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• The City is doing a comprehesive review of the Parks & Facilities By-law, something that – other than some 2021 tinkering – hasn't been looked at since 2004.

• The City points out that the review is to reflect evolving community needs but that it cannot conflict with these bylaws:

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• • Animal Care and Control By-law No. 2003-077
• • E-Scooter By-law No. 2002-174
• • Film By-law No. 2020-164
• • Noise By-law No. 2017-255
• • Open Air Fire By-law 2004-163
• • Smoking and Vaping By-law No. 2019-241
• • Solid Waste Management By-law No. 2019-241
• • Special Events By-law 2013-232
• • Municipal Alcohol Policy
  
  That last one is going to be the kicker. Does Ottawa join the rest of Canada’s big cities and allow the drinking of alcohol in its parks, or does it kick the can down the road for another generation. 
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  The survey is here.
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  There will also be open houses over the next month:
   
• • Claudette Cain Park - 660 River Road, Gloucester, July 11 from 3:30 to 6:00 pm
• • Walter Baker Park - 100 Charlie Rogers Place, Kanata, July 15 from 3:30 to 7:00 pm
• • Andrew Haydon Park - 3127 Carling Avenue, Nepean, July 17 from 11:30 to 2:00 pm
• • Millennium Sports Park - 100 Millennium Boulevard, Cumberland | July 23 from 11:30 to 2:00 pm
• • Bearbrook Park - 99 Bearbrook Road, Gloucester, July 25 from 12:30 to 3:00 pm
• • McCarthy Park – 3320 Paul Anka Drive, July 25 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm
• • Rooney Park - 15 Steeple Hill Crescent, Nepean, July 29 from 4:00 pm to 6:30 PM
• • McNabb Park – 435 Bronson Avenue, July 31 from 11:30 to 2:00 pm

Corrections

• There were some errors in yesterday’s Pick Your Own Raspberry article:

•  The link to Shouldice Farm was incorrect. However, Shouldice Farm is not offering Pick Your Own Raspberries this year.

•  Avonmore Berry Farm is not offering Pick Your Own Raspberries this year, either.
  
  Thank you to reader Scott N for the info.
   

– Martha and Darren

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• $80,000 
• – The cost of a new powerful ventilation system that has been installed at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre safe consumption site. The Centre was closed four months ago after staff complained of headaches, which were attributed to emissions from drugs that users were heating before injecting. The Centre will reopen next month. (Arthur White-Crummey at CBC)

Ottawan of the Day

• Patricia Warden
• – The 49 year-old had an itchy left hand when she checked her Lotto Max ticket. It was worth $70 million.  The ticket was purchased at Mr. Gas on Ogilvie Road. (Ryan Roca at Global News) 

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• Shelly, she, offered me a tent, so I kind of took up that offer, and that’s where my home is right now

• – Paul, who has set up a tent next to the encampment of people who want the University of Ottawa to disclose any investments connected to Israel. Paul is one of a dozen people who have set up tents to live due to the lack of shelter and found that they probably won’t be moved from this spot. (William Eltherington and Jackie Perez at CTV)

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CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

