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HELLO OTTAWA

• In the weekend ottawan:

  → All the cucumber recipes that you could possible need

• → You ‘auger’ get to the Ottawa Tool Library garage sale tomorrow

  → Ottawa’s professional women’s soccer team now has a name

– Martha and Darren

STATS

Number

• $443 million
• – The amount of money from the Province that will be coming to Ottawa in 2025 to help implement the $10 per day daycare programme. (Ted Raymond at CTV)

Ottawan of the Day

• Logan Moffitt 
• – Moffitt is a 23 year-old TikTok star, noted for racking up 4.9 million followers with his cucumber salad recipes that look absolutely delicious and easy. (Aisling Murphy in the Ottawa Citizen) 
• 
  Even the New York Times cooking section has a piece on Moffitt today.

Quote 

• “

• I’m going to have my gold medal bronzed

• – An elated Tim Scott who came in first in the bean bag toss at the ‘Seniors Olympics’.
  
  Fifty athletes from six local retirement residences competed in the toy axe-throw, bean bag-toss, cup-stack, spelling bee, and 1.6 km walk at the first ever Cogir Venvi Ottawa Regional Olympiad Celebration. (Bruce Deachman in the Ottawa Citizen)

Sports

• 🏈 CFL Ottawa RedBlacks 31 – Calgary Stampeders 29 last night
• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 6 – New York Boulders 3 last night

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CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

Ottawa Police Service Board Policy and Governance Committee
Electronic Participation – Monday, August 19

• Assistance in the Provision of Policing – Policy on when and how the Ottawa Police can call in non-Ottawa Police officers for assistance

📋 Agenda

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🌊 Ottawa Beaches

• Mooney’s Bay beach is closed today due to high levels of E. Coli but Petrie East Bay is open again. We didn’t intend on having a daily E. Coli update but it's proven necessary. (Daily Safety Report)
  
  The NCC Riverhouse Swimming Dock is also deemed safe once more.

🌈 Capital Pride

• Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says that he will not take part in Capital Pride-run events after the organization published its ‘Statement in Solidarity with Palestine’.
  
  On Twitter, Sutcliffe said ‘I'm disappointed that despite conversations with the Jewish community, the board of Capital Pride has chosen to stand behind its original statement that caused significant hurt and distress for many members of the Jewish community. This decision by the board, days before the start of Pride, has unfortunately created an atmosphere where many now do not feel welcome to participate’.
  
  The Mayor said that he would be attending other, non-Capital Pride organized events.
  
  The mayor of Gatineau, Maude Marquis-Bissonnette, said that she would be attending her city’s Pride events, which are organized by a separate organization, Jeunesse Idem. Jeunesse Idem has not commented on the situation.
  
  Capital Pride begins tomorrow and ends with a parade on the 25th.
  
  (Joseph Tunney at CBC) (Capital Pride Statement)

🚨 211

• The 211 Crisis Line has gone live. People who live in Centretown and Centretown West – bordered by the Ottawa River, the Rideau Canal, Highway 417, and Preston Street – can now call 211 instead of 911 if there is an emergency involving mental health. Unless police are required, a mental health professional or outreach worker will be dispatched. Should the system be successful, it may be rolled out citywide.  (Jocelyn Shepel at CBC)

⭐ Matthew Perry

• The circumstances of the arrest of five people in connection with the death of the actor Matthew Perry are getting worse. Two of those charged are doctors, one was Perry’s personal assistant, and the other two are drug dealers. In arranging for a supply of ketamine, one of the doctors mused to one of the dealers about Perry, ‘I wonder how much this moron will pay’. As it turned out, US $55,000 for 20 vials. Perry attended Rockcliffe Park Public School and Ashbury College as a child. (Nathan Solis, Hannah Fry and Richard Winton in the Los Angeles Times)

🗑️ Cleaning the Capital campaign

• Registration for the autumn Cleaning the Capital campaign begins today. Groups register to volunteer to clean parks, roadsides, or other public places and are supplied with waste bags and a disposal service. Over 42,000 people cleaned 33,000 kg of waste in 1,034 projects during the spring campaign. (City of Ottawa) (Cleaning the Capital webpage)

