no every time because I know what’s going to happen. They’re going to put me in a worse situation than I was in. I’m never going to stay inside much, and that’s difficult for society

• – Frances DeSilva on her answer to officials who offer her indoor shelter. The 60 year-old has been living in a canoe on the Rideau Canal since May. (Bruce Deachman in the Ottawa Citizen)

Sports

• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 5  – Trois-Rivières Aigles 1 game 1 last night
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 3 – Trois-Rivières Aigles 6 game 2 last night

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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🚨 Ottawa Police Service

• Ontario’s police watchdog has opened an investigation into the use of an anti-riot weapon at an Ottawa hospital. Ontario Provincial Police brought a man in distress to the hospital under the Mental Health Act Tuesday. Later, hospital staff called Ottawa Police requesting help as the man had become violent. In an attempt to get him under control the weapon was used. The man was not seriously injured. (Toula Mazloum at CTV)

🚊 O Train

• Line 1 of the O Train will be closed between Tunney’s Pasture and Rideau stations from Monday to the following Sunday for maintenance. Service will continue as normal between Blair and uOttawa stations. A replacement bus service will operate between Tunney’s Pasture and Rideau stations. (OC Transpo)

🌊 Aquatic Centre

• The City has approved making an agreement with Carleton University for a new aquatic centre. The proposed centre would have a 50-metre competitive pool, a 25-metre warm-up and community pool, and the amenities to host aquatic special events. Details about public and student access and who owns what are still to be negotiated. (Andrea Bennett in CityNews)

⛺ Tent Cities

• The City is planning to use tents as shelters because it fears losing Federal funding. City Councillors have grown frustrated with community centres being used as shelters for people without homes, as the centres cannot remain open for regular use. However, the City received $185 million of provincial and federal funding to provide shelters.  (Ottawa Bulldog)

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Today

 

• Yuk Yuk’s presents The Alphabet People: two evenings of Ottawa’s best LGBTQ+ comics, tonight and tomorrow (Saturday July 13). Choose from dinner and a show or just the fabulous show. 
   
• Jewelry making and cocktails: find them both at Drip House for the fourth Beads & Booze event. Choose from two time slots but do it soon; tickets are selling fast. 340B Parkdale Avenue K1Y 2W5 
   

• Road Trip: Ghost hunters, get in the car and head to Cornwall for Investigation at the Historic SDG Jail. The site was a working minimum and maximum security facility from the mid nineteenth century until 2002, and investigating it on a summer evening is apparently apt to raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Tickets start at $69.99 per person, which include more than three hours of ghost hunting. Tonight and tomorrow night (Saturday July 13) at 11 Water St. West, Cornwall. 

• A Company of Fools open air theatre is back, this time bringing a fresh take on Shakespeare's Macbeth to the stage. Catch the play tonight in Hiawatha Park, Orléans.

• Experience the magic of a summer evening outdoor film screening with The Truman Show. Churchill Seniors Recreation Centre, 345 Richmond Ave at dusk. 

• Today at Bluesfest: Tyler Chilers with TALK and Brittany Kennell; Brahams with Oddeline and summersets; Bombino with Jerry Portnoy and Empress Nyiringango; Annie Raines & Paul Rishell with Raphael Weinroth-Browne and Wild Remedy; DJ Easy El Dee, DJMC. 

• Today at Music & Beyond Summer Festival: ‘Music and Running’, ‘Voyage á Paris: Les Six’, ‘Fauré: Chamber Music’, Phaeton Piano Trio, Lucibela: Cape Verdean Breezes, Utrecht Quartet. 

• On Sparks Street, True Bijoux jewellers is holding a street party with prizes, cotton candy, and Thomas Sabo’s collab with Haribo. Today and tomorrow (Saturday July 13).

