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  → Ottawa couple to fly to Venice (Italy) via Ontario (California)

• → It'll be here sooner than you think: 4 Thanksgiving Meal Ideas

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• Clarification

• An anonymous reader left a note to the ottawan in the Rapid Response poll (down at the bottom) that yesterday’s item about a 370 per cent rise in property values resulting in higher property taxes across the river in Danford Lake was misleading. 

• In (very) general terms, municipalities work out their budget for the year, then divide that up amongst property owners – they don’t set a fixed per centage on houses and then gain a windfall if property values suddenly increase. The story quoted residents who feared their taxes would increase in lockstep with the property value.

• For example, a village with a $5 million budget should charge the same amount of property tax each year even if a $20,000 house is suddenly worth $200,000. The village can only charge more if it spends more.

• However, this assumes all properties increase in value. If only some do, it can indeed result in a windfall for the town and higher taxes for some owners.

– Martha and Darren

WEDNESDAY DINING + DRINKING UPDATE

• There’s just one week to go before Harvest: A Feast for Fall, which brings together the city's top award-winning chefs, artisanal beverage producers, and passionate foodies for a night of Farm to Table-inspired delights. All proceeds go to Youturn, the non-profit that helps the most at-risk youth, whose mission is to provide evidence-informed, individualized service to help develop the skills to become strong participating members of the community. Wednesday September 18 at Ottawa Art Galley, 10 Daly Ave. 
   
• Newfoundland’s The Once will serenade sparkling cider sippers at Farmgate Cider’s Music in the Barn next Thursday September 19. Tickets $45. 4547 Mohr’s Road, Arnprior.
   
• Peter Hum in the Ottawa Citizen is all over the supreme croissantsat Hugo Café in Centretown. Originally, they were a one-time demonstration to ‘duplicate the eye-popping, virally popular creations that the Lafayette Grand Café and Bakery in New York had launched a year earlier’ but now they are a permanent part of the menu.
  
  Related, but not about Ottawa: A TikToker recently discovered that the cute croissant lamp she'd been given is actually a varnished pastry with a bulb and battery inside it.  
   
•  Ameya Charnalia at Eat the Strip has found a ‘hidden gem’ in the basement of the Re/Max building on Bronson Avenue. Wei’s Noodle House is vegan-forward ramen joint. ‘It was bursting with flavour and matched a lot of the good ramen we have enjoyed in the city,’  Charnalia says.
   
• Where do the actors who portrayed the hobbits in the Lord of the Rings trilogy eat when they are in Ottawa? Le Poisson Bleu, it turns out. Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and Sean Astin appeared on a panel at last weekend’s Ottawa ComicCon.
   
• The Back Forty Farm Feast is a casual farm-to-table dining experience outdoors by the fire, featuring wine from Winemaker Norman Hardie. Saturday October 5, $150 + hat per person.
   
• In Apt 613’s Best Bite’s column, Kiersten Vuorimaki ate at Working Title Kitchen (‘[O]ne of the most satisfying salads I’ve ever had’), Delights by Mama (Of the empanadas at Ottawa Titans matches, ‘I would recommend any of these the next time you’re at a game’), and Banditos (‘The grilled corn is drenched in spiced butter, with a zingy lime crema, fresh cilantro and a liberal sprinkling of tajin spice’).
   
• There is a brand new bubble tea joint in Old Ottawa East, Xing Fu Tang, a franchise of the Taiwanese chain.
   
• Chef Chris Commandant, current sous chef and incoming resident chef at the National Arts Centre, will be showcasing Indigenous flavours at two events,  Tionnhehkwen September 19 and Kaie:ri NiwekenhnhekeOctober 3. 
    

  4 Thanksgiving Meal Ideas
  
  🦃 Red Apron’s Thanksgiving Feasts will feed eight or 16 people and include everything but pumpkin pie (which is available to purchase separately). 
  
  🦃 Order a fully cooked turkey dinner from the Brookstreet Hotel and serve up to 10 people hassle-free.
  
