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•  Ottawa Stats
•  City Hall Agenda
•  What Ottawa is Talking About
•  Events
•  Deals of the Day

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OTTAWA STATS

Ottawan of the Day

• Janet Hart
• – Hart spent the past 14 months finishing one of the world’s largest jigsaws, the 40,320 piece Ravensburger Memorable Disney Moments puzzle.
  
  And yes, a piece was missing. She had to send away to Germany for it. (Jackie Perez at CTV)

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• People shouldn’t have to reach out to someone on Facebook with a message that says ‘Hi, I see that you work with animals, my cat is dying. He’s 23 years old — my vet won't take me in’

• – Speak Up For Paws founder Jackie Gauthier who says there is a shortage of veterinarians in Eastern Ontario and Western Québec. (Sam Konnert at CBC) 

Sports

• 🏒 PWHL Ottawa 3 – New York 0 last night

CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

No more meetings this week.

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🇷🇺 Russia

•  Russia has declared that Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs is an ‘undesirable organization’. The University warns that anyone affiliated with the programme ‘could be subject to criminal punishment, including a possible prison sentence’ if they travel to Russia. (Marlo Glass in the Ottawa Citizen)

🚗 Free Hospital Parking

•  Orléans South-Navan ward councillor Catherine Kitts and Alta Vista ward councillor Marty Carr want to remove free parking on a city road near the Ottawa Hospital General Campus. Lynda Lane has free parking for two hours but the duo say residents complain that hospital users are parking there. They are asking for $1.50 an hour meters. (Josh Pringle at CTV)
  
  ➕ Related OC Transpo kept back $15.1 million from its maintenance contractor due to poor performance.

🦇 Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

•  Blanding’s turtle, the little brown bat and the northern long-eared bat will not be affected by the new radioactive disposal site at Chalk River. The Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ proposed radioactive waste disposal facility was required under the Species at Risk Act to gain approval from the Canadian Wildlife Service that species at risk were safe. The Service gave its approval March 18. (Natasha Bulowski in the National Observer)

🏫 Ottawa Carleton District School Board

•  The Ottawa Carleton District School Board has approved creating two new staff positions for Muslim and Arab equity coaches. The equity resource team currently: ‘two graduation coaches for Black students, one instructional coach with a specific focus on support for Jewish students, three Indigenous graduation coaches, and three Indigenous student support co-ordinators as well as two student support coordinators working directly with school communities with a specific focus on supporting Muslim and/or racialized students. There is also a student support co-ordinator specializing in support for students who are trans and gender-diverse’. (Joanne Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen)

🗑️ Landfills

•  Developer Taggart wants to build a private landfill at the intersection of Highway 417 and Boundary Road. The Capital Region Resource Recovery Centre would be run in coöperation Miller Waste Systems to take in Ottawa’s trash at a profit. The 184 hectares of property is already approved for commercial trash and recycled items but now permission for residential garbage is being sought.  (Josh Pringle at CTV)

🏒 Ottawa 67s

•  Former Ottawa 67s great Chris Simon has died aged 52. Simon played with the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, Calgary Flames, New York Islanders, and Minnesota Wild.  The family says Simon took his own life and believe that he suffered for years from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease caused by head injuries. (Don Brennan in the Ottawa Sun)

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EVENTS

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Today

•  TD Place is holding a job fair for Part-Time positions in Box Office, Guest Services, and more.

•  The second annual DiverCity Film Festival begins at Digital Arts Resource Centre. Watch screenings from Ottawa’s independent filmmakers. The docuseries Cancer While Black (Anthonette Jacob) opens the festival tonight. The festival runs until Sunday at 67 Nicholas St. Entrance by donation.

•  Music and Beyond presents an event of J.S. Bach as the Juno-award winning ensemble L’Harmonie des saisons performs La Passion selon saint Jean. Southminster United church, 15 Aylmer Ave.

•  Get your hands dirty as you learn how to grow and care for nutritious Microgreens. $60 + HST.

•  The International Film Festival of Ottawa continues with the Save As: The Future of Restoring, Preserving, Distributing and Exhibiting Heritage Cinema series of panel discussions. Today’s film screenings are Kidnapped by Italian director Marco Bellocchio, accompanied by the short film Father Archie (Nova Scotia); and Robin Phillips' 1983 feature The Wars.

•  ByTowne Cinema: One Life, International Film Festival of Ottawa: Kidnapped, Love Lies Bleeding.

