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Friday, January 5 2023

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HELLO OTTAWA

The Governor General’s Foot Guards have four $2,500 awards for ‘youth whose ability, hard work, and perseverance merits special recognition’. 

And while the Governor General may represent Canadians from coast to coast to coast, her foot guards are limiting their largess to Ottawa/Outaouis youth.

What they are looking for is:

  • Pursuit of excellence

  • Going above and beyond

  • Overcoming adversity

  • Drive and determination

  • Pride of service to the community and country

If you know a suitable person 17 to 24 years of age, the deadline is February 25. Details and the application is here.

– 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

      Number 

      • 11,978
      • – The number of homes and condos sold in Ottawa in 2023, the fewest number since 2010 and down 11 per cent over 2022. (Josh Pringle at CTV)

      Ottawan of the Day

      • Maria Kartasheva
      • –  The critic of the Russian government has been living in Ottawa since 2019, but was pulled out of her Canadian citizenship ceremony last year because of that criticism. Kartasheva was convicted in absentia by Russia for ‘public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation’. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has informed her that Russian conviction may bar her from Canadian citizenship. (Matthew Kupfer at CBC)

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      • I remember after my first game, we had boxed quesadillas in a warming drawer

      • – Former Senators defenseman Michael Del Zotto describing the difference of life as a New York Ranger versus an Ottawa Senator. In New York ‘it was first class treatment. Every single day, anything that a player could think of has already been thought of numerous times and had been perfected by the organization’. In Ottawa, ‘there’s not really restaurants that are open on a Tuesday-Wednesday, so you’re either eating these boxed quesadillas or you’re going to Taco Bell or McDonalds that are open late night’. (Scott Maxwell at Daily Faceoff)

       

      Sports

      • 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 1 – Seattle Kraken 4 last night

      CITY HALL AGENDA

      What’s going on at City Hall
       

      No meetings until January 16.

      WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

      🛫 Ottawa International Airport

      •  Travellers can continue to fly to European cities for another year, as long as it is Paris. Air France has been pleased with its first year of direct five-days-per-week service to Paris, so it has been extended for a second year. The route is the only non-Americas service from Ottawa airport. (Katelyn Wilson at CTV)

      🚊 O Train

      •  OC Transpo will double the number of cars on each train from one to two starting next Monday. OC Transpo says this is possible because of ‘a new measure that adds pins to the restraining nut on the axle hubs’. The new two car trains should operate every five or six minutes. (City of Ottawa)

        ➕ Related OC Transpo says that it has fixed its bus notification system and arrivals should be accurate 30 minutes in advance. OC Transpo recommends using the Transit App (for IOS and Android).

      🐈 Lanark Animal Welfare Society

      •  Most of the board of directors of the Lanark Animal Welfare Society has resigned. The animal shelter in the county next door to Ottawa looks after 100 cats and some dogs. Resigning members allege ‘missing records, expired medications, overdue vaccinations, inadequate training and a lack of compliance with health and safety requirements’. (Arthur White-Crummey at CBC)

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      EVENTS


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      All Weekend

      Today

      •  Take a beginner lesson with Ottawa Swing Dance Society and then dance the night away. $12 cash admission.

      •  Open Source Nerds & Nachos Monthly Meetup at Clocktower Brew Pub (140 Rideau St).
         

        Gigs

      •  Double Vision (Foreigner tribute). Overflow Brewing

      •  Ska and Reggae Nite with Oscillators, Danny Rebel & the KGB, and the Taco Bandits. House of TARG

      •  Colby Drummond. Black Donald’s Bar, Calabogie Peaks Ski Lodge

      •  Jesse Greene Band with Mista Choops. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

      •  Ben Cooper. Royal Oak Stittsville
         

      Tomorrow

      •  Go underground: Cold Comfort for a Hot World, the latest Artist-in-Residence exhibition at the Diefenbunker, will close in a few short weeks. The show, by Sarah Blumel and Anisa Cameron aka Wind Up Radio, uses original music, clips from classic civil defence films, and humour to examine how 21st century citizens cope with the threat of nuclear war - and other existential risks. Open Wednesday through Sunday.

      •  The Ottawa Voyageurs Walking Club will be walking 5km and 10km routes through Alta Vista starting at 10:00 am.


        Gigs

      •  Jamie Douglas. D’arcy Magee’s

      •  Southern Comfort (duo). Overflow Brewing

      •  Brent Dickie Duo. Black Donald’s Bar, Calabogie Peaks Ski Lodge

      •  SH-BOOM. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

      •  Mod Nite: 19602 Rock & Soul Dance Party. LIVE on Elgin

      •  White Rabbit: Trevor Walker, Rise Ashen, Rick Laplante. City at Night

      •  Nelson Colt Band. Brew Revolution
         

      Sunday

      •  If anyone knows something that's going on, please let us know hello@theottawan.com


        Gigs

      •  The Sunday Night Revue. Irene’s Pub Restaurant


      Monday

      •  Open Mic Night at Art House Café, hosted by Phasez (@phasezmusic)

        Gigs

      •  Jazz Jam with The Beeched Wailers. Irene’s Pub Restaurant
         

      Just Announced

      •  The NAC’s Hip Hop Theatre Festival, which celebrates more than four decades of the genre in Canada, offers a packed schedule of paid and free programming including performances, panels, poetry, spoken word, and rap battles from January 31 to February 10. Book three events or more and receive 15% off.

      • Thirteen Strings opens 2024 with its Romantic Strings concert, which dovetails beautifully with the season of love on Friday, February 16 (7:30 pm at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre). It's a thoughtful Valentine’s gift for a loved one.

      •  Enjoy a sexy meal with your person on February 14 with the Maker Feed Co Valentine’s Day Fondue Dinner. You’ll be lovingly taken care of with a welcome cocktail followed by several sensual courses and the main event: fondue with lamb, farmer sausage, duck, and more. $134.99 per person.

      DEALS OF THE DAY

      It’s the final hours of the Endy Boxing Day sale, which offers $570 worth of bedding for free when you purchase the Endy Mattress or Endy Hybrid Mattress.

      There are stylish deals aplenty in the Hilary MacMillan Sale.

      BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

      Andrew King in Ottawa Rewind has a doozy as he investigates a possible fort built by the Sulpicians in the 1700s, on an island found off AutoRoute 40 on the drive to Montréal. The Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice were instrumental in the founding of Montréal, and possibly started building the fort in 1706. King also posits that it may have been destroyed by Benedict Arnold when he was still on the Americans' side, before he joined our side. 

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