  🦃 Each order of the heat-at-home 1/4 chicken Thanksgiving Dinner from Maker House in Cumberland ends with a house made butter tart. Available for pick up on October 13.
  
  🦃 Make your celebration extra elegant with the Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner to Go! from NeXT. You get five glorious courses including dessert, a follow-along video with Chef Blackie and rings in at $40 per person, with a minimum order of five (you can order in multiples of five to feed gatherings of more than five people).

STATS

Number

• 60
• – The number of seconds a driver would be permitted to idle their car in a proposed new bylaw. The one minute time limit would be active when the temperature is between 0° and 27°; if the temperature is below 0° or above 27°, the time limit would be five minutes. The current law gives drivers three minutes when the temperature is between 5° and 27° with no limits outside that range. The fine for idling in Ottawa is $500. (Josh Pringle at CTV)

Clarendonians of the Day 

• Ron Tubman
• – Tubman protected 15 Blanding’s Turtle hatchlings after he noticed them on his property last June. After contacting the Québec Wildlife Ministry, the brood was transported to the Biodome in Montréal for two years of R & R, after which they will be returned to their hatching spot. Tubman says that the ‘survival rate of hatchlings can be as low as 1%’. (Pontiac Journal)

Quote 

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• I wasn't happy with three flights, but now I have five

• –  Keri Oakley, who booked a trip to Venice through a travel agent, was given an Ottawa -> Toronto -> Atlanta -> Ontario, California -> San Francisco -> Frankfurt -> Venice itinery. As the travel agency won’t fix the problem, Oakley and her husband are taking the trip the long way. (Josh Pringle at CTV) 

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CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

Transit Commission
Thursday, September 12 at 9:30 am

• Presentation - OC Transpo Update – Rail, Bus, and Para Transpo
• 2024 Transit Operating and Capital Budget Q2 Status Report
• Presentations from OC Transpo Unions in Response to Council Motion No. 2022-03/09
• Status Update – Transit Commission Inquiries and Motions for the period ending September 3, 2024

📋 Agenda
 

French Language Services Advisory Committee
Thursday, September 12 at 6:30 pm

• Transit Services Department and French Language Services
• City of Ottawa Municipal Accessibility Plan Consultations
• Overview and FLSAC Working Group Recommendations - Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services Department

📋 Agenda

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🪲 Gatineau Schools

• Two Gatineau schools have sent home letters about cockroaches found on the premises. Euclide-Lanthier said that the creatures were found and an exterminater called. Saint-Rédempteur said that despite an exterminator visit in August, roaches were seen again and parents should examine school bags and coats. (CBC)

🌊 Rideau River dock

• The City promised an accessible public dock on the Rideau River then decided to build one that wasn’t. The City says the dock is made for seasonal use but making it accessible would make the ramp too long, making it unfeasible to bring in for the winter. (Emma Weller at CBC)

💥 Heritage Buildings 

• The City’s built heritage committee is recommending that three 1870s homes in Lowertown be demolished. The committee accepted the recommendation from an engineer who said that the buildings were unsalvageable, with one of them being a threat to passers-by. All three were designated heritage buildings. (Joanne Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen) 

💰 Monthly Rent Update

• The average one bedroom apartment in Ottawa is now $2,044, up $20 from the month before. The same apartment is $1,736 in Gatineau. Both numbers come from August. (Josh Pringle at CTV)

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Today

• Ticket sales ended at 8:00 am this morning for the chat between Governor General’s Award-winning novelist Kim Thúy and Canada’s 1996 Gold Medal Olympic champion Doovan Bailey. Tickets from $20 for members, up to $100 for a Meet-and-Greet. Museum of History. 