Ottawa City Council
Wednesday, July 10 at 10:00 am

• 10.1 Banning of Organic Waste from Landfills
• 11.1 Speed Limit Coherence (Ashton Station Road)
• 12.1 Agile Audit of the Lansdowne 2.0 Redevelopment - Sprint 1
• 13.1 Application to alter 259 Clemow Avenue
• 13.2 Application to Alter the Aberdeen Pavilion
• 13.3 Designation of 85 Primrose Avenue East, 755 Somerset Street West, and 90 Primrose Avenue East/96 Empress Avenue under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
• 13.4 Designation of Cherry House, at 257 Clarence Street, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
• 13.5 Designation of St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, 206 Montréal Road under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
• 13.6 Designation of 50 Carruthers Avenue under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
• 13.7 Designation of Lemieux Island Water Purification Plant, 1 Onigam Street, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
• 14.1 Integrated Transition to Housing Strategy Update
• 14.2 Municipal Commemoration and Commemorative Naming Policies
• 14.3 Vanier Culture in Action Cultural Revitalization Plan
• 15.1 Affordable Housing Qualification and Property Tax Relief – Municipal Housing Facility By-law
• 15.2 Policy Framework for Voluntary Donations for Community Benefits – Information and Options
• 15.3 Direction for New Aquatic Sports Centre
• 15.4 Acquisition of 1754 St. Joseph Boulevard for Transitional Housing
• 16.1 Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment – 265 Catherine Street
• 16.2 Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment – 3030 St. Joseph Boulevard
• 16.3 Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment – 70 and 80 Woodridge Crescent
• 17.1 Kitchissippi Parking Study Update
• 17.2 Parking Services 2023 Annual Report
• 17.3 Fernbank Area Speed Reduction
• 18.1.1 Zoning By-law Amendment – Part of 2824 Goodstown Road
• 18.1.2 Quaile Municipal Drain – Report Findings and Recommendations and Appointment of Engineer for Supplemental Study and Report
• 18.1.3 Cassidy Municipal Drain – Appointment of Engineer
• 18.2.1 Thunderbird Management Service Inc Lease and Operating Agreement
• 18.2.2 Land Exchange Agreement and Disposal– Portion of Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard for a Portion of 1015 Tweddle Road
• 18.3.1 Zoning By-law Amendment – 10 Empress Avenue North
• 18.4.1 On-street Parking Rate Changes

In Camera Items

• 19.1 Stage 1 Light Rail Transit (LRT) - Legal Update

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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

⁉️ Wedding Shooting 

• The groom at the Infinity Convention Centre wedding that had the massive gunfire last summer was killed last Friday. The man was parked in front of the Fat Bastard’s burritos at Carling and Kirkwood avenues when he was shot point blank at around 6:00 pm. At the wedding last year, the man was unharmed. Multiple gunmen shot more than 50 rounds at the 200 person wedding, killing two and wounding six. (Shaamini Yogaretnam at CBC)

🏨 McGee’s Inn

• McGee's Inn, a 138 year-old building on Daly Avenue, is for sale for $5.9 million. Built for 1882 clerk of the privy council John McGee, the mansion has been an inn since 1984. (Josh Pringle at CTV)

🚊 O Train

• Some facts have come out about the multi-million dollar settlement by the City over the O Train construction. We know now that the issue is over the construction of the eastern and western extensions of the Confederation line and the newly expanded north-south Trillium line. Previously, there was no indication what it was for. Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has also said that the costs may be pandemic related. We still don’t know how much the costs are or to whom they are owed. (Elyse Skura at CBC)

⛳ Buckingham Golf Course 

• Two people fleeing from police were arrested when their car got stuck on Buckingham Golf Course. The story doesn’t say if it was a sand trap. The car was chased after if refused to pull over when a Gatineau police officer noticed that it had a different license plate on the front than it did the back. The two were arrested as they attempted to get into a taxi. (William Eltherington at CTV)

🎉 Night Mayor

• The Guardian has a story on the appointment of Ottawa’s night mayor. Nothing new in the story but it’s nice to know that The Guardian has learnt how to spell Ottawa again. (Campbell MacDiarmid in The Guardian)

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Today

• Reader Geoff L told us he’ll be watching the Canada v Argentina COPA semifinal at Wood on Wellington. Watching the match with a proper burger and fresh cut fries and something crisp and refreshing in your beer glass sounds like a great idea to us. 1237 1/2 Wellington St K1Y 3A3 
   
• A Company of Fools open air theatre is back, this time bringing a fresh take on Macbeth to the stage. Catch the play tonight in Lynwood Park, Bells Corners. 
   

• July 9 is Nunavut Day, and the colours of the territory’s flag inspire a special offering from Merry Dairy today. The celebratory frozen custard is injected with lemon curd, raspberry sauce and a dash of blue sugar. Buy yourself a scoop or a pint at the Merry Dairy headquarters today. 102 Fairmont Ave, K1Y 1Y4

• Today at Music & Beyond: Les Voix Humaines present viola music at allSaints event space (afternoon performance); Ottawa Wind Ensemble at Paroisse Saint François d’Assise; Utrecht String Quartet at Woodroffe United Church; Music and Architecture: A Celebration of Douglas Cardinal at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre; Les Voix Humaines with Georg Philipp at allSaints Event Space. 