🏒 Men’s and women’s City Wide Sports Hockey League

• Registration for the City Wide Sports Hockey League also begins today. Put your team together and register for play beginning October 2. The league is officiated and non-contact. Women’s teams are ages 18 years and up, men’s teams are 30 years and up. (City of Ottawa)

🐈 Ottawa Fire Services

• A cat was rescued by firefighters of Station 36 after it crawled into the walls of an Orléans house. The cat, which, by its actions, is possibly a far-flung cousin of ottawan resident feline Wiggy, was missing for three days. It turns out to have crawled into the ceiling and fallen down a shaft in the wall. Firefighters used thermal imaging to find the moggy, who is otherwise fine, and, if it is anything like Wiggy, will immediately head back into the ceiling. (Alex Black at CityNews)
  
  ➕ Related  Ottawa Fire Service rescued a guy who drove his seadoo into the Deschenes Rapids and got stuck yesterday. Two rescue swimmers floated the seadoo and driver safely downriver.

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Today

• Capital Fair opens today for 10 days of serious fun at Rideau Carleton Raceway. This fair has so much going on it might not be possible to enjoy everything in one day. Will you and the kids choose the Sugar Hill Farm Petting Zoo and Pony Rides, or will you spend some time at the All About Science tent? You might prefer to gaze into the long-lashed eyes of the cows in the agricultural tent, check out the talent on the Main stage, or spend the day riding the Midway. The choice is yours. 

• Cirque due Soleil: Echo will call Gatineau home for the next few weeks. Performances run Wednesday through Sunday. 

• In other cirque news: Duck under the big top as Paranormal Cirque’s acrobats, illusionists, and other mysterious beings bring you to the edge of fear. Until August 25 at St. Laurent Shopping Centre.

• Road Trip: Cornwall’s downtown area comes alive for the annual Night Market from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Visit local businesses and more than 50 vendors, hang out on the area’s patios, and enjoy live entertainment. 

• Kristie Lynn and Galen Clark Folk Duo play Art House Café this evening. $15. 

• Capital Pop-Up Cinema is screening Flight of the Navigator in the Churchill Seniors Centre parking lot. Bring your own chair or rent one for $5.

• The ‘Fighting Back 13’ wrestling event will raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. 

• Relive the glory days of the 1980s at the Prescott’s wicked New Wave Dance Party with The Underground.

• Spectrum Street Festival is two weeks of daily diverse and inclusive programming including live music, workshops, games and book readings in Somerset Village. 

• The 180th Vankleek Hill Fair continues. 

• The Russell Fair continues.

• Greekfest continues. 

• Come From Away, presented by Mirvish Productions, Junkyard Dog Productions, and NAC English Theatre continues at the National Arts Centre.
   

• Catch tonight's performance of Shakepeare's Macbeth by A Company of Fools at Raven Park, Carlington. 

• County Fair by MilkUP continues at Aberdeen Pavilion today from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

• ByTowne Cinema: Nos belles-sœurs (Our Sisters-in-Law), My Penguin Friend, Sugarcane, Cuckoo

• Mayfair Theatre: Widow Clicquot, Close to You, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut 

  Gigs

• The Libation Street Band. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

• ABBA Revisited. Queen St Fare

• Curbside Decisions. Broadhead Brewing

• Alix Fernz, Boyhood, Flleur. House of TARG

• Orson Wild. Rainbow BistroMecca of Stank. Irene’s Pub

• Quote the Raven. Red Bird

• Cu*ty Credenza. LIVE on Elgin

Tomorrow

• Road Trip: If you and your pup are in the mood to hit the road, drive to Perth Brewery for the Unleashed Amber Launch Party. This beer has all the flavour and aroma of an Amber ale, minus the alcohol. The party is dog-friendly, but pups must be leashed. 

• Buy some cute merch at the Ottawa Stray Cat Rescue Adoption & Fundraising event at Pet Valu, 250 Greenbank Road in Nepean. 

• 🆓 See antique fire trucks up close and personal at Bytown Fire Brigade’s Pump Day 2024. 2900 Sheffield Rd, K1B 1A4 

• 🆓 Try Collective Arts’ zero-proof cocktails and beers at Maker House today. 

