☀️ High 31° Low 20° and possible showers ☀️ 5:14 am 🌛 8:54 pm In Today’s Edition → The City wants your opinion on the ByWard Market makeover → Listen to the street at the Stittsville Front Porch Concert Series tomorrow →Deals of the Day on made-in-Canada beds at Dufresne and Mojito Macarons at Quelque Chose Patisserie |
WEDNESDAY DRINKING + DINING UPDATE |
🍖 Meatings is relaunching this evening at their new HQ at Broadhead Brewery. It's the perfect time to check out the brand new menu. 🍕 Enjoy Red Apron's Pizza Night pop up on the premises or take a pizza home for dinner on Saturday, from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 12 in. pies are $22.95, substitute Vegan cheese for $2.50. 🍓 Available this week at Ferme Juniper Farm: certified organic strawberries and haskaps, farm-made popsicles (berry and beet or rhubarb/strawberry/yogurt). Also: you can book a mini photo session in the sunflower maze come August. 🍥 Working Title Kitchen serves High Tea on the veranda at Laurier House National Historic Site (Thursdays and Fridays only, through September 26). On the menu: a selection of teas, sweet treats and sandwiches. Plus, your High Tea ticket gets you into Laurier House for a look-see. 🥖 The 1846 mill in Quyon is being reborn – it is not only making stone-ground flour once again but also launching a farmers' market and a café with river view. Isabelle Lajoie and Marc Bergeron bought the mill three years ago from the municipality, using their skills as an architectural technologist and an electrician, respectively, to refurbish it. The opening day party for Moulin Egan is June 27. We’ve mentioned it before, but the finest way to cross the river from Ottawa to Québec is the Quyon Ferry near Fitzroy Harbour. Hidden behind a paywall is a letter-to-the-editor of The Equity newspaper in Shawville, about the mill’s new lease on life: ‘When I was a young lad in the ’50s and ’60s living in Shawville, when a new couple started dating and they seemed to be marriage bound, it was often stated that “they get along like Shawville bread and Quyon butter!”’. 🍨 The father-son duo of Lawry and Jonah Trevor-Deutsch have bought the Old Ottawa South location of Stella Luna Gelato Café from the founding family (who still own the Stella Luna in Merrickville). The duo has opened a Stella Luna pop-up in the former Pub 101 location in ByWard Market. 🔥 After fire destroyed his restaurant in 2019, the owner of Vittoria Trattoria says he will start rebuilding an even bigger restro this summer. 🥖 Ameya Charnalia at Eat the Strip crosses over to Gatineau for bakery La Balade des Douceurs. Charnalia says the boulangerie ‘isn’t trying to be trendy. It doesn’t advertise. And it doesn’t need to’. 🍩 In the Ottawa Citizen, Peter Hum finds the successor to the cronut, the 140 layer dossant at Holey Confections. Between their three locations, they can sell 2,000 of them on a Saturday. ⛱️ Hum has also created a map-based guide to Ottawa’s best patios: 1 Elgin, Arlo Wine & Restaurant, Bar Lupulus, The Porch on Preston, NCC River House, Soif bar à vin, Spark Berr & Pizza, Tavern on the Hill, La Terrasse, and Working Title Kitchen.