• 🆓 Doors Open for Music Southminster is back for another season of free lunchtime concerts. This week, Montréal pianist Fiona Wu plays a solo recital of J.S. Bach’s final composition, The Art of Fugue. The program begins at 12:00 pm or you can watch on YouTube. 15 Aylmer Ave at Bank, K1S 5G4 

• It looks like the weather’s going to be fabulous for CityFolk Festival, today through Sunday at the Great Lawn, Lansdowne Park. The Beaches headline the TD Stage at tonight’s opening show, with guests Softcult and Päter. Meanwhile, Hawksley Workman plays the Fasken Stage. Tickets from $58. 

• Kanata Theatre’s production of Peter Shaffer’s Lettice and Lovage opens the new season at the Ron Maslin Playhouse. Single show tickets and five-play subscriptions are available. Until September 21. 

• UAQUE continues at the National Arts Centre. 

• ByTowne Cinema: L’étoile filante (The Falling Star), Wings of Desire, Didi 

• Mayfair Theatre: Across the River and Into the Trees, His Three Daughters, Repo Man 

  Gigs

• Jazz Nite with Woodshed. Queen St. Fare

• Spoon. Bronson Centre

• Drag me to Live! LIVE on Elgin

• Supersonic Hearts Band. Atomic Rooster

• An Evening with Daniel O’Donnell. National Arts Centre

• Petunia & The Vipers album release. Rainbow Bistro

• The Prime Rib Big Band. Irene’s Pub

• Tyler Kealey’s Urban Campfire. Red Bird

• Stick&Bow. Richcraft Theatre, Orléans

Tomorrow

• 🆓 As part of City Sounds Live, May Davis, Mars Aspen, Kaiday, and The North River perform at Greenbank Hunt Club Centre. The music is only part of the story: you could also win prizes like a free hair cut from McGee’s Barbershop, a Relax Massage Therapy gift certificate, or a Stirring Jewelry gift bag. Arrive early and stop by the swag tent for fun merch. Plus, grab dinner from one of the food vendors on site. 250 Greenbank Road Suite 230 Nepean K2H 8X4

• At CityFolk 2024 Festival, tonight’s headliners Greta Van Fleet are joined by Crown Lands, and Charlie Edward on the TD Stage, while Fred Eaglesmith, Jacob River Milnes, and the Tennessee Cree play the Fasken Stage. 

• No one knows what’s going to happen at Mash Up the Jam at the 2024 Ottawa Improv Jamboree; that’s because the host will give the performers their instructions only once their name is called and they’re on stage. This is edge-of-your-seat performing. Tickets are Pay What You Can with $15 as the suggested minimum. 

• This week at Hintonburg Night Market: eat, drink, relax and shop in the Urban Art Collective parking lot. 

• There are more than 30 games available to play at Art House Beats & Boards. 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm at 555 Somerset St. W. 

• FREE More games: There’s a FLINTA* games night at the Royal Oak pubat Kent and Slater. It’s free to attend but because space is limited you’ll need a reserved ticket. Arrive for six to get yourself fed, and be ready for play starting at 7:00 pm.

• ByTowne Cinema: Nos belles-sœurs (Sisters and Neighbors!), L’étoile filante (The Falling Star), Didi

• Mayfair Theatre: Across the River and Into the Trees, His Three Daughters, Repo Man 

  Gigs

• Shawn Phillips. Red Bird

• Boy Golden. Club SAW

• Ignite. The 27 Club

• GASM. LIVE on Elgin

• Handsome Sandwich. Overflow Brewing Company

• Jaheema. Montgomery Scotch Lounge.

• Art of the Duo. GigSpace

• Karaoke Thursday. Atomic Rooster

Friday

• Hand wipes at the ready: Bring your appetite to Orléans Ribfest and Poutine, starting today and running through Sunday at 255 Centrum Blvd in Orléans. 

• Today at CityFolk festival: Rise Against headlines the TD Stage with guests Explosions in the Sky and Soen. Cat Power Sings Dylan ’66 on the Fasken Stage, supported by Kellie Loder and Amanda Lowe Warnakulasuriya. Meanwhile, Cinno plays the Plaza at 5:00 pm. 

