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Thursday, February 20 2025

HELLO OTTAWA

In Today’s Edition

→ Where to watch tonight’s Canada - USA match

→ Get your day off to a great start with Volunteer Ottawa’s Community Breakfast tomorrow

→ Deal of the Day: #madeincanada Up! Pants are 50% off

→ â˜ïž High -6° Low -13° and partly cloudy.  â˜€ïž 6:56 am 🌛 5:38 pm 

 

The Poll

Yesterday, we asked how many days worth of events listings would you like to see in THE OTTAWAN each day. 
 

42% Today, tomorrow, and the day after

19% Today and tomorrow

3% Just today

5% Just tomorrow

32% Once per week


That seems pretty decisive. We’ll stay with three days. And yes, we know it adds up to 101%. It’s a rounding thing.

 

Today’s question:

Are you in favour of Alto, the new High Speed Rail plan between Québec City and Toronto through Ottawa?

We welcome any comments ‘hello@theottawan.com’.

– Martha and Darren

đŸŠ« CANADA VS 🩅 USA FOUR NATIONS FINAL

 

Where to watch the game tonight:

 

STATISTICS OTTAWA

    NUMBER 

    • $20 million
    • – The amount of money that the Ottawa Carleton District School Board needs to cut from its annual $1.2 billion budget. The Board has not yet decided how that will happen. 
    • Joanne Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen

    OTTAWAN OF THE DAY

    • Peter Crockford
    • The Earth Sciences assistant professor at Carleton University has been awarded one of the most prestigious honours in research, an Alfred P Sloan Research Fellowship in Earth System Science. 
    • Crockford’s team researches â€˜the co-evolution of life and Earth’s surface environment throughout history’ and ‘how to extract meaningful information about ancient seawater chemistry from highly altered sedimentary records’.

      Aside from the honour, the fellowship also comes with US $75,000.
    • Carleton University

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    WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL

    No meetings tomorrow

    📋 Meetings and agendas

    WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

    🚗 Gatineau

    •  The City of Gatineau is asking residents to turn in their neighbours with Ontario license plates. Residents now pay a new $90 per year vehicle fee, some of which goes to local transit. The City says that some people have moved to Gatineau from Ontario but have not changed their license plate within the 90 day limit, depriving the public of its rightful money.

      Ontarians who have been turned in can avoid the fee if they can show that they do not live in Gatineau or that their property is a secondary residence.  

      Isabel Harder at CBC

    đŸ—łïž Ontario Election

    ⛞ ByWard Market

    • The diminutive synthetic skating rink on William Street in the ByWard Market has been removed. The ByWard Market District Authority has not said why the dinky rink was taken away.

      Josh Pringle at CTV

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    STILL THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR


    Is there an event we should know about?
    Please use our easy event submission form

    THURSDAY

    • Bring your current reading material to Absinthe CafĂ© for some quiet time this afternoon at the Silent Book Club Meetup. 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm - and enjoy happy hour cocktails, too. 

    • The Children continues at The Gladstone Theatre.

    • Controlled Damage continues at National Arts Centre’s Babs Asper Theatre.

    • 🆓 You need to register for your place at Art House CafĂ© Music Trivia night.

    • 🆓 It’s all fun and games at Broadhead Brewing’s Bingo Thursday.

    • Indulge your love of thrillers and mysteries at Westboro Books’ Thursday Murder Book Club. $34.99 for the book and book club session (Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight)

    • Bytowne CinemaCheck before heading out; may still be closed due to technical difficulties I’m Still Here, 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action, Detour: Deep Cover

    • Mayfair TheatreBabygirl, Nickel Boys, Wild at Heart

      Gigs

    • Irene’s Blues Sessions. Irene’s Pub

    • Comedy Night. Pour Boy

    • Trivia. Ottawa Sailing Club

    • Sonic Souvenir. House of TARG

    • The Healey Brothers. The Rainbow Bistro

    • Dear Rouge, Bleeker. Bronson Centre

    • Ramsay’s Quintet. Night Oat

    • Karaoke Thursdays. Atomic Rooster


    FRIDAY

    • Celebrate the rich culture and heritage of the Black community through music, dance, and spoken word performances at Bikkurim Music Studio’s Black History Month Performances

    • If you want to donate some of your time to a worthy cause this year, plan to be at Volunteer Ottawa’s Community Breakfast. You’ll enjoy a continental breakfast, hear about the VO’s programs and services and connect with others working to make Ottawa a better place for everyone. $20

    • Ottawa’s urban maple syrup experience, Vanier Sugar Shack, is now open. Explore the maple syrup operation and order a delicious breakfast.

