Hello Ottawa
In Today’s Edition
→ Some bus routes take so long that OC Transpo charges passengers twice
→ Go stargazing with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada on Friday night
→ Deals of the Day on Canadian-made winter coats from Quartz Co and afternoon tea to go from Quelque Chose Patisserie
– Martha and Darren
WEDNESDAY FOOD + DRINK UPDATE
🥞 Save 50% on your meal (some conditions apply) at the grand opening of Stacked at 224 Hunt Club Road. Today only from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm.
🥙 Sultan Ahmet Turkish Cuisine in the Glebe has closed suddenly, due to failure to pay rent. The resto took over the former Clocktower Brewing building fifteen months ago.
🧁 The Cinnaholic at 900 Exhibition Way is offering Old Skool Rolls for $3 today only.
☕ The Ministry of Coffee is offering courses in Home Barista, Latte Art, Sensory, and Coffee Roasting.
🍓 Today is the cutoff to order Rochon Garden’s Fruits Plus package, including strawberries, blueberries, or raspberries on a weekly ($80) or bi-weekly ($40) basis from July 21.
🍸 Craig Haynes in Apartment 613 has an overview of the non-alcoholic adult choices at Knyota Drinks in Centretown.
🥕 After 46 years in business, Ottawa-based Kardish Health Food Centre is closing all of its locations.
🍺 Another Beer Store location is closing. The one at Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre will shut September 14, the fourth closure in Ottawa.
Our Ottawa – Gatineau craft beer map may be of assistance if you are looking for a new source.
🐔 Presumably in some sort of fever from the heat, the Buffalo Sabres tweeted out what chicken wing flavour represents their opponents. The Sens were declared ‘plain’. For comparison, the Leafs are ‘choking hazard’ and the Canadiens are ‘steamé’.
🥙 At Eat the Strip, Ameya Charnalia found, next to a cigar store, ‘some of the best Syrian kebabs in the city’. And it is not just the kebabs at two month-old Mr Kebab, Charnalia says, as the resto has ‘some of the best baba ganoush and muhammara I’ve had in Ottawa’.
🐔 In the Ottawa Citizen, Peter Hum and Sofia Misenheimer have joined forces to find where ‘Ottawa locals go for the best ice cream’. Their survey found: Beachconers Microcreamery and Love and Electric Ice Cream, Carp Custom Creamery, Chris’ Ice Cream, Farinella, Farinella Kanata and Farinella Snack Bar, Ice Flame, Kawartha Dairy, Lois ’n’ Frima’s Ice Cream, the Merry Dairy, Moo Shui Ice Cream, Pasticceria Gelateria Italiana, Piccolo Grande, Sadie Bean’s Ice Cream, Saffron Rolled Ice Cream and Desserts, and Stella Luna Gelato Café.
STATISTICS OTTAWA
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Where Nepean lies on a list of Canada’s Top 10 cat-loving cities. The survey by PetSmart ‘takes into consideration which communities had the highest number of adoptions while also spending more on cat toys, treats and other products’. Langley, BC was number one.
Yes, obviously Nepean isn’t a city on its own. Tell it to your cat.
OTTAWAN (TO BE) OF THE DAY
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Some parts of society felt as though (convalescent homes) were not going to serve these young men . . . if they got into the habit of having a luxurious, relaxing life, that they might never again return to being workers in the Canadian economy
– City of Ottawa built heritage research coordinator Kirsty Walker on the controversy at the time of building convalescent homes for wounded soldiers returning from the First World War.
One of those homes, Winterholme in Sandy Hill at 410-412 Besserer Street, was built for Sir Sandford Fleming in 1904 and is now being given heritage status. In its long history, it also briefly housed the Embassy of China.
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL
WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT
🚌 Passengers have discovered that some bus routes take so long that OC Transpo changes them twice. Transit riders have a 90 minute window to use a transfer but some trips – like Tunney's Pasture to Barrhaven – now take close to two hours under the new way to bus. – Arthur White-Crummey at CBC
🤝 Two more ‘safe trade zones’ have been created by the Ottawa Police Service. The new locations are in the parking lots of the police stations at 245 Greenbank Road and 4561 Bank Street. ‘Safe trade zones’ are places that people who buy and sell items online can meet for the handover and feel relatively safe. While constables are not stationed in the zones, it would take a very nervy criminal to attack a person in the police parking lot. The area is also monitored by video. – The Ottawa Citizen
🛢️ The Leamy Lake beach closure is related to a spill of ‘hydrocarbon’. We knew that the beach was closed yesterday due to a spill but the substance was not known. The substance is still not known, but because a National Capital Commission spokesperson said ‘Mitigation measures have been in place since yesterday and have helped limit the extent of the spill, including a boom barrier that absorbs hydrocarbon products’, it has become slightly clearer. Without any other information, we would suspect gasoline or diesel fuel. – Ted Raymond at CTV
💸 Over 1,800 tips about out-of-province license plates have been received by Gatineau police. Québec requires that people who move there register their car within three months or face $336 in fees and fines. The reports stem from a request by Gatineau police for residents to report their friends and neighbours who have overstayed the grace period. – Josh Pringle at CTV
THE DAILY POLL
Have you ever used a ‘safe trade zone’ for something that you bought online?
