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Ottawan of the Day

• Kate Miller
• – The 19 year-old is joining Team Canada to compete in diving at the Paris Olympics. (Andrea Bennett at CityNews)
  
  ➕ Related The City is considering a proposal from Carleton University to build a 50 metre, 10 lane pool with diving facilities and a 25 metre, eight lane pool.

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• It doesn’t make intuitive sense to have a transit station near LeBreton and an event at LeBreton and not use it

• – Mayor Mark Sutcliffe on Heritage Canada’s decision to limit Pimisi station to local traffic only on Canada Day. This year’s Canada Day festivities will be at LeBreton Flats. (Ken Warren in the Ottawa Citizen) 

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CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

Audit Committee
Monday, June 24, 2024 at 9:30 am

• 4.1 Office of the Auditor General  – Agile Audit of the Lansdowne 2.0 Redevelopment - Sprint 1

📋 Agenda
 

Ottawa Police Service Board
Monday, June 24, 2024 @ 4:00 pm

• 8.1 Chair’s verbal report
• 8.2 Chief’s verbal report
• 8.3 10-Year Traffic Stop Race Data Collection Report
• 8.4 Agreement Renewal Between the Ottawa Police Service Board and the City of Ottawa Transit Services, Special Constable Program
• 8.5 Assistance in the provision of policing on Canada day 2024
• 8.6 Response to Inquiry I-24-01 - OPS’ Summary of the Costs of Demonstrations In 2023
• 8.7 Ottawa Police Service Annual Report: 2023
• 8.8 Report on Special Investigations Unit - Investigation 23-OVD-111
• 8.9 Professional Standards Unit: 2023 Annual Report
• 8.10 2024-2027 Strategic Plan: Semi-Annual Report

📋 Agenda

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🤔 Planning Department

•  Three City Hall staff members are being paid by the Tewin developer, Taggart. These three staff members — a senior project manager for infrastructure, a senior manager for transportation, and a planner — will be working on the Taggart’s Tewin project file and no other city files. This information came to light when Capital ward councillor Shawn Menard and Knoxdale-Merivale ward councillor Sean Devine asked if this was true at yesterday’s joint planning and housing and environment and climate change committee meeting. (Ottawa Bulldog)
  
  ➕ Related Developer Katasa Group says it will be donating $300,000 to local charities. The group reneged on a $300,000 donation to the City last January after it was decided that the donation could not be directed specificaly to traffic calming near its planned development but would be spread across the City.

⚕️ Gatineau Hospital

•  The Federal government is tranferring the Asticou Centre to Québec for use as a new Gatineau hospital. Around 17 hectares of the former language training facility will be given over to the hospital, around 9 hectares will be transferred to the National Capital Commission for greenspace. While the site is closer to downtown than the previous option, it is currently underserved by public transit. (CBC)

💸 Lansdowne 2.0

•  The City may collect far less money than estimated from Lansdowne 2.0, says Auditor General. Nathalie Gougeon also says that City staff based costs on the low end of expectations, resulting in an underestimation of $74 million in construction costs. Her report says that the City will likely have to take on more debt if indeed the construction costs are higher. (Arthur White-Crummey at CBC)

🛶 Camp Misquah

•  Camp Misquah was ‘surged’ with offers to help when it warned it may have to cancel its summer camp. The camp for people with intellectual delays will operate at 80 per cent capacity, after it was able to hire the medical and counsellor staff it was lacking. (Blair Crawford in the Ottawa Citizen) 

🔥 Open Air Fires

•  The open air fire ban has been lifted. You must still get a permit, however.  (Josh Pringle at CTV)

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The Ottawa Fringe Festival continues daily until June 23. Apt 613 has been putting in the work and has a bunch of reviews.
 

Today

•  Petrie Island Beach welcomes the Voices from the South Festival today through Sunday.
   
• There’s something for every musical taste at Festival L’Outaouais en fête, a four day event (including Monday June 24, which is a public holiday in Québec) showcasing Québec’s finest talent.
   
•  Ottawa Jazz Festival starts today with a programming ranging from free gigs to big ticket superstar performances. Until June 30 at various venues around town.
   
•  🆓 Kanata Fun Fair is set up at Tony Graham Recreation Complex until Canada Day. Admission is free; pay for rides once you're on site.
   
•  🆓 PLANTS - Slow Roots Farm and Plant Nursery in Kemptville has seedlings and plants they don’t need. Drop and pay what you want - or pay nothing at all - for flowers, veggies, and herbs. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm through Sunday at 1113 French Settlement Road K0G 1J0
   
•  City Sounds Live 2024 is at Ogilvy Square today with a lineup that celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day. Aurora Jade and Kyle Moon are onstage from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. 3 Nicholas St, K1N 5X6
   
•  It’s Summer Solstice and National Indigenous Peoples Day, a time of special cultural and spiritual significance for many Indigenous peoples. Mādahòkì Farm will mark the day with the opening of the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival, which continues through Sunday. The festival celebrates diverse Indigenous cultures and offers fun for the entire family with live performances, workshops, a marketplace, and more. 4420 West hunt Club Road K2R 1H4.
   
