In Today’s Edition

→ Westboro bus crash driver has not answered inquest summons

→ Four days of weekend events

→ Made in Canada Deals of the Day on a warm sweater and flannel sleepwear

→ ⛅ High 9° Low 0° and partly cloudy.  ☀️ 6:37 am 🌛 7:36 pm 

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OTTAWAN OF THE DAY

• Trent Correy

• The graduate of the Algonquin College animation programme received an Emmy award for Outstanding Short-Form Animated Program in Los Angeles last month. Correy co-directed and co-wrote Disney’s Once Upon a Studio, celebrating 100 years of the company’s animated films. Watch it on YouTube.

• Hau Ting Ng in the Algonquin Times 

QUOTE

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• I don’t have to worry about surviving no more. Now I’m living.

• – Renfrew resident Bill Wilson who credits the Mesa programme run by Renfrew County’s paramedic service for successfully moving him from living in a tent to his own apartment.
  
  In Renfrew County, paramedics make house calls on people they have identifed as frequently ending up in the emergency room, vastly reducing 911 calls. The Mesa programme built on that, bringing together the paramedics, the community services department, and the development and property department to work together to determine what each individual requires.
• Andrew Duffy in the Ottawa Citizen

SPORTS

• 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 2 – Tampa Bay Lightning 1 last night
• 🏈 CFL Ottawa Redblacks head coach Bob Dyce has had his contract extended to the end of the 2026 season

WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

💥Westboro Bus Crash

• The driver of the OC Transpo double-decker bus that crashed into an overhang at the Westboro Transitway station has not responded to a summons requiring her to attend the inquest. Aissatou Diallo was the driver when the bus crashed in 2019 and left three passenger dead. Diallo was acquitted of dangerous driving charges over the incident in 2021. The provincially mandated inquiry over the crash began Wednesday.
  
  The CBC has some of the photos and charts presented by the inquest. (Disturbing but not graphic)
  
   Guy Quenneville at CBC 

🙈 Brass Monkey

• Napean music and pool hall Brass Monkey has closed itself for a few weeks over a liquor licence issue. Owner Scott Ruffo says there was an ‘unexpected disruption’ in his liquor licence renewal but expects to reopen in a few weeks. However, the venue's Facebook page declares "we will be temporarily closing our doors to undertake a significant internal company restructure." Read the rest of the Facebook post.
  
  Tonight’s concert by Pussy Riot, the Russian art collective that angered Vladimir Putin, has moved its show from the Brass Monkey to the Ottawa Art Gallery.
  
  All other shows are cancelled until further notice. 
  
  Lynn Saxberg in the Ottawa Citizen

🌊 Basement Flooding

• The City of Ottawa has rejigged its programme to help home owners prevent basement flooding. The new Residential Protective Plumbing programme has rebates for eligible homeovers to buy protective devices:
  
  • 100 per cent of the building permit fee for protective plumbing work
  • $1,000 for interior backwater valves
  • $2,500 for an exterior storm backwater valve
  • $1,500 for a sump pump in an existing sump pit
  • $3,000 for a sump pump in a new sump pit
  
  Details on how to apply are on the City’s website.
  
  The City also has a Compassionate Grant programme for residents whose basements have been flooded by overflowing sewers.
  
  City of Ottawa

DAILY POLL

The Poll

Yesterday, we asked, ‘What do you think of the Tamara Lich / Chris Barber verdict?’

9% It was fair

2% It was too harsh

68% It was too lenient

18% If it was up to me, trucks would be banned from downtown Ottawa

3% If was up to me, the convoy would still be in downtown Ottawa

Today’s poll: 

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FRIDAY

• ✳️ The Festival du Film de l’Outaouais continues at Cinema 9.

• ✳️ Today Maker House  is donating 10% of sales to LiveWorkPlay, the organization that helps the community welcome and include people with intellectual disabilities, autistic persons, and individuals with a dual diagnosis to live, work, and play as valued citizens.