• Today at Ottawa Bluesfest: Jelly Roll headlines, with guests Shaboozey and DAX 

• ByTowne Cinema: Lété dernier (Last Summer), MaXXXine, I Saw the TV Glow

• Mayfair Theatre: Thelma, Tuesday, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 

Tomorrow

• A Company of Fools open air theatre is back, this time bringing a fresh take on Macbeth to the stage. Catch the play tonight in Stonecrest Park, Barrhaven. 
   
• Parkdale market was set to celebrate its 100th birthday tonight but the party has been cancelled due to weather. Check out Parkdale Market’s 100th birthday celebration next Wednesday July 17 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 
   
• Today at Ottawa Blues Fest: Zac Brown Band with guests Charley Crockett and Nicholette & The Nobodies at the RBC stage. Matthew Good, Texas King, and Jon Muq perform on the River Stage. Medicine Singers ft Lee Ranaldo, Yonatan Gat & Zoon top the bill at Siriuxsm Stage. Blackburn Brothers headline at Barney Danson Theatre, Alamusic plays Accora Village Spin Stage. 
   
• Today at Music & Beyond: Utrecht String Quartet, Film “De la music pour le cerveau (2:00 pm to 3:30 pm) followed by the English version "Tuning the Brain with Music" (4:00 pm to 5:30 pm); Phaeton Piano trio, Christina Quilico; Thomas Baeté. 
   
• ByTowne Cinema: L’été dernier (Last Summer), Yintah, MaXXXine
   
• Mayfair Theatre: Tuesday, Thelma, Stop Making Sense

  
  Gigs

• Trivia Wednesday. Royal Oak Pubs at Maclaren and Bank, Centrepointe, Barrhaven, and Stittsville. 

• Wasting Tie, Speedbump Salley, Heavy Lies, Halfway There. House of TARG

• Quique Escamilla. National Arts Centre

• The Cross-eye Possum, The North River

Thursday

• A Company of Fools open air theatre is back, this time bringing a fresh take on Macbeth to the stage. Catch the play tonight in Trend Arlington Park, Nepean. 
   
• Urban Sketchers will meet at Canadian Museum of Nature for an evening of group sketching. Book your entry ticket (which is free on Thursday evenings, btw) and don’t forget your sketch pad. 
   
• Today at Bluesfest:The Offspring, Silverstein, Cancer Bats, Josh Ross, Alexa Goldie, Merle Marlow Band,Corb Lund, John Allaire and the Campistas, Chambers DesLauriers, Jessica Pearson & The East Wind, Steph Strings, Kaya Fraser, Alamusic, and DJ Kwame. 
   
• Today at Music & Beyond: Phaeton Piano Trio II, Utretch String Quartet, Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan. 
   
• ByTowne Cinema: Wicked Little Letters, L’été dernier (Last Summer), MaXXXine
   
• Mayfair Theatre: Thelma, Tuesday, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 

  
  Gigs

• Rick Fines. Red Bird

• Animal Boy, Those Who, Apostle Bird. LIVE on Elgin

• Güche, Keto, Scrip Issue. Avant-Garde Bar

• Japanese Fusion Night with Finely Tuned Elephant and NitroTurtle. House of TARG

• Los Gaiteros de Ovejas. National Arts Centre. 

Just Announced / Now Booking

• The 16th annual Hintonburg 5K takes over the streets of the eponymous neighourhood this Sunday July 14. 

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DEALS OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

In New York magazine’s The Cut, writer Michelle Dean writes about how last weekend’s revelation that Alice Munro was aware that her second husband molested her daughter but stayed with him makes sense to her as someone who grew up in the Ottawa Valley in the 80s and 90s, where secrets are ‘it’s just “like this”’.

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