• Heads-up, makers and crafters: The Great Mad About Patchwork Garage Sale will offer unbelievable discounts on fabric, hardware, zippers, and patterns. If you’re local you can save in person at the store (2477 Huntley Road in Stittsville) between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm, and at 2:00 pm the sale moves online. 

• EVOO Greek Kitchen hosts the first Afterparty of GreekFest 2024. It’s all about Greek-themed cocktails and music. $10 cover.
  
       ➕ Related Greekfest continues. 

• 🌈 🆓 Start your hunt for new Pride event duds at the Capital Pride Clothing Swap. While you’re there, get a pay-what-you-can haircut, and stop by the photo booth. 320 Jack Purcell Ln, K2P 2J5 

• The Capital Fair continues. 

• Duck under the big top as Paranormal Cirque’s acrobats, illusionists, and other mysterious beings bring you to the edge of fear. Until August 25 at St. Laurent Shopping Centre. 

• 🆓 Get a free taste of farm fresh tomatoes in all their varieties at Beet Box Farm from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Don’t worry about the forecasted rain: the tasting will be inside the barn. 230 Davidson's Side Rd Nepean, ON K2K 2Z4 

• If your toolbox is a bit lacking, go shopping at the Ottawa Tool Library Garage Sale, rain or shine at 877a Boyd Avenue. 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. 

• 🆓 Ottawa Swing Dance Society is back on the hill — Parliament Hill, that is — with a dance party and free drop-in lessons. 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Parliament Hill Centre Block.

• In case you didn’t realize it, the Cumberland Farmers Market happens rain or shine. So, whether you’re shopping for local produce direct from the farmer, fresh baked goods, or artisanal pieces to gift or keep, you’ll find it at 1115 Dunning Road, Cumberland, ON K4C 1P6 

• The talented folks of Maker House have dreamed up another great reason to wander Wellington St West between Parkdale and Bayswater today. From 10:00 am to 4:00 pm treat yourself as you visit the businesses participating in the Heart of Hintonburg Sidewalk Sale. Here's a reminder of some of the fine merchants on that particular stretch: Suzy Q Doughnuts, Flamingo Boutique, Fruittopia Café, Urban Art Collective, The Record Centre, and so many more. 

• 🌈 Ottawa’s 2SLGBTQIA+ vendors and small businesses take centre stage at the Pride Night Market. Presented by Parkdale Public Market, Little Jo Berry’s, and Venus Envy Ottawa, the market runs 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm at 366 Parkdale Ave K1Y 1G8. 

• Catch tonight's performance of Shakepeare's Macbeth by A Company of Fools at Alta Vista Park.

• If you’ve got a vintage Danskin bodysuit in the back of your closet, get it out for this Saturday’s DiscoLab event at Parlour. Platform shoes, shirts with large collars, gold chains, flowing midi skirts, heels, and other pieces of classic disco attire are also welcome. Admission is $17.31 per person.

• Roller Derby and Craft Beer collide once again for the Brew Donkey Crush'd and Brews'd Tour™. This Saturday’s route will take you to Brew Revolution and Bicycle Craft Brewery before dropping you off at your reserved seats at Ottawa Valley Roller Derby, where they serve, you guessed it, local beer. You’ll also get beer samples, brewery tours, lunch, snacks and an education session on the sport of roller derby. $110.+ tax per person 

• Road Trip: For 16 years MUSICWestport has been one of the major events in the town’s summer schedule, and this year’s festival brings eight bands to two stages on Saturday afternoon. 

• 40 potters call the new Almonte Potters Guild studio home, and you have a chance to meet them in their working spaces this Saturday. The Almonte Potters Guild Open House runs 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at 3-351 Frank Davis St in Almonte.
  
  ➕Related Check out the Fall courses offered at the studio

• The 180th Vankleek Hill Fair continues. 

• The Russell Fair continues.

• The amazing Grands Feux fireworks shows of the last two weeks have been building up to the grand finale tonight. 