• There are still a very few tickets available for this evening’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet performance of Jekyll & Hyde. 

• 🆓 The Fifty-Five Plus Lifestyle show has ideas for vacations, health, living, and more. Best of all: it’s free. 

• You might win an authentic Easter egg at the Ukrainian Pysanka Bingo event. 

• Meet more than 145 Canadian craftspeople and artisans at the Originals Spring Craft Fair. At the EY Centre until Sunday. 

• Watch a pair of slight of hand artistes battle it out in Dueling Magicians. 

• Canadian über comic Ron James plays Yuk Yuk’s tonight through Sunday.

• Gender-nonconforming people are welcome to sign up to the Scribblin’ in the Margins open mic event by Urban Legends Poetry Collective and The Other Hill. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Armand, No Other Land, The Friend, Princess Mononoke: 4K Restoration (Subtitled) 

• Mayfair Theatre: Parental Consent 

  Gigs

• Sister Luck (tribute to the Black Crowes). Overflow Brewing Co

• Niko Moon - These are the Nights Tour. Bronson Centre

• Motherland, Alturna, HotSkins. The 27 Club

• The Ed Lister Group. Night Oat

• David James Allen, Kojak, Valley Girls, Riley Burns. LIVE on Elgin

• Ryan King. Broadhead Brewing. 
   

SATURDAY

• ✳️ The Festival du Film de l’Outaouais continues at Cinema 9.

• ✳️ The Say No to Liquified Natural Gas Pipelines march is now merging with the Hands Off! Rally in Major’s Hill Park. The rally will start at RBC’s offices at 1:00 pm and end at Major’s Hill Park at 3:00 pm. Hands Off! rallies will also be taking place in all 50 states across the border. 

• ✳️ Vpop vintage sellers return to Next Door Market & Event Space. Meet them today and tomorrow. 

• The freezing rain prevented Rightful Owner designer Rose from appearing at Victoire last week, but she’ll be there this Saturday April 5

• Bring a donation of socks or underwear for Operation Come Home and enjoy a live acoustic rock and roll show from Ocean Sun at Bowman's Bar & Grill. 

• Enjoy Bellwoods Brewery’s new 13th anniversary beer Motley Cru, and taste the special pop up menu by Chef Cam Gihon, all at Bar Lupulus this afternoon.

• 🆓 Nepean Sportsplex welcomes spring with the Eastern Ontario Craft & Gift Easter Market. 

• Madame Amy of 123 Petit Pas will be telling bilingual kids’ stories, leading children in song, and giving away copies of the French Learning Kit for Families at the OPL Greenboro branch. 10:30 am.

• There’s no cover to enjoy the Jazz Brunch at Anina’s Café. 

• ShuFlora is popping up at Bridgehead Coffee on Elgin St. Buy $10 worth of coffee and receive a flower. Purchase $50 and receive a special bouquet. 

• Support Big Brothers Big Sisters: bring your unwanted clothing to the 2nd Annual Spring Clothing Swap at Thrive Select Thrift. 

• Ottawa menswear and lifestyle brand Raised by Wolves reopens its brick and mortar flagship for the launch of its Spring Summer collection (10:00 am to 2:00 pm). From 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm the same day they’ll be hosting their inaugural art show, a three person exhibition of works by Dom Laporte, Ron Wineck, and Vado. 166B-145 Spruce St. 

• Kilts are optional but encouraged at National Tartan Day at Beechwood Cemetery. 

• Meet more than 145 Canadian craftspeople and artisans at the Originals Spring Craft Fair. At the EY Centre until Sunday. 