•  Mayfair Theatre: Perfect Days, The Taste of Things, The Thing

  Gigs

•  Blingo Thursday. Broadhead Brewery

•  Trivia Night. Beyond the Pale

•  Indie Series - Saturn Sunrise & Valvehead. Overflow Brewing

•  Thursday Nights Are a Drag: The Face Reveal. Swizzles Bar and Grill

•  The Low-Keys. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

•  Irene’s Thursday Blues Sessions with Host Matthew Chaffey. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  The Free Label, Country Club Pool Boy. Rainbow Bistro

•  Karaoke Thursdays. Atomic Rooster

•  Kevin Drew. National Arts Centre

•  The Once. National Arts Centre

•  Catherine MacLellan. Red Bird

•  Rise Carmine. LIVE on Elgin

•  Saturn Sunrise and Valvehead. Overflow Brewing

Tomorrow

•  The 4th Ottawa Black Film Festival will screen 40 films from across the globe in person and online this weekend. In person screenings will take place at Library and Archives Canada. 2022 feature Tania’s Journey (Belgium/Senegal/Luxembourg) opens the festival tonight.
   
•  The second annual DiverCity Film Festival continues with films by Chris Ikongo, Dimitri Abdul Nour, Ben Bergeron, Christalla Buttle, Simba Yakibonge, and Chris Nyce, beginning at 4:30 pm.
   
•  Experience the music of Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi at tonight’s Candlelight Concert featuring the lists String Quartet.
   
•  Not one but two exhibitions open at Studio Sixtysix this evening. Rose Tinted Glasses by Christos Pantieras and Rah Eleh “unveils intergenerational narratives that invite viewers to engage with the complexities of Western political systems and their entanglement with colonial legacies, oppressive structures, and exclusionary ideologies, particularly concerning LGBTQ+ existence and memory.” Meanwhile, Alchemical, a series of new works by Kristy Gordon, “challenges divisions between high art, decoration, and illustration.”
   
•  International Film Festival of Ottawa continues. Today’s Screen Summit 2024 at Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Ave) is sold out. Today’s screenings: Let the Dance Begin (Argentina, Spain) with The Legend of Ismael LBG (Ottawa), Have a Good Day (Canada), Cinema’s First Nasty Women: Queens of Destruction, Evil Does Not Exist (Japan) with Our Grandmother the Inlet (British Columbia), and Archangel (Canada).
   
•  ByTowne Cinema: One Life, The Queen of My Dreams, International Film Festival of Ottawa: Let the Dance Begin, Love Lies Bleeding
   
•  Mayfair Theatre: They Shot the Piano Player, Cinema’s First Nasty Women: Queens of Destruction, Archangel

  
  Gigs

•  Laughs-Cadabra Featuring Aaron and Caroline Matthews. Laugh Lounge

•  Live Music Friday: Casey McCann. Broadhead Brewery

•  The Back Beat. Busters Bar & Grill

•  Matteo Lane. Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe

•  John Moorhead. LIVE on Elgin

•  Birthday Bonanza 4.0. Café Dekcuf

•  Benjamin Dakota Rogers. Club SAW

•  Deadweight, In All Fairness, Growing Fires, Shootin Blanks. Avant-Garde Bar

•  Adrian Sutherland. National Arts Centre

•  Jeremy Albino (Long Road Home tour). Club SAW

•  Jeff Rosenstock. Bronson Centre

•  Cohezion, Feed After Midnight, Eve of Uprise. Dominion Tavern

•  Wade-Laroche Duo. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

Saturday

🐇 Easter may not be for another 10 days, but Easter Egg Hunts can be found all over town this Saturday March 23. Here’s a short list:

•   Bright Eyes & Bushy Tails is offering free dog nail trimmings and 20% off the entire store, and pups will enjoy the Doggie Egg Hunt from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. The Easter Bunny will be on site for portraits with your pet. 5734 Hazeldean Road, Unit 3.

•  While St. Andrews Presbyterian Church’s Easter Egg Hunt is aimed at kids, with its egg hunt, crafts, games, and snacks, organisers say that adults might also find it “egg-citing.” So hippity hop it over to 82 Kent St. from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

•  Stanley’s Olde Maple Lane Farm is always busy with maple syrup production at this time of year, but this weekend they’re adding an egg hunt to the farm’s family activities. You’ll take a tractor-drawn wagon ride into the sugarbush to hunt for the hidden eggs. Bring your basket of found eggs back to the Bunnies in exchange for a reward.

•  613Flea is back at Lansdowne Park, with 150 vendors. Entrance is free.

•  Today’s film screenings at the Ottawa International Film Festival: The Gullspång Miracle (Sweden) with Execution Triptych (Ontario); Sira (Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Senegal) with 6 minutes / km (Atikamekw, Quebec); Close to You (Canada) with Dream Tricks: Over a Six Stair (Ontario); Lazaro’s Daughter (Costa Rica, in Spanish with English subtitles) with Motherland (Ontario, in English and Farsi).