• ByTowne Cinema: My Penguin Friend, Sugarcane, Nos belles-sœurs(Our Sisters-in-Law), Cuckoo 

• Mayfair Theatre: Seagrass, Close to You, The Room, Saturday Night Sinema 

  Gigs

• Arrogant Worms (matinée and evening shows). Red Bird

• Tiny Horse. LIVE on Elgin

• Remi’s Dance Floor Time Machine (50s through 00s). House of TARG

• Kyra Johnston. Art House Café

• The Extensions. Irene’s Pub

• Ashs the Best. Rainbow Bistro

• Dynamite Dance Party. The 27 Club

• Noise Hotel, Hannah Vig, Still Life, Street, Neha Sin. SAW Centre
   

Sunday

• 🌈 FREE Enjoy short films from around the world at the Capital Rainbow Refuge’s Queer Film Screening Night at the Mayfair Theatre on Sunday August 18. The event begins at 6:00 pm and although the tickets are free, you must reserve one in advance. 

• Bring your garlic questions — how to grow it, how to prepare it — to Indian Creek Orchard Gardens this Sunday for the fourth annual Garlic Nirvana event. 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at 919 Sugar Bush Road, P:akenham, ON K0G 1K0. 

• Ottawa Torah Centre Kosher BBQ Cook-off and Festival.

• Have White Dog Portraits immortalize your pup at Whiprsnapr Brewing’s "Dog Dayz of Sumr" event. Purrdy Paws Pet Grooming Spa will also be there to give your fur baby a nail trim for $16.95. Humans will love the Pizza Dogs and fine beer on tap. 14 Bexley Pl Unit 106 K2H 8W2 

• The Capital Fair continues. 

• Duck under the big top as Paranormal Cirque’s acrobats, illusionists, and other mysterious beings bring you to the edge of fear. Until August 25 at St. Laurent Shopping Centre. 

• Maker Feed Co’s Sunday Night take home dinner is a rich and delicious Shrimp and Scallop béchamel Lasagna for $24.99 per person. 

• Visit Planet Botanix’ Open House between 11:00 am and 4:30 pm for Astrology, Mediumship, Reiki, Reflexology, and Tarot readings ($25 for 20 minute sessions). Plus, in-store shopping will get you a 20% discount. 301 Bank St. K2P 1X7

• 🆓 Make Sunday count with Beyond the Pale’s Patio Bingo, a free-to-play event from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. 250 City Centre, Unit 106, K1R 6K7. 

• ByTowne Cinema: MAX Ottawa x Inside Out - I Wanna Dance with Somebody; Sunday Afternoon Classics: High Society, The Conversation– 4K Restoration, Cuckoo

• Mayfair Theatre: Sabrina, Capital Rainbow Refuge (get your free tickets here)

  Gigs

• Rum Ragged, Daniel James McFadden, Mia Kelly. Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club (presented by Red Bird). 

• The Sunday Night Revue. Irene’s Pub

• Grand Theft August with Sandy, BugleBerry, August John. LIVE on Elgin

Monday

• The Capital Fair continues. 

• 🌈 The Capital Pride flag is raised at Ottawa City Hall at 10:00 am. 

• Duck under the big top as Paranormal Cirque’s acrobats, illusionists, and other mysterious beings bring you to the edge of fear. Until August 25 at St. Laurent Shopping Centre. 

• Catch tonight's performance of Shakepeare's Macbeth by A Company of Fools at Strathcona Park, Sandy Hill. 

• ByTowne Cinema: Nos belles-sœurs (Our Sisters-in-Law), My Penguin Friend, Longlegs

• Mayfair Theatre: Close to You, Sabrina, The Terminator, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut 

  Gigs

• Open Mic Night. Art House Café

• Windoc, Ethereal Tomb, TERMINATor, Moratorium (All-ages rock show). Rainbow Bistro

• Bluegrass Mondays featuring The Monroe Sisters. Red Bird

• Pretty Archie, The Gladsome Gentlement. Irene’s Pub

Just Announced / Now Booking

• Indulge your loves of wrestling and craft beer as Broadhead Brewing Co welcomes Remix Wrestling Presents...Broadhead: Party Hard on Saturday September 28. Early Bird pricing: $20 per person. 

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DEAL OF THE DAY

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

It’s the weekend, how about we give you three longreads to tide you over:

💸 The Real Reason for the City of Ottawa's Fiscal Crisis (Neil Saravanamuttoo in The 613)

🔩 For Federal public employees, blind loyalty is not good enough (Scott Taymun in The Hub)

🛍️ How the ByWard Market has become ‘a market only in name and history’(Sarah MacFarlane in the Ottawa Business Journal)

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