    • Headig to the Ottawa 67s game against Niagara Icedogs? Be sure to check out the East Coast Experience pre-game and intermission performances.

    • Start dreaming of the warmer days ahead with a trip to the Ottawa Boat & Outdoors Show.

    • Controlled Damage, the story of Viola Desmond, continues at National Arts Centre’s Babs Asper Theatre. 

    • Dance to Nostalgic Hip Hop against a backdrop of breathtaking pyrotechnical displays at Feux Sur Glace festival. Aylmer Marina in Gatineau.

    • ByTowne CinemaThe Brutalist, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Drunken Cinema: Barbie

    • Mayfair TheatreUniversal Language, I’m Still Here, The Rocky Horror Picture Show

      Gigs

    • Mojo Bros. Southside Tap and Grill

    • Daft Punk Night. The 27 Club

    • 80s Dance Party with DJ Remi Royale and The Retrogrades. House of TARG

    • Code Seventy Three. Stray Dog Brewing Company

    • Table 9. The Carleton Tavern

    • Finely Tuned Elephant. Irene’s Pub

    • Antilife, TrĂ©pas, Qlipha. Dominion Tavern

    • Th3rd Fridays Dance Battle. Bronson Centre

    • The Turning Lights. Rainbow Bistro

    • Steve Lee Olsen - Country Night in Canada. Algonquin Commons Theatre

     

    SATURDAY

    • If you like your comedy new and untested the Amuse Bouche Variety will tickle your funny bone. Comics will bring their new material to the stage to win audience approval and the chance to headline a future show.

    • Meet local maker Elena Minnow of Twenty20 skincare at Maker House.

    • The new date for Black Future Market! (which was snowed out last week) is today, Saturday February 22 at Next Door Market.

    • 🆓 Find cool stuff for your wardrobe, home and even your tummy at 613Flea.

    • Celebrate the achievements of Ottawa’s Black Women at the Leading Ladies Canada Black History Month celebration. Blu Legacy Convention Centre 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm.

    • Enjoy an evening of films celebrating love. Pyralume, the new streaming service that aims to bridge the gap between indie filmmakers and their audiences, and which is launching on March 8, presents Love Notes Indpendent Film Showcase at Art House CafĂ©.

    • Improv under hypnosis says it all, really. Oh - Colin Mochrie, too.

    • ByTowne CinemaThe Room Next DoorThe Brutalist, Detour: American Psycho. Paying For It with Director Sook Yin Lee Q&A.

    • Mayfair TheatreGreen Border, Universal Language, Babygirl, Blue Velvet, Saturday Night Sinema

      Gigs

    • Fanatical Jack. Carleton Tavern

    • Skyzoo. Brass Monkey

    • Red Bird Family Band. Red Bird

    • Nick Posthumus. LIVE on Elgin

    • Customer Appreciation Night. Moose McGuire’s Huntclub

    • Vinyl Revival. Blackburn Arms Pub

    • Ottawa Jazz Orchestra. National Arts Centre

    • Fantomfex. Avant-Garde Bar

     

    JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

    •  Venus Envy has several grown-ups only workshops on the horizon, including “G Marks the Spot” this Sunday February 23 (online).

    • Tickets for one of Ottawa’s glitziest events are now on sale. The 2025 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards rolls out the red carpet at the National Arts Centre on Saturday June 14.

    • If you have a 10 to 13 year old who loves spending time in the kitchen, sign ‘em up for the Kids Baking 101 course at Urban Element. It’s a six-hour, hands-on masterclass in red velvet cake, focaccia pizza, cruditĂ©s and dip, and more. March 10 at Corner Peach Kitchen.

    DEALS OF THE DAY

    Oh, the deals you’ll find in the Up! Pants 50% off sale. The vast majority of this womenswear is #madeincanada.
     

    BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

    Andrew King in Ottawa Rewind comes up with another cracker: ‘Finding the first permanent house in Canada’s Capital Region 
 (Gasp! Built by an American?!)’. A small cabin was built by Philemon Wright 225 years ago. King finds the (probable) location – underneath the bike path in Gatineau’s Lac Leamy Park – and says that the Wright Farm Road, which still partially exists, is the oldest road in the Ottawa Valley. 

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