In Today’s Edition → Where to see the King and Queen next week →Find out the big winners of the 6th Annual Capital Music Awards tomorrow night →Deals of the Day from Elevator Theatre Co and Happy Goat Coffee → 🌦️ High 11° Low 5° and patches of rain ☀️ 5:26 am 🌛 8:33 pm |
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- – The amount each household is expected to save on its water bill annually if City Council approves a new water rate structure.
- Approved by the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and the Environment and Climate Change Committee, the City would move away from consumption charges to fixed ones.
- Industrial and commercial water users would see a 5 per cent rise.
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Marcia Wallace After a long and difficult executive search, the chief administrative officer of the Corporation of the County of Prince Edward is Ottawa’s new general manager for planning, development and building services. As GM for P, D, and BS, she will ‘oversee the city's planning and heritage files, including development approvals, real estate and economic development, and infrastructure projects that aren't related to transportation’. Wallace will start June 16.
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SPORTS - 🏒 PWHL Ottawa Charge 2 – Minnesota Frost 1 last night
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- ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 7 – New Jersey Jackals 6 last night
- 🏀 CEBL Ottawa BlackJacks 85 – Niagara River Lions 87 last Sunday
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WEDNESDAY DINING + DRINKING UPDATE |
☕ Lawrence from Sky’s the Limit Coffee will be brewing up samples, cups of coffee, and beans at the Ottawa Street Markets Farm Store on Saturday May 24 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (1805 Gaspé Ave). 🧺 Cinnaholic Lansdowne turns 6 this year. To celebrate, get $5 Signature Rolls all day Friday (May 23). 🌭 There are an extremely limited number of discounted tickets to Le Moulin Wakefield Mill Hôtel & Spa’s Beer + BBQ = Father's Day event on Sunday June 15. What Dad gets: one tasting of four beers, a gourmet hot dog prepared in ‘Moulin style’, and an entry into a draw to win a gift package. 🍷 Ottawa’s Best Wine Tour stops at Buyers and Cellars Wine Cellar, Kin Vineyards, and Farmgate Cider 🍅 If there’s still room in your garden for some tasty vegetable crops, Ferme Juniper Farm's organic seedlings sale continues this weekend and next. 🍺 A third Ottawa Beer Store will be closing. The one at 900 Bank Street will be shuttered as of July 20. Previously announced were the closures of Beer Stores on Carling and in Bells Corners. 🚜 In North Gower, Foster's Family Farm is growing callaloo, a staple of dishes in the Caribbean but hard to find fresh in Canada. The farm started growing the leafy, green ‘superfood’ after seasonal agricultural workers from Jamaica suggested it. 💰 Journalist Randall Denley argues that the City’s plan to remove free parking from ByWard Market is a cash grab, not a plan to help Market businesses. ‘What if people wanted to look around at stores and then go out to dinner? Or even if they wanted to linger over their dinner, maybe have a drink and talk to friends? These activities are discouraged by the two-hour parking limit. You’re to have your fun and move along as quickly as possible so another person can take your place. What do people think this is, Europe?’ 📘 Peter Hum, in the Ottawa Citizen, challenges the Michelin Guide people to survey Ottawa restaurants like it does Vancouver, Toronto, and the entirety of Québec. The catch, of course, is its a pay-for-play deal. Tourism organizations are rumoured to pay $1 million per year in Vancouver, and $2.1 million over three years in Québec. 🦓 The Kitchissippi Times has a look at the new bar on Somerset Street, Natural History. Nice overview of the interior design choices, not much discussion of the drinks menu.
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL |
Public Works and Infrastructure Committee
Thursday, May 22 at 9:30 am - 2024 Parking Services Annual Report
- Evening and Weekends Parking Rate Review
- Speed Reduction on Earl Armstrong Road from River Road to Limebank Road
- Motion – Councillor T. Tierney – Bank Street Active Transportation and Transit Priority Feasibility Study
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👑 King Charles and Queen Camilla’s itinery for their whirlwind tour of Ottawa next week has been released. Some places to view them may be: • Monday, 1:50 pm. The couple will be reintroduced to Ottawa by having a meeting at Lansdowne. We don’t know where, but we wager they will want to try the hot wings at JOEY’s. • Monday, 2:50 pm. They will head to Rideau Hall and plant a tree. • Tuesday, 9:50 am to 10:15 am. The couple will take a carriage down Wellington Street from outside the Bank of Canada to the Senate. Remember, the Senate is in the old train station / Government Conference Centre these days. • Tuesday, 10:55 am. Laying of a wreath at the National War Memorial. – Guy Quenneville at CBC
🐴 The Ottawa Police Service mounted unit has officially returned. The Service’s prior mounted unit was disbanded in 1993 due to costs. The revived unit of four horses and riders are budgeted at $1.4 million per year.– Ottawa Citizen
🌊 Ottawa Public Health will only be testing beaches for E.Coli once per week this summer, instead of daily. The agency says that testing takes 18 - 24 hours, making daily reporting misleading because it is old information. It also points out that the National Capital Commission also only tests its beaches weekly. Beaches tested will be Mooney’s Bay, Britannia, Petrie Island, and Westboro. – Josh Pringle at CTV