• ByTowne Cinema: A Little Something Extra (Un p’tit true en plus), June Zero, Jaws, MaXXXine

• Mayfair Theatre: Tuesday, L’été dernier (Last Summer), In a Violent Nature 

  Gigs

• 80s - now Pop, Alt Rock, Dance Party. LIVE on Elgin

• Rythym Method. The Carleton Tavern

• Les Ismore productions presents. Avant-Garde Bar

• 80s Dance Party with DJ Remy. House of TARG

• Noche Cubana Ottawa. Latinos Resto Bar

• Jesse Greene Band. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

• Kin Gongolo, Miniata, DEF MAMA DEF. 27 Club

• Vicki Brittle. Red Bird

• The Barrow Gang. Atomic Rooster

• Yassin, Sean Terrier, Almyr Jules. Rainbow Bistro

• Valérie Ekoume. National Arts Centre
  
  Sport
  
  ⚽ Atlético Ottawa vs Vancouver FC at TD Arena
  
  🏉 Canada takes on Romania in Summer Tests 2024 rugby. 7:00 pm at TD Place Stadium 1015 Bank St, K1S 3W7
  
  ⚾ Ottawa Titans face the Québec Capitales at Ottawa Stadium
  
  🐴 Watch expert riders and horses be put through their paces at the Ottawa Summer Tournaments, today through Sunday at Wesley Clover Parks. 401 Corkstown Road, K2H 8G2 

Tomorrow

• Little Jo Berry’s joins forces with Toronto’s Sausage Party once again for vegan culinary delights at Take Me to the Fair. Expect fantastic vegan ice cream, sausages, and other treats. Little Jo Berry’s, 1305 Wellington St. W. K1Y 3B1
   
• Multimedia creatives: get ready to save at the DARC Garage Sale. Find deals on cameras, audio equipment, computers, and more.
   
• Get down and dirty at Mud Hero Ottawa 2024. Choose from the 6km course, 12km course, and Kids Course. Address: Commando Paintball. Get 40% off the first two with the code SUN40.
   

• Marshall’s Dog Rescue will wash your pup and give him a nail trim, in a fundraising event at Pet Valu Beechwood. All donations support the dogs in Marshall’s Dog Rescue’s care. 

• Today at Music & Beyond Summer Festival: Steffen Schleiermacher, Phaeton Piano Trio, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Andrew Mah. 

• Road Trip: Ghost hunters, get in the car and head to Cornwall for Investigation at the Historic SDG Jail. The site was a working minimum and maximum security facility from the mid nineteenth century until 2002, and investigating it on a summer evening is apparently apt to raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Tickets start at $69.99 per person, which include more than three hours of ghost hunting. Tonight at 11 Water St. West, Cornwall.

• A Company of Fools open air theatre is back, this time bringing a fresh take on Shakespeare's Macbeth to the stage. Catch the show tonight in Windsor Park, Old Ottawa South. 

• Today at Ottawa Bluesfest: Mötley Crüe with The Tea Party, JJ Wilde; James Kennedy with Giacomo Turra, Charlie Edward; Blues Harp Blow-Off with Garret T. Willie, Dony D Band; Garret T. Willie with TJ Wheeler, Sean Pinchin; DJ Eazy El Dee; DJ Kwame. 

• 🆓 Cars & Coffee Ottawa benefits OSEG Foundation as well as the throngs of luxury and vintage car lovers who wander among the automobiles on display. 1000 Exhibition Way K1S 5J3. 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on the Concourse. 

• 🆓 Drool over even more fabulous automobiles at All British Car Day, where you’ll find models like Rolls Royce, Austin-Healey, Jaguar and more. Plus, vendors like Merry Dairy and the Great British Pasty & Pie Co will be on site to keep your energy up. Bring a donation for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at Clarke Fields Park, 93 Houlahan St K2J 3Y7 

• 🆓 The participating Embassies have lots planned for the 3rd European Union Cultural Fair, from performances to authentic cuisine for sampling. From 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Great Lawn, Lansdowne Park. 

• Urban Art Collective’s Maker Market welcomes cool makers and artists and also offers mouthwatering Pierogies from BAMM’s Snack Shack. Plus, you can contribute to the upcoming podcast ‘Did You Know? Unearthing Urban Creatives’ - whether or not you’re an artist. It’s all happening from noon to 5:00 pm in the Gallery. 1088 Somerset St. W 

• On Sparks Street, True Bijoux jewellers is holding a street party with prizes, cotton candy, and Thomas Sabo’s collab with Haribo. 

