HELLO OTTAWA | → Federal government funds study on where to put the Ottawa part of an Ottawa – Gatineau tram line | → Explore the Dark Universe from the comfort of your home, or Carleton University lecture hall, tomorrow | → Ottawa Police Service arrests Vancouver man over 1996 Portage Bridge homicide | → 🌧️ High 5° Low 1° and moderate rain | – Martha and Darren | | STATISTICS OTTAWA | | 4 | The number of winter ski, skate, and snow days Ottawa has lost to climate change, according to a study by Climate Central. We’re actually at the low end for Canadian cities: Vancouver has lost 19, Toronto has lost 13, and Montréal has lost six. | | | | Emily Chung at CBC |
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| OTTAWANS (HONORARY) OF THE DAY | The Iqaluit Blizzard | | QUOTE | | ❝ | | | The city is struggling to find an engineering firm that can do the work |
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| – River ward councillor Riley Brockington giving an excuse why the City has again closed off tobogganing at Mooney’s Bay, as it has every year since 2017, despite allocating $150,000 for an external feasibility analysis. | | | | Natalie van Rooy at CTV |
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| SPORTS | Yesterday we wrote that the Sens beat the Florida Hurricanes 3 - 0 last Friday. It was, of course, the Carolina Hurricanes that got shellacked. Florida the state, however, does indeed have a lot of hurricanes, not that you need THE OTTAWAN to tell you that. | | PLEASE SUPPORT THE OTTAWAN | THE OTTAWAN was launched in 2020 as the daily answer to the questions: What’s going on? What should I do? Where is somewhere good to eat? | Please consider joining the many other readers with a monthly, annual, or one-time donation to keep THE OTTAWAN on its mission. | All annual or one-time donations over $60 get a free OTTAWAN or historic logo t-shirt of their choice. |
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| | WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL | No more meetings this week. | Agenda | | | WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT | 🍩 Ottawa Public Health | ▪️There is a hepatitis A warning for people who ate at the Tim Hortons on 372 Hunt Club Rd between November 15 and December 8. Ottawa Public Health says the risk of infection is ‘very low’ but people should monitor for signs and symptoms of hepatitis A for 50 days. Symptoms are ‘fever, loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal pain, feeling generally unwell (malaise), yellow skin and eyes (jaundice), pale stools, or dark urine. The warning comes after an employee was found to have hepatitis A. | | | | City of Ottawa |
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| 🔥 Ottawa Fire Service | ▪️The Ottawa Fire Service rescued a man trapped in a burning building this morning: a washroom in Major's Hill Park. After discovering that there was someone inside, the fire crew had to force entry as the door was locked. A man was taken to hospital in serious condition but no one else was found inside. The fire is not considered suspicious. | | | | Willliam Eltherington at CTV |
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| 🚊 Transit Roundup | ▪️Yesterday’s economic statement by the Federal government came up with $31.6 million over three years to study two kilometres on the Ottawa side for a tram connecting the city and Gatineau. Construction of a tram connecting Aylmer to downtown Gatineau and to downtown Ottawa is scheduled to start in 2026. | | | | Ted Raymond at CTV |
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| | | | 🚨 Ottawa Police Service | ▪️The Ottawa Police Service have made an arrest over a 1996 homicide. In April 1996, 22 year-old Christopher Smith was fatally stabbed on the Portage Bridge. The assailant was also injured and left a trail of blood, from which DNA was extracted. At the time, the DNA had no match but recently, using geological DNA profiling, the Service identified a relative of the assailant and soon after, the now 73 year-old man. The man has been charged with second degree murder and returned to Ottawa from Vancouver where he had been living. | | | | Darryl Greer in the Canadian Press |
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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, after New Year’s Day. There is no way one would arrive before then at this point. |  | Nortel |
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| Nortel T-Shirt | Northern Electric was founded in Montréal in 1895, growing into one of the world’s largest and most important telecom companies. Nortel hung up the phone in 2013. It's campus on Carling Avenue became the new home of the Department of National Defence. | Help support THE OTTAWAN by buying one of our historic logo t-shirts. | |
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| | THE ROLLING 3 DAY CALENDAR | Is there an event we should know about?