•  Ottawa Black Film Festival’s first full day of programming includes the round table talks Black Women in Media, AI’s Acceleration: Evaluating Its Implications for the Film Industry, and Securing a Space for Black Creatives in Ottawa’s Thriving Film Industry; plus screenings of narrative short films, the documentary short film series Being Black in Canada - Montréal, Ottawa and Halifax; and features Je Suit La France, and Semret.

•  The second annual DiverCity Film Festival continues with films by Charlandjuna, Stephanie Lalonde, Jonna Bouliane, Deidre J., Freshh Anderson, Deena A. Alsaweer, and Kishan Sondagar. From 3:00 pm at the Digital Arts Resource Centre, 67 Nicholas St.

Road Trips

•  Meet antiques and vintage dealers, craftspeople, and designers from near and far at the Russell Flea (Russell High School, 982 North Russell Road, Russell ON. (We're aware that we typed ‘Russell’ a lot in that sentence).

•  Raquette River Brewing in Tupper Lake, New York brings back the 80s with Total Eclipse of the Heart: Adult Prom. Dance to the hits of the 80s with the band Night School, enjoy the award-winning Adirondack ales and beers, and support the Town Of Tupper Lake Day Camp Program. Tickets available at the door or online.

•  ByTowne Cinema: International Film Festival of Ottawa: The Gullspång Miracle, One Life, The Queen of My Dreams, Love Lies Bleeding

•  Mayfair Theatre: This Isn’t The End, They Shot the Piano Player, The Taste of Things, Big Shark

  Gigs

•  Liftoff Trio: Marc Decho, Richard Page, Jose Garcia. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

•  New Wave Dance Party with Underground. Busters Bar & Grill

•  Live Music Saturday: Eric Luca. Broadhead Brewery

•  Party Sergeant. The Brass Monkey

Just Announced / Now Booking

•  The Whiprsnapr Blueberry Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser is back. It’s just $5 to enjoy the breakfast food and fine beer (including Easter Hunt New England Pale Ale), and feel good about the way you’re helping to support the Canadian Cancer Society. There are three sessions from which to choose, and seats are limited, so hop to it. Saturday April 6.

DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

It’s time to vote in the Capital Music Awards. The nominees for 2024 are:

Live Music Venue of the Year
The Brass Monkey
Bronson Centre Music Theatre
Club SAW
LIVE! on Elgin
Rainbow Bistro
Red Bird

Video of the Year
Almiros – "Boîte de Pandore/Vulgaire"
Beau Nectar – “Buds”
High Waters – “Strange Love”
Jessica Pearson and the East Wind – “Row”
LeFLOFRANCO – "SONNER L’ALARME"
The New Hires – “New York City”
Pony Girl – “Laff It Off”

Live Music Curator of the Year
Carissa Klopoushak – Chamberfest
Debaser – Pique
Fiddles on the Rideau Festival
Pearly Pouponneau – Pearly Media
Sharlène Clarke – Hors Pair Social
Shawn Scallen – Spectrasonic
The Space Between
Stacie Sivyer – The Rainbow

Newcomer of the Year
Beau Nectar
F!TH
Grey Brisson
Hannah Vig
James Gibson

Single of the Year
Country Club Pool Boy, Sister Amaru — “Nothing Sweet”
Double Experience — “This is War”
JOLY — "Ça tourne encore"
MaCMuwsA — “AINT TOO MANY”
Pony Girl — “Laff It Off”
Les Rats d’Swompe — "Dans l’cabanon"
Zach Diamond — “Moves”

Album of the Year
The Commotions — Volume III
JOLY — DEUIL
Mikhail Laxton — Mikhail Laxton
Mimi O’Bonsawin — Boréale
Pony Girl — Laff It Off

Solo Artist of the Year
Grey Brisson
Jessie Simmons
Melissa Lamm
Mimi O’Bonsawin
Zach Diamond

Group of the Year
Beau Nectar
The Commotions
F!TH
Les Rats d’Swompe
School House

Songwriter of the Year
N’nerjie — “Tug of War”
Pascal Huot (Pony Girl) — “Wannabe”
Hannah Vig — “Juliet”
Anthony Brisson (Grey Brisson) — “Nobody!”
Mimi O’Bonsawin — “Willow”

Best Production and Arrangements
Beau Nectar — "On fera la fête"
The Commotions — “Feel The Commotion”
Doressa — “Curtains”
Ken Yates — “Consolation Prize”
Pony Girl — “Laff It Off”
Valvehead — “Corrosive”

Music Educator of the Year
Danah-Lee Krieger — More Than A Song Studios
Danielle Allard
Jacynthe Dupont
Marc-Antoine Joly
Sherryl Fitzpatrick — Sherryl Fitzpatrick’s School of Music

Sound Engineer of the Year
David ”Quest” Leclerc
Nick Schofield
Nicolas Séguin
Stefan Jurewicz
Steve Foley

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