💼 For Federal public employees, the required bilingualism proficiency for supervisors in the Capital will be raised from intermediate to advanced. In other words, that’s a rise to CBC from BBB. The change will apply only to new hires – existing staff are exempt. – VC de la Ronde in the Ottawa Citizen |
The Poll Last time, we asked ‘What do you think the Sens should do about an arena?’ 26% Nothing. The Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata is fine. 45% Building a new arena in LeBreton Flats is a good idea 6% They should build it downtown inside a repurposed office building 21% They should build an O Train extension to the Canadian Tire Centre instead 3% Hear us out: 24 Sussex Drive, with combined Prime Ministeral residence / corporate box 0% Other Today’s poll: |
What should be done about parking meters at ByWard Market? |
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✳️ Means change from previous edition WEDNESDAY At the National Arts Centre, Canada After Dark: A Nightlife Forum welcomes speakers such as Michael Kill, CEO of the Night Time Industries Association for the United Kingdom, for a summit exploring the future of nighttime economies. At this week's Doors Open for Music Southminster noon concert, flutist Christian Paquette and pianist Frédéric Lacroix play duets including Biber’s Passacaglia, Lacroix’s own Night, and Ian Clarke’s Orange Dawn. 🆓 Ottawa's Elijah Woods performs as part of Capital Music Week. All ages (photo ID necessary to drink). Prana Shanti's Women's Circle is a sacred space for women to come together, connect, support one another, and grow through the practices of yoga, meditation, and creative exploration. Build a Raised Square Cedar Planter Box with Ottawa Tool Library. Bring a minimum of two books to the Silent Book Club Book Swap at Anina's Café ByTown Ukulele Group enjoys another BUG JAM at Red Bird. At the time of writing it's full but there is a waitlist. ByTowne Cinema: Vingt Dieux (Holy Cow), German Language Film Festival of Ottawa, Black Bag Mayfair Theatre: Bonjour Tristesse, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Phenomena Gigs The Nxt Lvl - PARTYGIRL. LIVE on Elgin Jazz Jams with the Peter Hum Trio. Night Oat Fruit Cake: A Gay Ass Variety Show. Irene's Pub CxMW Jazz with Peter Woods. Bar Robo Holly Acres, Danger Box, The Disconnect. Avant-Garde Bar Hannah Vig, Years to Burn. Rainbow Bistro
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✳️ Attend the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa hiring event (noon to 7:00 pm) to find employment in hospitality and gaming, hotel services, marketing, security and more. It's time to find out who will be the big winners at the 6th Annual Capital Music Awards. Then, head to the official Capital Music Awards After Dark Party at Skylounge and Lowertown Brewery. Shop the Hintonburg Night Market starting at 4:00 pm. All ages and skill levels are welcome at the Moose McGuire's (Orléans) Open Dart Night. ByTowne Cinema: Caught By The Tides, Restoration: Killer of Sheep, Vulcanizadora Mayfair Theatre: The Ballad of Wallis Island, Bonjour Tristesse, Phenomena Gigs Irene's Blues Sessions with Guest Host Scott Amey. Irene's Pub Taming Sari, GRFN, Rough Go, WYNTR. Rainbow Bistro Open Mic. Stray Dog Brewing Co Bingo Thursday. Broadhead Brewery Allydice, Nefe, Emily Jean Flack. National Arts Centre Dave Gunning. Red Bird
FRIDAY
Ease into the weekend with the Capital Music Week Jazz Series at Bar Robo. Pianist and composer Miguel De Armas brings his rich Afro-Cuban jazz stylings to life with dynamic energy and sophistication, while rising vocal powerhouse Samantha Christ François delivers soulful, genre-defying vocals that move effortlessly between jazz, R&B, and beyond. Visit Kanata Ribfest and Pountine for the aforementioned delicacies, but also mini donuts, BBQ chicken, live music, and a fun fair. See you at 400 March Road. 🆓 The Ottawa Kennel Club Dog Show (May 23-25) is like Christmas for dog lovers. It's free to go, but you'll be asked for a donation to the Canadian Guide Dogs. Parking is $5. No dogs allowed except those registered in the events (and service dogs). Classic Albums Live: The entirety of Pink Floyd's The Wall will be played, note for note. ⚾ Take yourself out to the ball game: New York Boulders visit Ottawa Titans. Gates open at 6:00 pm. ByTowne Cinema: That Ballad of Wallis Island, The Teacher, Friendship, Drawn In: Vampire Hunter D Mayfair Theatre: That They May Face the Rising Sun Gigs Table 9. The Carleton Double Experience. Rainbow Bistro Tuulikki Bartosik. National Arts Centre Thunder Glove, The Great Octopus, The Reverb Syndicate, Victor20. House of TARG Leeroy Stagger. Red Bird Matt Gower. Art House Café Skydiggers. Bronson Centre
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A small advocacy group wants Eastern Ontario to become a dark sky preserve. The idea is, over time, to minimize the amount of light that is leaked skyward at nighttime allowing humans and animals both to see the true night sky. The area planned by NWNC Dark Sky Project covers Cornwall to Hawkesbury, through to Petawawa, Bancroft, Algonquin Provincial Park, and down Highway 401. – Kimberley Molina at CBC Dark Sky International and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada both list dark sky locations. |
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