• Fifteen years of knitting; ninety pounds of yarn; one man’s artistic and spiritual journey. The Knitting Pilgrim is a multidisciplinary one-man show combining storytelling, image/video projection, and three huge, knitted panels that look like stained glass windows, breathtaking to behold in person. Free, but a suggested donation of $15 is suggested. 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm tonight at St. Andrew’s Church 

• 🆓 The Working on Wellness Festival brings Mental Health, Physical Health and Substance Use Health communities together as one collective to increase wellness for people living in Canada. The WOW Festival 2024 is your chance to engage with Ottawa’s wellness communities and allies, as well as support CAPSA’s #WorkingOnWellness campaign. 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at Marion Dewar Plaza (16 Avenue Laurier Ave West). 

• Every ticket sold to tonight’s Laugh with Purpose comedy show featuring headliner Bryan Hatt will support the Jordan Leigh Foundation Yuk Yuk’s Ottawa, 100 Kent St. 
   

• Capital Pop-up screens ET the Extra-Terrestrial at the Beechwood Cemetery. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Nos belles-sœurs (Sisters and Neighbors!), L’étoile filante (The Falling Star), Widow Clicquot, Drunken Cinema: Friday the 13th: The final Chapter
   

• Mayfair Theatre: His Three Daughters, Across the River and Into the Trees, Cuckoo 
  
  Gigs

• The Barrow Gang. Atomic Rooster

• Melwood Cutlery. Red Bird

• Bad Egg. Avant-Garde Bar

• MLNY with Jonas Brown. Rainbow Bistro

• Smelloship. Irene’s Pub

• The Space Wizards with The Burningtree and Aurora’s Reef. Café Dekcuf

• Bourbon House. The Brass Monkey

• Jeremy Dutcher. National Arts Centre

• Richard Page. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

Long Runs

• Cirque du Soleil ECHO continues in Gatineau until September 22. 

• The University of Ottawa created the Department of Visual Arts 50 years ago. The Ottawa Art Gallery commemorates those five decades with the exhibition Art School Confidential, until September 22.

Just Announced / Now Booking

• The Jazz Festival is now accepting artist applications for next year’s show. Deadline for local artists is Jan 31, for out of towners, Nov 1.

We’re loving the summery temperatures this week but it’s our duty to tell you about some of the upcoming Fall events that need to go into your calendar.

• Tickets for the 25th annual Biology Butterfly Show at Carleton University will go on sale Thursday September 26. The show, which is running Sunday October 5 through Sunday October 13, 2024, allows the public to stroll through the University’s greenhouse to observe more than two dozen species of butterflies from around the world. Entry is by donation and you can bet your Blue Morpho that it’s going to sell out.

• Road Trip: Upper Canada Village takes credit for launching Canada’s first family pumpkin event way back in 2012. This year’s Pumpkinfernopromises the usual ambitious number of intricately carved squashes and sculptures, photo ops and interactive displays that make this outing so memorable. September 27 through October 31 in Morrisburg, ON. Adult tickets $22 with discounts for seniors, students, and kids aged five through 12. Children four and under get in for free. 

• Closer to home, Wesley Clover Parks is once again transformed by thousands of carved pumpkins into one of our city’s favourite seasonal traditions: Pumpkins After Dark (October 10 - 31). We love a good corn or sunflower maze, but this event's 3D blacklight Monster Maze is in a class by itself. 

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DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

The portrait of Winston Churchill stolen from Château Laurier has been found, in Italy.

The Ottawa Police Service says that it tracked down the photo, which had been stolen from the hotel’s lobby in August 2022 and replaced with a fake. The fake hung on the wall, undiscovered, for months.

Police have not yet said how it came to track down the portrait, but it seems that they picked it up from an art collector in Genora, who bought it at auction from Sotheby’s in London. The buyer is not suspected in any way.

the ottawan does not know if any of these past auctions are of the stolen photo but there do seem to have been quite a few editions sold in 2022.

A 43 year-old man was charged with theft, forgery, and trafficking in stolen property last April but his name is under a publication ban.

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