Please use our easy event submission form | TODAY | ▪️ Renowned Sri Lankan chef Chaminda and Dhruvees Restaurant owner, Donald Wingell, are hosting an event tonight and tomorrow night at Dhruvees Restaurant, for the launch of a culinary safari to Sri Lanka, in partnership with the Sri Lankan High Commission in Ottawa. The Culinary Safari departs from Montreal on 25th February - returns Mar. 11, 2025, taking Canadian participants to Sri Lanka, to savour the food and culture of Sri Lanka. The tour guide, Chef Chaminda will be here in Ottawa in person and give diners a tantalizing taste of Sri Lankan vibrant flavours while sharing the details of the tour. 🆓 The Polished Brass Quintet present a free concert at First Unitarian Congregation this afternoon at 2:00 pm. ▪️ Taco Tuesdays at Flora Hall Brewing: the tacos are freshly made in the scratch kitchen every Tuesday, with new flavours each week, including both meat and veggie options available. Only $5! Open 4 p.m., 37 Flora St. ▪️ Take your big brained squad to a Royal Oak pub (Hunt Club, Orléans, and Beechwood) for some competitive trivia games. ▪️ Trivia is also on the menu at the Prescott, where all questions reference The Office. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The End, Restoration: Mommy, Queer ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: All We Imagine as Light, Conclave, Gremlins Gigs ▪️ Half-cocked Trivia. Atomic Rooster ▪️ War on Women, The Anti Queens and Positive Charge. The 27 Club ▪️ Masters in the Hall. National Arts Centre |
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| TOMORROW | | THURSDAY | ▪️ A Tyler Shaw Christmas is an all-ages event at Algonquin Commons Theatre. ▪️ Road Trip to Brockville: Clow’s Christmas Trail is a 1.5 km walk in the forest, where you’ll find seasonal displays and possibly interesting characters walking with you. Nightly until December 23 at 2224 Hallecks Rd West, Brockville K5V 5T3. Stick around town for Brockville River of Lights, a free event that you can park tp view or drive around. ▪️ Team Canada play Switzerland in a pre-IIHF World Junior Championship game. The Arena at TD Place. ▪️ Zola’s welcomes the Cuppa Joe – Vocal Jazz Quartet for an evening of Live Jazz, food, and drink. ▪️ The Mööse Knuckle Boylesque all-male-identified burlesque revue is back for the fifth iteration at LIVE on Elgin. ▪️ Time is, unfortunately, running out to get your Christmas shopping done. However, Urban Art Collective’s Hintonburg Holiday Night Market is here to help. 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm at 1088 Somerset St. W. ▪️ ByTowne Cinema: The End, Queer ▪️ Mayfair Theatre: The 6th Annual Miracle on Bank 6 show takes over the entire cinema for the evening in a fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa. Enjoy adult bevies and non-alcoholic ones too as the Mortimer-Lind-Tansley-Deek Family Band take to the (tiny) stage. The cinema snack bar will be open. Gigs ▪️ James Cochrane. Irene’s Pub ▪️ The Healey Brothers. Rainbow Bistro ▪️ DaNielle Hewitt. Montgomery Scotch Lounge |
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| JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING | ▪️ CelebrAsian Dance 2024 is an evening of Asian contemporary dances from the Philippines, India, Korea and China featuring dance artists from Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, as well as a performance of the Chinese opera, The Drunken Beauty, by the Autumn Melody Collective. Friday night, December 20 at Shenkman Arts Centre. ▪️ Start 2025 like it’s 1979 with The Electric Company. Bust our your ’70s threads, step out, and get down! Tickets to the Rainbow Bistro’s New Year’s Eve Disco Night are on sale now. |
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| | DEALS OF THE DAY |  | Opposite Wall |
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| Save 20% on the cosy Après-Ski Collection of vintage-flavoured prints from Opposite Wall. |
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| | BUT, ONE MORE THING … | The Ottawa Public Library has released its list of the most popular books in 2024. The Library calculates it by the number of holds placed on a book, and the books need not be published in 2024. |
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| Adult (English) | The Women by Kristen Hannah The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny Funny Story by Emily Henry The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune The Briar Club by Kate Quinn Atomic Habits by James Clear The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
| Adult (French) | « Rue Duplessis : ma petite noirceur : roman (mettons) » by Jean-Philippe Pleau « Ce que je sais de toi » by Éric Chacour « Amiante » by Sébastien Dulude « Houris » by Kamel Daoud « Cent ans d’amour » by Janette Bertrand « Entre nous : mieux se connaître, mieux s'aimer » by Sophie Grégoire Trudeau « Dans mon sang » by Rebecca Makonnen « Là où je me terre : roman » by Caroline Dawson « Deux heures avant la fin de l’été » by Sébastien Pierroz « D. Turcotte & fils : Dany Turcotte : mon histoire » by Dany Turcotte
| The Library also listed the most read for teens and children. | | DAILY QUALITY CONTROL | What did you think of today’s OTTAWAN? | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great ⭐⭐⭐ Satisfactory ⭐ Needs Improvement |
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