• ByTowne Cinema: June Zero, A Little Something Extra (Un p’tit truc en plus), Thelma, MaXXXine 

• Mayfair Theatre: Lété dernier (Last Summer), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Saturday Night Sinema 

  Gigs

• Bif Naked. Rideau Carleton Raceway

• Brian An Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

• Gibsons. National Arts Centre

• Midnight Life, Stars. LIVE on Elgin

• The Dant Danners, Loon Choir. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

• The Scepter, Tower Hill, Drowning in Blood. Dominion Tavern
  
  Sport
  
  🐴 Watch expert riders and horses be put through their paces at the Ottawa Summer Tournaments, today through Sunday at Wesley Clover Parks. 401 Corkstown Road, K2H 8G2
  
  🛼 Bring your own camping chair to watch the Ottawa Valley Roller Derby doubleheader from the Vimy Brewing Company Beer Garden at St. Laurent Complex. First up: Guelph’s Royal City Brute Leggers vs Ottawa Valley Rapids, then Valley Cats take on Street Rats. Tickets are $15. 525 Cote St. K1K 0Z8 
  
  ➕ Related Brew Donkey’s Crush’d and Brews’d Tour stops at Stray Dog Brewing and Dominion City Brewing before ending at the Roller Derby.
   

Sunday

• 🆓  Enjoy free yoga on the lawn as Hintonburg and Wellington Village’s Social Sunday pulls up at PranaShanti Yoga Centre from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Pianist Thomas Nicholson will play at 1:00 pm and the Canto Senitmento Strings hit the stage at around 2:30 pm, with yoga in-between the gigs. 950 Gladstone Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Y 3E6
   

• Kids 12 and under get in for FREE at Fanaticcon, where more than 80 vendors are selling figurines, cosplay items, comics, games, and collectibles. Special guests include Jennifer Rubin, Niketa Calame, Daryl Johnson, Abby Hagyard, Matt Austin, Leslie Hoffman, and Kurt Lehner. 11:00 am to 5:00 pm at Ottawa Conference and Event Centre, 200 Coventry Road.

• It just might be a sunny day at the CentreTown Flea Outdoor Market, a downtown affair with vendors selling all sorts of vintage and one of a kind items. Check out the parking lot at 154 O’Connor St. K2P 1T5 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm 

• Road Trip: A bouquet of farm fresh flowers, a vintage bag, a bottle of locally crafted sauce, a crochet gift for your bestie. Find them all at the Dairy Distillery Sunday Market. While you’re there, enjoy a cocktail and lunch to the sounds of live music. 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, 34 Industrial Drive, Almonte, ON

• Art House Café’s Writers’ Circle is for anyone - not just writers - who wants to flex their creative muscles through a group exercise. $10. 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm 555 Somerset St W 

• Today at Bluesfest: Nas with Down With Webster, Training Season; Ben Howard with fanclubwallet, Geneviève Racette; Be in the Band Showcase; Blues in the Schools Showcase. 

• Today at Music & Beyond Julian Armour and Fréderic Lacroix; Shoshana Telner, Hanns Eisler: Exile - the Hollywood Songbook; Pandora Tango Ensemble; Yolanda Bruno & Michael Bridge. 

  ByTowne Cinema: Thelma, Sunday Afternoon Classics: The Young Girls of Rochefort, A Little Something Extra (Un p’tit truc en plus), MaXXXine

  Mayfair Theatre: The Big Sleep, Tuesday, Big Shark
   

  Gigs

• Sunday Revue. Irene's Pub Restaurant

• The Low Profiles. Atomic Rooster

Monday 

• A Company of Fools open air theatre is back, this time bringing a fresh take on Shakespeare's Macbeth to the stage. Catch the play tonight in Strathcona Park, Sandy Hill. 

• You’re a rock star, that is what you are. It’s time to get up on stage and prove it at the Heart & Crown in Barrhaven, where Rock Star Karaokebrings dreams to life. The amps heat up from 8:30 pm at 3161 Strandherd Dr, K2J 5N1. 

• Today at Music & Beyond: Yolanda Bruno & Michael Bridge; Hannaford Street Silver Band; SHHH!! Ensemble.

• ByTowne Cinema: A Little Something Extra (Un p’tit truc en plus), June Zero, MaXXXine

• Mayfair Theatre: L’été dernier (Last Summer), The Big Sleep, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

   

  Gigs

   

• Open Mic Night. Art House Café

• Karaoke Mondaze. Atomic Rooster

Just Announced / Now Booking

• The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival stops in Ottawa August 9-11

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The Ottawa Business Journal has published its Forty Under 40 and asked the inductees ‘What do you like most about Ottawa’s downtown core?’. Turns out that each does love it.

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