Friday, November 17 2023

Today

🌧️ Moderate rain
High 14° Low 1°
🌞 7:04 am🌛4:31 pm

Tomorrow

☀️ Clear sky
High 4° Low -2°
🌞 7:05 am🌛4:30 pm

 

HELLO OTTAWA

The National Capital Commission looks like it is playing games.

It is inviting the public to attend a discussion called ‘Reviving urban spaces with playful design’ and has engaged four experts in ‘public art and playful design’.

Registration is required, either for the limited amount of in-person seats at Urbanism Lab on Elgin or to watch the live video on Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 6:30 pm.

 

Christmas Gift Guide

We're busily putting it together again but we would love your suggestions to ensure we don't miss something great. Food items are always popular; services which offer gift certificates are good, too. Physical items are the platonic ideal, and thus the hardest to find. 

Send your nominations for a locally made item to 'giftguide@theottawan.com'.

– Martha and Darren

TODAY’S LINE UP

  •  Ottawa Stats
  •  City Hall Agenda
  •  What Ottawa is Talking About
  •  Events
  •  Deals of the Day

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OTTAWA STATS

Number 

  • $2,000
  • – The fine levied on a Kanata landlord for bad faith evictions, which has been sent to a collection agency. Since 2020, 13 landlords across Ontario have been fined but only four have paid. (Olivia Bowden at CBC) (Donate)

Ottawan of the Day

  • Jody Larose
  • –  The experienced non-profit executive has been appointed as the new executive director of the Ottawa Jazz Festival. (Ottawa Jazz Festival)

Quote 

  • “
  • Transit projects, I don’t think they necessarily lend themselves to that model

  • – Matthew Slade, vice-president of rail operations with construction giant EllisDon, during a panel entitled ‘How did Ottawa’s LRT project go off the rails?’ at the P3 conference in Toronto. Public – Private Partnerships are not right fit for every project, he said. (Angela Gismondi in Daily Commercial News)

 

Sports

  • 🏒NHL Ottawa Senators 5 – Detroit Red Wings 4 last night

CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall.
 

The Built Heritage Committee was scheduled to meet Monday but that meetinng has now been cancelled.

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🥇 Carleton University

  •  Carleton University has retained its title of ‘Top Canadian Employer’ for 2024. The annual survey, which includes both private and public organizations and companies, judges on (1) Workplace; (2) Work Atmosphere & Social; (3) Health, Financial & Family Benefits; (4) Vacation & Time Off; (5) Employee Communications; (6) Performance Management; (7) Training & Skills Development; and (8) Community Involvement. (Carleton University) (Canada's Top 100
    Employers
    )

🚨 Dragonfly Festival

  •  The founder of last summer’s Dragonfly Festival in Wakefield is awaiting trial for assault and forcible confinement of a woman. David Schubert says the Festival was a media stunt to promote his ventures company, and all was going well until his ‘bad press’. (Gary Dimmock in the Ottawa Citizen)

🚊 O Train

  •  Nine trains have been successfully tested for the Stage 2 south O-Train extensions. The test was conducted on Line 2, between Bayview and Limebank stations and on Line 4, between South Keys and Airport stations. Line 2 is scheduled to open next spring. (William Eltherington at CTV

 

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EVENTS

The event submission form seems to be broken. Email your events to us at ‘events@theottawan.com’ while we fix it.

 

Correction: 613Flea’s final market of the season is at Aberdeen Pavilion, Lansdowne Park tomorrow, and not the Fieldhouse at Carleton University, as we wrote in yesterday’s newsletter. We apologise for the error. 613 Flea is holding a Christmas Market at the Fieldhouse Dec 2 and 3.
 

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Just Announced / Now Booking

  •  Raise funds for the Snowsuit Fund and enjoy an intimate dinner from Beckta at home, at the same time. Dinner Party-in-a-Box includes everything you need for a special evening for two: cocktails, wine, and a Middle Eastern-inspired menu. The meal is available November 25 only. $300.
     
  •  The 3rd annual Pibòn [Winter] Festival is a celebration of Indigenous crafts, performance, and traditions, with workshops, food, and a marketplace suitable for the whole family. December 2 and 3. 
     
  •  Ottawa Art Gallery’s Hungry Eyes Experiential Film Series Fundraiser combines two of our favourite things: film and food. There are limited tickets for this special fundraising event, which includes a 3-course meal created by the Chefs at Norca Restaurant & Bar, a movie admission (your choice of Julie & Julia or It’s a Wonderful Life), two craft beverages, popcorn, and the chance to win door prizes. $145 (+ tax) per person, choose a date between December 10 and December 21.
     
  •  Tickets and passes to the 2023 Digi60 Filmmakers Festival (December 15-17) programme of screenings, workshops, and panels are now on sale.
     
  •  Prison Dancer: The Musical is a retelling of the 2007 viral video from a Filipino prison. Family friendly with an R&B, pop, and house soundtrack.

DEALS OF THE DAY

The Mesa tabletop fire pit by Solo Stove is on special: Buy One, Get One Half Off. (They call it the Black Fireday deal, geddit?)

It’s a Kona Bolt Blowout at Mad About Patchwork. 14 yard bolts are $150.

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

The Sens have been playing in Sweden this week. Last night’s last minute game winning goal against Detroit demonstrates that Tim Stützle could have a decent career in baseball as well if he so wanted.

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