•  It’s Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival weekend, with races to watch (125 teams are competing this year), free concerts to attend, and food and drink to purchase from vendors like BeaverTails and Tropic Love. Mooney’s Bay Beach 2960 Riverside Drive.
   
•  The Fiddles on the Rideau Festival is a weekend of performances and workshops that support the Youth of Manotick Association. Experience the performances in Manotick United Church and, on Sunday afternoon, in a flotilla on the Rideau.
   
•  🌈 Drink great beer and meet people at the Queers & Beers Capital Pride Run Edition. From 6:00 pm at Lowertown Brewery (73 York St. K1N 5T2). Cover charge $6, part of which will support the fundraising work of the National Capital Pride Run in August.
   
•  Humanist Ottawa welcomes the Summer Solstice with a dip in the Ottawa River. 6:00 pm at the NCC River House, 501 Sir-George-Etienne-Cartier Pkwy
   
•  How long has it been since you watched Rocky Horror Picture Show? If you’re due for a screening, make your way to the Saintlo Ottawa Jail Hostel parking lot at 75 Nicholas St at dusk (around 8:30 pm). Presented by Ottawa Fringe Festival and Capital Pop-Up Cinema. Costumes are encouraged but please leave the toast and other throw-ables at home.
   
•  Today’s Ottawa Fringe Festival picks: Drinking with Plants (an existential crisis with plants), Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience (unpredictable and hilarious improv), Adonis and the Gods at War (retelling of the myth of Adonis and Aphrodite).
  
  Gigs
   

•  $2 Bill live at Avant-Garde bar.

•  Passenger Princess. Dominon Tavern

•  Oceans and Time. National Arts Centre

•  Essoudry/Reynolds/Morgan Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

•  Geoffrey Keezer and Gillian Margot. National Arts Centre

•  Nick Adema. Bar Robo

•  The Dalton Hoolloway Revue with Leah Mac. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  IVYTIDE and Anna Justen. Rainbow Bistro

Tomorrow

•  Bring the pooch to the K-9 Fun Run Obstacle Course at RiverOak Skating Trail. $65 per human participant and spectators watch for free. 2900 York’s corners Road K0A 2P0
   
•  🆓 Stittsville’s Party in the Park is fun for the whole family. 315 Haliburton Hts, Ottawa, ON K2s 1S3
   
•  🆓 Yes, it’s about the budget friendly art (most pieces are under $1000, with many under $50), but the Sweetly Affordable Art Fair also offers great food and drink as well as live performances. Today and tomorrow at Wesley Clover Parks (follow the signs to the fair when you reach 401 Corkstown Road).
   
•  🆓 Kanata Fun Fair is set up at Tony Graham Recreation Complex until Canada Day. Admission is free; pay for rides on site. 9
   
•  Grab the shuttle to Mādahòkì Farm for the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival, on until Sunday. The festival celebrates diverse Indigenous cultures and offers fun for the entire family with live performances, workshops, a marketplace, and more. 4420 West hunt Club Road K2R 1H4.
   
•  The Fiddles on the Rideau Festival is a weekend of performances and workshops that support the Youth of Manotick Association. Experience the performances in Manotick United Church and, on Sunday afternoon, in a flotilla on the Rideau.
   
• Ottawa Fringe Festival continues.
   
•  Get your nose stuck into a new book at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair. Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Station Road.
   
•  🆓 PLANTS - Slow Roots Farm and Plant Nursery in Kemptville has seedlings and plants they don’t need. Drop by and pay what you want - or pay nothing at all - for flowers, veggies, and herbs. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm through Sunday at 1113 French Settlement Road K0G 1J0
   
•  Inject some psychedelic pop, techno, acid and house music into your veins at Bar Minotaure’s Fête de la musique 2024 in Gatineau. Tickets from $23.08
   

• ‘Power duo’ Cold Chocolate bring their unique sound (a mashup of folk, bluegrass, and funk) to StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard.

•  Shop with more than 30 cool vendors at the Ottawa Mystic Market: Summer Solstice Celebration. 345 Richmond Road (parking lot at the Churchill Seniors Centre).

•  Petrie Island Beach welcomes the Voices from the South Festival today through Sunday.

•  Get in out of the rain with the Ottawa Pops Orchestra 2024-25 season launch party this Saturday afternoon at Rainbow Bistro. 76 Murray St. Tickets from $30

•  ByTowne Cinema: Castle in the Sky (English dubbed), Thelma, Wildhood, Robot Dreams

•  Mayfair Theatre: Saturday Morning & Sunday morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party, The Great Escaper, Challengers, Mad Max: Fury Road Black and Chrome Edition.
  