• ByTowne Cinema: The Firend, Armand, The Way, My Way, Detour: The Elephant Man

• Mayfair Theatre: Walking Through the Fire 

  Gigs

• Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio, LSD Trio. Glebe St. James Church

• Pawnshop Whiskey. Atomic Rooster

• Metro Jazz. Art House Café

• New Minglewood Station. Brigid’s Well

• DJ Edz. Avant-Garde Bar

• Barry and the Blasters. Rainbow Bistro

• Mod Nite. LIVE on ElginBathwash, Lady Grey & The Phantoms, Duck House, Cam Kirk. House of TARG

SUNDAY

• The Festival du Film de l’Outaouais continues at Cinema 9.

• Cantata Singers have a special treat in store for lovers of Ava Maria: experience interpretations from the past 700 years including those by Schubert, Bach, Stravinsky and Gounod. 

• 🆓 Chelsea’s Healing Harmony Mental Heath & Wellness Studio officially launches with music, dancing, and snacks.

• Tap your foot to live traditional Irish Music at Heart & Crown ByWard Market. 

• Caelis Academy Ensemble is joined by Montréal’s Les Temps Perdu and organist Nathan Jeffrey to represent a program of seasonal music including Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s PASSIO. 

• Five Ottawa area Science Fiction and Fantasy authors will be signing books and selling march at Indigo South Keys. 

• A Queerly Crafty Afternoon will be had at The Grove Studio & Community Art Hub.

• Chefs Jesse Bell and Stephen La Salle will be cooking up bites to go with the beer at Dominion City Brewing Go, in support of The Canadian Culinary Federation and Nutrition Blocs. 

• Learn Brazilian / Latin dance moves, sip cocktails, and meet new friends at Ottawa - Cocktails Social & Brazilian Dance.

• Road Trip: bring the pup to the dog-friendly Easter Market in Cumberland. 

• Women: sample cocktails by four of Ottawa’s best female bartenders at Yours Truly: A Cocktail Tasting Night. 

• Meet a few lovely adoptable felines and shop the merch, baking and crafts at the Pet Valu Elmvale and Ottawa Stray Cat Rescue Fundraising & Awareness Event. 

• Today is your final chance to shop from more than 145 Canadian craftspeople and artisans at the Originals Spring Craft Fair. 

• Meet the vintage experts at Vpop Spring into Vintage. Next Door Market & Event Space. 

• ByTowne Cinema: The Friend, The Way, My Way, No Other Land, Armand

• Mayfair Theatre: The Way, My Way, Unforgiven, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 

  Gigs

• Sam Singer. LIVE on Elgin

• Maria Doyle Kennedy. Red Bird

• Josh Q. Irene’s Pub

• Meute. Bronson Centre Music Theatre

MONDAY

• The Festival du Film de l’Outaouais continues at Cinema 9.

• 🆓 Two Carleton University groups gather at House of TARG for Fusion Ensemble. 

• Start the week with a brain workout at Bowman’s Trivia Night, in support of Shepherds of Good Hope. 

• ByTowne Cinema: The Friend, The Spoils Director Q&A. No Other Land

• Mayfair Theatre: I’m Still Here, Flow, Mulholland Drive 

  Gigs

• Daisy Train Karaoke. The 27 Club

• Karaoke Mondaze. Atomic Rooster

• 5-Star Monday Band. The Laff

JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

• On April 12, Arts Court Studio welcomes ART+, a Spring Showcase of music, dance, and spoken word by the Multicultural Artists’ Coalition. 

• The inaugural Capital Music Week (May 20-25) will bring music fans, creators, and entrepreneurs together for the love of music. Submissions for showcases will be accepted until Monday (April 7). The Capital Music Awards will take place smack dab in the middle of CxMW on Thursday May 22. 

• Hope Cornerstone’s A Taste of Ireland Garden Party at the Irish Ambassador’s Residence is the perfect opportunity to don that cute floral dress and strappy sandals that have languished in your closet all winter. Thyme & Again will provide the Irish nibbles, Sukhoo Sukhoo Khooture will run a fashion show, and you’ll place bids in a silent auction. Sunday June 1

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