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660 – The number of homes proposed to be built under an Ottawa Airport flightpath by home builder Taggart. The Ottawa International Airport Authority has opposed the plan, saying that 80 flights per day will travel over the homes. The City’s planning and housing committee has voted to go ahead. - Arthur White-Crummey at CBC
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Annabelle Chukwu The 18 year-old has been called up to Team Canada for upcoming friendly matches against Costa Rica and the United States in women’s FIFA soccer. Chukwu has scored a Canadian record 39 goals in 42 international youth-level appearances. - Neil Davidson at CBC
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SPORTS - ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 6 – Sussex County Miners 7 yesterday
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL |
WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT |
🏗️ The City wants your opinion on making over ByWard Market. The details are on this page, but include pedestrianizing William Street and much more outdoor events and seating. Staff will be available over the next week at these in-person events: - Richcraft Recreation Complex-Kanata, 4101 Innovation Drive, June 20 from 4:30 to 8:30 pm
- ByWard Market, 55 ByWard Market Square, inside or outside depending on weather:
- June 19 from 4:30 to 8:30 pm
- June 21 from 11 am to 3 pm
- Manotick Community Centre and Mike O’Neil Arena, 5572 Doctor Leach Drive June 23 from 4 to 8 pm
There is also an online survey to complete by July 16. – City of Ottawa 🏫 The Ottawa Carleton District School board has found its $1.8 million to cut from the budget. More than 50 full time positions will be cut as well as laying off some psychologists and speech and language pathologists. – Joanna Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen
💰 Tomorrow is the deadline for final property tax payments. Late payments will be given a 1.25% penalty charge immediately, and every month thereafter. – City of Ottawa
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The Poll: Last time, we asked ‘Will you visit the new Hard Rock Casino?’ 8% Yes, to gamble 25% Yes, to eat or watch a show 24% No, gambling is throwing money away 41% No, I don’t have an issue with gambling, I’m just not interested 2% Other Reader Kirsten S is going to watch the Professional Women’s Hockey League official draft at the Hard Rock Casino June 24. Meanwhile, Lisa M says ‘Hard Rock Cafe?!? If I need to overpay by $5 to $10 for a Sysco burger, I’ll just visit … almost any dining establishment in the downtown core’. Today’s Poll: |
Do you agree with Ottawa Health’s plan to test the water at beaches weekly instead of daily? |
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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR |
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Please use our easy event submission form ✳️ Means change from previous edition WEDNESDAY Six Londoners search for love, sex, and a decent place to live in Alan Ayckbourn's Private Fears in Public Places. The show, mounted by Plosive Productions, previews tonight and runs to June 28 at the Gladstone Theatre. Tickets go on sale tomorrow for The Barr Brothers show on November 27. You must go. The ByTowne Cinema presents the best scare-the-crap-out-of-kids educational safety-scare films from the twentieth century. The Scare Film Archives Volume 2: Danger Stories screens at 9:15 pm. 🆓 Warm up for Ottawa Jazz Festival with the Homegrown Series. Tonight at Bar Robo, Pimienta delivers "a spicy blend of Latin Jazz that sizzles with rhythm and soul!" Tonight's Fringe Festival performances start at 5:30 pm. If you're serious about your Aeroplan points - how to earn them and how to spend them - the Earn and Burn community is meeting at Café Raphaël to discuss strategies. Ottawa Little Theatre's 37 Postcards continues. ByTowne Cinema: Deux femmes en or (Two Women in gold), The Life of Chuck, The Scare Film Archives Volume 2: Danger Stories Mayfair Theatre: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Friendship, Gazer Gigs The Bones of JR Jones, Nigel Wearne. Rainbow Bistro FIxtion, Mars Aspen. LIVE on Elgin Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam. Red Bird Ottawa Jazz Homegrown Series with The Lionyls. Irene's Pub
THURSDAY
🆓 Becks and A1 Sam play Songs from the Shed on Sparks Street. In New Edinburgh, Samatha Christ François and Miguel De Armas perform noontime jazz. Pay What You Can. The Ottawa Fringe Festival continues in the spaces at Arts Court starting at 5:30 pm. Cyclists will be congregating at the Ottawa Bike Café to tell stories of their adventures. Open to all, whether you've been cycling for years or you're just starting out. Listen to free music all evening (well, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm) at the Stittsville Front Porch Concert Series. ByTowne Cinema: The Life of Chuck Mayfair Theatre: Friendship, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Gigs Sad Girl Café - a women's Open Mic. Gigspace Frown Line, Joey Bird, Out by Lucy. House of TARG Comedy Night. Pour Boy Bingo Night. Broadhead Brewery Open Mic. Stray Dog Brewing Company
Get out of town: 🚗 Road Trip: Metcalfe Night Farmers Market offers free parking, free entry, hot food that the whole family will get behind, and great shopping. 🚗 Road Trip: Get some dinner, enjoy a sip of something from Vodkow, and finish up with some chocolate by Hummingbird. The Summer Night Market in Almonte has all of that and more.