▪️ “The next head of OC Transpo should agree to commute via OC Transpo.”
▪️ “Multiple city councils and consecutive mayors have bungled, underfunded, and thrown OC Transpo under the proverbial bus. No single person is going to be able to “fix” OC Transpo.”
▪️ “The City should at least consider hiring someone with no experience. Fresh ideas. No baggage or preconceptions. Might be what the city needs to turn things around.”
▪️ “She did the best she could but I think undeniably the transit in Ottawa is worse than when she started.”
▪️ “City council didn’t push the province enough to get the operating funds Ontario is supposed to pay. I hope they will do a better job keeping OC Transpo out of Metrolinx’s operations.”
▪️ “She rarely gave public updates, her English was terrible and public transit is worse since her tenure.”
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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR
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WEDNESDAY
At Bluesfest today, noted bluesmen Def Leppard headlines the RBC Stage, while The Decemberists play River Stage. Reignwolf lead the way at Lebreton Stage, and D. K. Harrell plays Barney Danson Theatre.
The Canadian Museum of History will be closed today (July 16) and tomorrow (Thursday July 17) or a private event. This includes Panorama Café, the Second Cup, CINÉ+, the Gift Shop, the Canadian Children’s Museum as well as the parking garage.
Bring your current sewing project and enjoy live music under the tent at Mad About Patchwork.
All aboard the Summer Train Ride at Canada Science and Technology Museum. Members of the Bytown Railway Society will be operating a train comprised of a 1923 caboose that's pulled by a 1946 engine.
If the weather allows, A Company of Fools presents The Comedy of Errors in Stonewall Park in Nepean from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
🆓 Franco-Ontarian five-piece Les Rats d’Swompe play a second evening of rock, pop, and punk on the NAC's Wood Terrace.
ByTowne Cinema: Materialists, Art House Classics: The Green Ray, Black Dog
Mayfair Theatre: The Phoenician Scheme, Materialists, Scanners
Gigs
Music Trivia. Art House
Pallbearer Industry, Reaching Needles, Gong Seer. House of TARG
Campfire Chaos. Clocktower Brew Pub Westboro
The Montvales. Red Bird
THURSDAY
The lunchtime series Songs from the Shed continues on Sparks Street.
The Canadian Museum of History will be closed today for a private event. This includes Panorama Café, the Second Cup, CINÉ+, the Gift Shop, the Canadian Children’s Museum as well as the parking garage.
The NAC’s Symphonic Waves: Beethoven for Everyone concert will ‘sweep you away with pure sound and emotion’. All tickets are $20.
Today at Bluesfest, bluesman Sean Paul headlines RBC Stage, Peach Pit play River Stage, Moontricks play Lebreton Stage, and Harry Manx tops the bill at Barney Danson Theatre.
‘Up Yours! A Butt Workshop’ by Venus Envy is pretty self explanatory, and will be presented as a hybrid irl and virtual event.
Insider Trading is back at the City Centre location of Beyond the Pale Brewing Co. The taps open at 8:00 pm and prices rise and fall throughout the evening.
ByTowne Cinema: Black Dog, Super Happy Forever, Drawn In: Millennium Actress
Mayfair Theatre: The Phoenician Scheme, Materialists, Contempt
You have a choice of wonderful night markets to meet your retail therapy needs:
- Ottawa Mystic Market (5:00 pm –10:00 PM at 955A Gladstone Ave) is a night of spiritual energy and local makers. Free market entry from 5:00 – 8:00 PM, followed by a live psychic reading with @TristenSky at 8:00 PM. Tickets: $35
- Hintonburg Night Market by Urban Art Collective is pet friendly as usual.
- ByWard Night Market by Minerva Ottawa rolls out on William Street.
Gigs Settle For Sleep. Dominion Tavern
Music Bingo! Brew Revolution
Open Mic. Stray Dog Brewing Co
Bingo Thursday. Broadhead Brewing
Corky Kealey, Vince Halfhide. Irene's Pub
The Foreign Resort. House of TARG
PAKT: Progressive Jam-Fusion Supergroup. Rainbow Bistro
FRIDAY
JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING
The Purple Tie Gala for Cornerstone Housing for Women will be at a new venue on Friday October 4. The Delta Hotel Ballroom downtown will set the scene for the black tie event, which includes dinner, silent and live auctions, the famous Buy-A-Brick fundraiser, live music, and signature cocktail. Dress code: your glitziest purple ensemble.
MADE IN CANADA DEALS OF THE DAY
RAPID RESPONSE QUALITY CONTROL
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