HELLO OTTAWA |
→ Osgoode ward councillor George Darouze nominated for provincial riding |
→ Conspiracy Theory Brewing plays host to the Ottawa Small Business Networking Event tomorrow |
→ Driverless shuttles? In Kanata? |
→ ☁️ High -3° Low -7° and moderate to heavy snowshowers |
– Martha and Darren |
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STATISTICS OTTAWA |
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$1.4 million |
The amount of money provided by the Federal government to trial a driverless shuttle bus in Kanata. The ‘low-speed autonomous shuttle’ would initially be tested at Area X O before transferring to Kanata North Tech Park. No word on when. | | | | Josh Pringle at CTV |
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OTTAWAN OF THE DAY |
Wayne Ng |
The author has published his new novel, Johnny Delivers, in which ‘18-year-old Johnny Wong tries to save his chaotic family and their Chinese restaurant from debt by invoking the spirit of Bruce Lee and selling weed with deliveries. All this while juggling a first love, high school, and uncovering sordid family secrets’. | | | | Excerpt in the Ottawa Citizen |
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QUOTE |
| ❝ | | | This is a technical thing. We need technical decisions, not opinion, not nice-to-have. I’m not here to please people — I'm here to deliver good service |
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– OC Transpo general manager Renée Amilcar on why the Trillium Line will be opened in stages. | | | | CBC |
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SPORTS |
🏒 PWHL Ottawa Charge 1 – Montréal Victoire 2, last Friday |
🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 2 – New York Islanders 4, last night |
🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 3 – Nashville Predators 1, last Saturday |
➕ Related The Hockey News has a photo feature of last week’s home opener between the Charge and Toronto Sceptres. |
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL |
Built Heritage Committee
Tuesday, December 10 at 9:30 am |
Designation of the Église évangélique baptiste d’Ottawa at 284 King Edward Avenue under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act Application for demolition and new construction at 120 Juliana Road, a property designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act, located in the Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation Districtliffe Park Heritage Conservation District Application to alter 219-223 Bank Street and 178 Nepean Street, properties designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the Centretown Heritage Conservation District Application for demolition at 79 Guigues Avenue, a property designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the Lowertown West Heritage Conservation District Consideration of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate 159 Montréal Road, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act Consideration of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate 50 Carruthers Avenue, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
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Agenda |
Community Safety and Well-Being Advisory Committee
Tuesday, December 10 at 4 pm |
Confirmation of the 2025 Meeting Schedule Update on Priorities for the Community Safety and Well-Being (CSWB) Advisory Committee – CSWB Plan Update, Youth Social Development, Financial Security and Poverty Reduction, and Mental Well-Being Update on Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Review Update on Funding to the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan
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Agenda |
Plus 9:00 am and 1:00 pm meetings of the Ottawa’s least-watched quango, the Committee of Adjustment. |
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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT |
🗳️ Osgoode |
▪️The Progressive Conservatives have nominated Osgoode ward councillor George Darouze to run in the Carleton riding. Darouze has been a councillor since 2014. The next provincial election must be held on or before June 4, 2026 but many expect Premier Doug Ford to call an election much earlier. | | | | CBC |
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⚙️ Federal Public Service |
▪️The Ottawa Citizen asked all six Ottawa-area members of Parliament if they supported the Treasury Board’s return-to-office rules. Of Jenna Sudds, Marie-France Lalonde, Yasir Naqvi, Pierre Poilievre, Steve MacKinnon, and Greg Fergus, none were willing to make a statement. The Treasury Board has brought in Federal employees for a third day in the office, and managers must come in for a fourth day. | | | | Catherine Morrison in the Ottawa Citizen |
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🎄 Road Trips |
▪️Ottawa Road Trips has a photo feature on a ‘jaw-dropping Ottawa Christmas store’. The store is the Tinseltown Christmas Emporium in Hintonburg. Is there a story here? No, but lots of nice pics. | | | | Laura Byrne Paquet in Ottawa Road Trips |
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OTTAWA HISTORIC LOGO T-SHIRTS |
An Ottawa Historic Logo t-shirt would probably make a terrific Christmas or Hanukkah gift – but it’s too late.
You can order if you like – we’d never say no to a sale – but the chances of the t-shirt making it to you before Dec 23 is pretty much none. It’s a great way to ring in the New Year, though. |
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THE ROLLING 3 DAY CALENDAR |
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TODAY |
▪️ Musica Viva Singers start the week off with a seasonal concert and feast. The “Cakes and Ale” concert will feature wassail and wine, tourtière and other Christmassy delights. Meanwhile, the music will cover English, Scottish, Irish, and French Canadian folksongs and some contemporary tunes. Tickets from $25. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: Reinas (Queens), Conclave, Small Things Like These ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: Porcelain War, North By Northwest, Invasion U.S.A. Gigs ▪️ Jazz Jam with the Beeched Wailers. Irene’s Pub ▪️ Karaoke Mondaze. Atomic Rooster |
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TOMORROW |
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WEDNESDAY |
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NOW BOOKING / JUST ANNOUNCED |
▪️ Make it a Hip New Year 2025 at Overflow Brewing, where Tragically Hip tribute masters Little Bones will play all the hits. Expect great music, food, champagne, and more. $75 |
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DEAL OF THE DAY |
 | Mad About Patchword |
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| Receive a free festive (and very cute) ornament when you spend $50 or more at Mad About Patchwork. |
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 | Small Pony Barrel Works |
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| Get an 8-Bit Retro Toque from Small Pony Barrel Works when you spend at least $75. This deal expires at midnight tonight! |
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BUT, ONE MORE THING … |
The latest edition of CBC Ottawa’s podcast This is Ottawa asks the question: ‘How did Adolf Hitler's car end up in Ottawa?’. THE OTTAWAN had no idea that the 1930s ‘Grosser’ Mercedes 770 W150 limousine was here, although many patrons of the Canadian War Museum did. In 1945, a small US Army unit was chasing the German army out of Laufen, when they discovered the limo on a railway flatcar and decide to go joyriding. It eventually ended up in the hands of a Montréal collector, who donated it to the museum in 1970. | | | | Gabrielle Huston at CBC |
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