Environment Canada has issued a heat warning lasting until Thursday. The Ottawa Humane Society reminds pet owners to be vigilant over their pets’ health this week.

HELLO OTTAWA

• We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Labour Day has passed and the real world has suddenly reappeared after taking the summer off.
• During the final few days of the silly season, we took some time to rethink the how we send out the ottawan and we made a few tweaks. 
• You’ll notice we've put the weather up top, we’ve changed the sizes and typefaces of some of the subheadlines to make them easier to read, and we’re going start printing agendas from City Hall to help readers anticipate what will be talked about. 
• We also were listening to podcasts about newsletters – oh yes, there are such things – and one guy recommended breaking out music listings into a separate section. So we’ve done that.
• Please let us know what you think of these changes at hello@theottawan.com and, if you like what we’re doing here, please forward us to a friend.
• – Martha and Darren

TODAY’S LINE UP

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

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OTTAWA STATS

Sports

• ⚽ CPL Atlético Ottawa 2 – Calvary FC 1 last Saturday
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 3 – Quebec Capitales 4 last Sunday
  
  🏌️ And that’s the end of the season for the Titans. Next game is in 2024.

CITY HALL AGENDA

We’ll try to publish council and committee agendas the day before a meeting but it was a holiday yesterday and we did not publish.

The Finance and Corporate Services Committee meets today.
Tuesday, September 5 at 9:30 am

•  2023 Tax and Rate Operating and Capital Budget Q2 status
•  Proposed 2024 Budget directions, timeline and consultation process
•  Ottawa Community Ice Partners loan guarantee
•  Kanata Central Business Improvement Area – Boundary adjustment
•  Heart of Orléans Business Improvement Area – Boundary adjustment
•  Acquisition of 1245 Kilborn Place
•  Approve the sale of a portion of 751 Peter Morand Crescent in exchange for lands required for various active transportation connections
•  Application for approval to expropriate lands – Bank StreetRehabilitation Project, Phase 1
•  Request to waive market value – 1325 Avenue L
•  Declaration of surplus land – 2690 Pagé Road
•  Declaration of surplus land – 2 Pretty Street and transfer to Ottawa
•  Community Lands Development Corporation
•  Delegation of authority to sign mutual agreement for drainage works at 2121 Huntley Road

📋 Meeting Agenda  📺 Watch it live on YouTube

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🏫 Gatineau Schools

•  Several Gatineau schools will be closed today because of the heat. All elementary and high schools run by the the Centre des services scolaire au Coeur-des-Vallée will be closed, at least for the day. After school programmes are also closed. (Jeremy Charron at CTV) (List of schools)

🛠️ Somerset House

•  The owner of Somerset House has submitted a new restoration plan to City Hall. The 1896 building at Somerset and Bank has been derelict since 2007 and has been the recipient of multiple building code and bylaw violation notices. The new plan will see it renovated with 14 residential apartments on the second and third floors, with commercial businesses on first and basement floors. The Centretown Community Association is not apposed to the application. (Josh Pringle at CTV) 
  
  ➕ Related Speaking of heritage sites, the location of the first ever Lone Star Texas Grill restaurant is proposed to be redeveloped as a pair of 24-storey highrises and a 32-storey tower, all residential.
  
  We had no idea the Lone Star chain is an Ottawa success story, and thus it automatically rises in our estimation.

🔨  Elegy

•  Raymond Moriyama, architect of City Hall and the Canadian War Museum, has died. Moriyama was also known for designing the Bata Shoe Museum, the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, the Toronto Reference Library, and the Ontario Science Centre. Premier Doug Ford is planning to demolish the latter and move the contents to Ontario Place in Toronto. In 2009, Moriyama was inducted into the order of Canada and won the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. He said his interest in architecture began when he secretly built a treehouse under the nose of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police when  his family was interned in a camp for Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. Moriyama was 93. (Lane Harrison at CBC)

✈️ Ottawa International Airport

•  WestJet doubles its number of non-stop flights to Calgary. WestJet will increase the number of non-stop flights on its Ottawa – Calgary route to 14 from seven, October 30. Air Canada announced last week that it was dropping all non-stop Ottawa – Calgary flights in the autumn. (CTV)

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EVENTS

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Today 

•   Take a hands on class with artist Nicole Lorraine at Ten Toes Coffee House. Metallic Abstract Art Nigh costs $45, which includes all supplies. 837 Somerset St. W.
  
  Music
•   King Parrot,  A Scar for the Wicked, Rainbow Pony Power. House of Targ

Tomorrow

•  When Stray Dog Brewing throws a party, it lasts all week. The brewery’s Daze of Summer 6th Anniversary Week of Celebrations means fun every day of this week.  Test your knowledge at Taproom Trivia, starting at 6:30 pm tonight. 501 Lacolle Way, Unit 4, Orléans
•  Ottawa Celtic Choir, the un-auditioned women’s community group, starts rehearsals tonight for the new season. To find out about joining the choir, contact info@ottawacelticchoir.ca.
•  It’s the one year anniversary of Barrel of Laughs at Montgomery Scotch Lounge. The comedy starts at 8:00 pm. $10 cover.

•  Metcalfe Farmers Market holds its final Night Market of the year from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Mecalfe Fairgrounds, 2821 8th Line road, Metcalfe ON.

  
  Music
•  Bebel Gilberto. Algonquin Commons Theatre
•  Squerl Noir. Le Minotaure, Gatineau

Thursday

•  Enjoy tunes and drinks with a bike vibe every Thursday afternoon in September at Ottawa Bike Café. This week there are tastings and samples from Whitewater Brewing Co. 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at 79 Sparks St.
•  The Stray Dog Brewing Daze of Summer 6th Anniversary continues with Open Mic from 7:00 pm. 501 Lacolle Way, Unit 4, Orléans.
•  It’s Trivia Night at Nan’s Parlour (73 Clarence St), but you’ll need to book your team’s place in advance. Call 613-562-1008.
  
  Music
•  Madball, Death By Dishonour, Soulthief, Burn the Evidence. The Rainbow
•  The Damn Truth, Taming Sari. Brass Monkey Bar & Billiards
•  Josephine Leone. The Bay Cafe
•  Frank Walker. Sky Lounge
•  Canadian Sunset Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

Just Announced / Now Booking

•  Ordinary Elephant, the International Folk Music awards Artist of the Year, appear at StoneCropAcres on September 16. This is the only Canadian stop on the duo’s tour. 5242 Smiths Road, Morrisburg, ON.
•  The Green Needle has added new classes to the roster for October. Learn Sewing Basics or Repurposed Fashion and Alterations.
•  The Piggy Market’s Sausage Making Class will teach you everything you need to know about creating your own pork sausage. Various dates in October and November.
•  No need to run away to learn circus skills, Ottawa Circus School has published its September 2023 to June 2024 classes schedule.

DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

Faces magazine figures that these are the four best places in Ottawa for a first date: The Laff, Carbotto’s, Tavern on the Falls, and the Keg Manor.

To be honest, we think ottawan readers probably have better suggestions. Email to us at hello@theottawan.com with where you went for a first date, successful or not. 

THE END

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