  Gigs

•  Rock n’ Rollercoaster with Hot Jupiter, Monteith, MNR, Dunham Nights. Cafe Dekcuf

•  Dukes of Charteris. Brauwerk Hoffman

•  Big Shiny Tunes Live! With DJ Jeff the Temp and Darkness of Greed (Rage Against the Machine Tribute) House of TARG

•  Rock n' Rollercoaster with Hot Jupiter, Monteith, MNR, Dunham Nights. Cafe Dekcuf

•  Barrelhouse Presents: Tribute tp Steely Dan and Allan Brothers. Rainbow Bistro

•  The Monocle - Aurora Nealand. National Arts Centre

•  Sarah Alena’s “One Hundred And One Nights” LIVE on Elgin

•  Nick Jamers Beaton EP release with Graven and Matt Chaffey. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  Alex Tompkins Band. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

•  Live comedy. Whiprsnapr Brewing Co

Sunday

•  What you’ll find at Kiwi Sour Solstice Sunday at Broadhead Brewery: a summery new release, a DJ spinning tunes, corn hole, and even mimosas.
   
•  An initiative by Arts Network Ottawa, the Ottawa Arts Mentorship Program and Digital Arts Resource Centre, Blender! brings arts professionals together for creative networking. 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at 67 Nicholas St.
   
•  Ottawa Jazz Festival continues.
   
• 🆓 Yes, it’s about the budget friendly art (most pieces are under $1000, with many under $50), but the Sweetly Affordable Art Fair also offers great food and drink as well as live performances. Today and tomorrow at Wesley Clover Parks (follow the signs to the fair when you reach 401 Corkstown Road).
   
• Petrie Island Beach welcomes the Voices from the South Festival.
   
•  There’s still lots of activity during the Tim Horton’s Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival’s final day.
   
•  Grab the shuttle to Mādahòkì Farm for the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival. The festival celebrates diverse Indigenous cultures and offers fun for the entire family with live performances, workshops, a marketplace, and more. 4420 West hunt Club Road K2R 1H4.
   
•  You have from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm to wander the stalls at the Sweetly Affordable Art Fair.
   
•  It may be the final day of the Ottawa Fringe Festival but there’s a packed schedule of cool theatre to see from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Or book one of the five "Best of the Fest" shows.
   
•  🆓 Kanata Fun Fair is set up at Tony Graham Recreation Complex until Canada Day. Admission is free; pay for rides on site.
   

•  Don’t miss the The Fiddles on the Rideau Festival flotilla on the Rideau today.

•  ByTowne Cinema: Castle in the Sky (English dubbed), Robot Dreams Thelma, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

•  Mayfair Theatre: Sunday morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party, Challengers, The Great Escaper, Boxcar Bertha

  Gigs

•  Sh-boom retro funky blues. Atomic Rooster

•  Lost frequencies, Armin van Duuren, Claptone. Lansdowne Park

•  Sunday Night Revue. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  Go Go Go Guitar Lessons Concert recital (10:00 am). Rainbow Bistro

•  Chemical Club, Obliterator, The Crime Family. Rainbow Bistro

Monday

•  Shh, there’s a secret Ottawa Jazz Festival show at Irene’s tonight.
   
•  Visit the Lord Elgin Hotel’s restaurant Forty-One each night during the Ottawa Jazz Festival to enjoy the Late Night Jamming House Band, featuring Nick Fraser on Drums, John Geggie on Upright Bass, and Steve Boudreau on Piano
   
•  It’s the final day at Festival L’Outaouais en fête.
   
•  🆓 Kanata Fun Fair is set up at Tony Graham Recreation Complex until Canada Day. Admission is free; pay for rides on site.
   
•  ByTowne Cinema: Thelma, Robot Dreams, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
   
•  Mayfair Theatre: Challengers, The Great Escaper, Boxcar Bertha

  
  Gigs

•  Bluegrass Mondays. Red Bird

•  Open Mic Night. Art House Café

•  Karaoke Mondale. Atomic Rooster

Just Announced / Now Booking

•  Warm up for Canada Day with ‘Celtic Rock-Warriors’ the Mudmen, who play StoneCropAcres Winery on Sunday June 30. From $35 per person.
   
•  Then, make it a Retro Canada Day with ABBA tribute Abbamania at StoneCropAcres. Tickets from $45 per person.
   
•  Ottawa Tool Library turns recycling into a celebration with the Maker Market & Electronics Recycling Drop Off on Saturday July 13. Bring your broken electronics to be recycled, and stay for the food and drink.

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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

You may recall there was an event last Autumn called ‘Save the Children Convoy’, in which a hundred or so trucks came together on a farm near Casselman. The farmer said the Convoy was there to help him fix his barn in exchange for lodging. Instead, they have left the farmer with thousands of dollars in unpaid Hydro bills, broken equipment, and damaged trees.

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