FRIDAY
🆓 The weekend starts at Art House's DJ in the Driveway. Mark the longest day of the year with vibrant local vendors, artisan creations, and fresh flavours at Summer Solstice Indigenous Market. Celebrate midsummer and Indigenous culture in a lively and sunny setting. Escapade Music Festival brings the EDM to new home in 2025. This year the festival takes over RA Centre grounds at 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 7X7. It's nearly sold out so get your tickets pronto. The biggest Latin x Afro-Caribbean party in the city is "one night, one wave, one warehouse" at The Urban Centre – 70 Bongard Ave. 🚗 Road Trip: Do you feel like dancing? Carleton Place's Total Rhythm Dance Studio holds its Celebration of Summer Dance, which also features a cash bar and light snacks. Cirque du Paris brings its 90 minute one-ring extravaganza of BMX trick riders, grand illusionists, high flying aerialists, nimble acrobats, comedic clowns and more to the big top outside Tanger Outlets. Today through Sunday. ⛵ Road Trip: Brockville's horizon will be dotted with impressive sails in the Tall Ships' Festival (today through Sunday). It's more than just ships though; check out the entertainment on the Main Stage, have a cold one in the beer garden, and take the kids to Adventure Bay. Passes are available for the entire weekend or just Sunday. The ByTowne precedes its screening of the creepy 2019 hit Midsomar with a Summer Solstice Market (you must buy a ticket to the screening to access the market). Welcome aboard to the Pure Country 94 cruise on the Ottawa River Queen. There's more country music at Legion Branch 632 in Orléans, where the line dancing will go all night. No experience necessary but spots are limited. Register now. ByTowne Cinema: The Life of Chuck, Les Barbares, Misommar and Summer Solstice Market Mayfair Theatre: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Sinners, The Room Gigs Hendrika, Graven. LIVE on Elgin BirdDog, Bangers For Breakfast, FantomFez. Avant-Garde Bar Miss May I, Gideon, Dreamlike, Soulkeeper. Overflow Brewing Co The Beatles Tribute: 60s, Britpop, Soul and Mod Dance Party with DJ Gaz. House of TARG Jamie Douglas. D'Arcy McGee's DB Cohen, The Revelers, The Whiskey Ghost, 9OPE, Matt'n'Robbit. Hummingbird Hall (Nepean School of Music) The Forgotten Ones. Main Street Pub (Stittsville) Frown Line, Joey Bird, Out by Lucy. House of TARG
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What is it with Ottawa, missing artworks, and auctioneers? No sooner has a gentleman been imprisoned for stealing the Karsh portrait of Winston Churchill from the Château Laurier and selling it at Sotheby’s in London than a Group of 7 mystery has been unraveled after ten years. Around 1917, Sevener Tom Thomson gave his painting of the Tea Lake Dam in Algonquin Park to his friend, Charlie. Charlie’s sister, Flora Scrim, ran Scrim's Florist shop (still existing today on Elgin, but originally on Sparks Street). When Scrim died, she left her house and the painting to her longtime employee, Paul Chandler. Around 1977, Chandler gave the painting as a graduation gift to his nephew, Michael Murray. In 2015, Murray decided to part with it and the painting was picked up by Waddington's Auctioneers & Appraisers in Toronto and from that point it had disappeared from view. In 2022, Murray sued the auctioneers for $11 million. In its defence, Waddington's claimed that it had never received the painting. Last month, Waddington's wrote to Murray that it had the painting after all. Where had it been for the past ten years? Who knows. Also, the painting is unsigned, so it may not be a Tom Thomson painting at all – although the evidence is good. Meanwhile, Murray is going ahead with his lawsuit. |
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