Wednesday September 11, 2024

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HELLO OTTAWA

  • In today's ottawan:

    → Ottawa couple to fly to Venice (Italy) via Ontario (California)

  • → It'll be here sooner than you think: 4 Thanksgiving Meal Ideas

  • → The Karsh comes back 

  • Clarification

  • An anonymous reader left a note to the ottawan in the Rapid Response poll (down at the bottom) that yesterday’s item about a 370 per cent rise in property values resulting in higher property taxes across the river in Danford Lake was misleading.

  • In (very) general terms, municipalities work out their budget for the year, then divide that up amongst property owners – they don’t set a fixed per centage on houses and then gain a windfall if property values suddenly increase. The story quoted residents who feared their taxes would increase in lockstep with the property value.

  • For example, a village with a $5 million budget should charge the same amount of property tax each year even if a $20,000 house is suddenly worth $200,000. The village can only charge more if it spends more.

  • However, this assumes all properties increase in value. If only some do, it can indeed result in a windfall for the town and higher taxes for some owners.

– Martha and Darren

WEDNESDAY DINING + DRINKING UPDATE

STATS

Number

  • 60
  • – The number of seconds a driver would be permitted to idle their car in a proposed new bylaw. The one minute time limit would be active when the temperature is between 0° and 27°; if the temperature is below 0° or above 27°, the time limit would be five minutes. The current law gives drivers three minutes when the temperature is between 5° and 27° with no limits outside that range. The fine for idling in Ottawa is $500. (Josh Pringle at CTV)

Clarendonians of the Day 

  • Ron Tubman
  • – Tubman protected 15 Blanding’s Turtle hatchlings after he noticed them on his property last June. After contacting the Québec Wildlife Ministry, the brood was transported to the Biodome in Montréal for two years of R & R, after which they will be returned to their hatching spot. Tubman says that the ‘survival rate of hatchlings can be as low as 1%’. (Pontiac Journal)

Quote

  • I wasn't happy with three flights, but now I have five

  •  Keri Oakley, who booked a trip to Venice through a travel agent, was given an Ottawa -> Toronto -> Atlanta -> Ontario, California -> San Francisco -> Frankfurt -> Venice itinery. As the travel agency won’t fix the problem, Oakley and her husband are taking the trip the long way. (Josh Pringle at CTV

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CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s going on at City Hall

Transit Commission
Thursday, September 12 at 9:30 am

  • Presentation - OC Transpo Update – Rail, Bus, and Para Transpo
  • 2024 Transit Operating and Capital Budget Q2 Status Report
  • Presentations from OC Transpo Unions in Response to Council Motion No. 2022-03/09
  • Status Update – Transit Commission Inquiries and Motions for the period ending September 3, 2024

📋 Agenda
 

French Language Services Advisory Committee
Thursday, September 12 at 6:30 pm

  • Transit Services Department and French Language Services
  • City of Ottawa Municipal Accessibility Plan Consultations
  • Overview and FLSAC Working Group Recommendations - Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services Department

📋 Agenda

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🪲 Gatineau Schools

  • Two Gatineau schools have sent home letters about cockroaches found on the premises. Euclide-Lanthier said that the creatures were found and an exterminater called. Saint-Rédempteur said that despite an exterminator visit in August, roaches were seen again and parents should examine school bags and coats. (CBC)

🌊 Rideau River dock

  • The City promised an accessible public dock on the Rideau River then decided to build one that wasn’t. The City says the dock is made for seasonal use but making it accessible would make the ramp too long, making it unfeasible to bring in for the winter. (Emma Weller at CBC)

💥 Heritage Buildings 

  • The City’s built heritage committee is recommending that three 1870s homes in Lowertown be demolished. The committee accepted the recommendation from an engineer who said that the buildings were unsalvageable, with one of them being a threat to passers-by. All three were designated heritage buildings. (Joanne Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen

💰 Monthly Rent Update

  • The average one bedroom apartment in Ottawa is now $2,044, up $20 from the month before. The same apartment is $1,736 in Gatineau. Both numbers come from August. (Josh Pringle at CTV)

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Today

  • 🆓 Doors Open for Music Southminster is back for another season of free lunchtime concerts. This week, Montréal pianist Fiona Wu plays a solo recital of J.S. Bach’s final composition, The Art of Fugue. The program begins at 12:00 pm or you can watch on YouTube. 15 Aylmer Ave at Bank, K1S 5G4

  • It looks like the weather’s going to be fabulous for CityFolk Festival, today through Sunday at the Great Lawn, Lansdowne Park. The Beaches headline the TD Stage at tonight’s opening show, with guests Softcult and Päter. Meanwhile, Hawksley Workman plays the Fasken Stage. Tickets from $58.

  • Kanata Theatre’s production of Peter Shaffer’s Lettice and Lovage opens the new season at the Ron Maslin Playhouse. Single show tickets and five-play subscriptions are available. Until September 21. 

  • UAQUE continues at the National Arts Centre.

  • ByTowne Cinema: L’étoile filante (The Falling Star), Wings of Desire, Didi

  • Mayfair Theatre: Across the River and Into the Trees, His Three Daughters, Repo Man

    Gigs

  • Jazz Nite with Woodshed. Queen St. Fare

  • Spoon. Bronson Centre

  • Drag me to Live! LIVE on Elgin

  • Supersonic Hearts Band. Atomic Rooster

  • An Evening with Daniel O’Donnell. National Arts Centre

  • Petunia & The Vipers album release. Rainbow Bistro

  • The Prime Rib Big Band. Irene’s Pub

  • Tyler Kealey’s Urban Campfire. Red Bird

  • Stick&Bow. Richcraft Theatre, Orléans

Tomorrow

  • 🆓 As part of City Sounds Live, May Davis, Mars Aspen, Kaiday, and The North River perform at Greenbank Hunt Club Centre. The music is only part of the story: you could also win prizes like a free hair cut from McGee’s Barbershop, a Relax Massage Therapy gift certificate, or a Stirring Jewelry gift bag. Arrive early and stop by the swag tent for fun merch. Plus, grab dinner from one of the food vendors on site. 250 Greenbank Road Suite 230 Nepean K2H 8X4

  • At CityFolk 2024 Festival, tonight’s headliners Greta Van Fleet are joined by Crown Lands, and Charlie Edward on the TD Stage, while Fred Eaglesmith, Jacob River Milnes, and the Tennessee Cree play the Fasken Stage.

  • No one knows what’s going to happen at Mash Up the Jam at the 2024 Ottawa Improv Jamboree; that’s because the host will give the performers their instructions only once their name is called and they’re on stage. This is edge-of-your-seat performing. Tickets are Pay What You Can with $15 as the suggested minimum.

  • This week at Hintonburg Night Market: eat, drink, relax and shop in the Urban Art Collective parking lot.

  • There are more than 30 games available to play at Art House Beats & Boards. 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm at 555 Somerset St. W.

  • FREE More games: There’s a FLINTA* games night at the Royal Oak pub at Kent and Slater. It’s free to attend but because space is limited you’ll need a reserved ticket. Arrive for six to get yourself fed, and be ready for play starting at 7:00 pm.

  • ByTowne Cinema: Nos belles-sœurs (Sisters and Neighbors!), L’étoile filante (The Falling Star), Didi

  • Mayfair Theatre: Across the River and Into the Trees, His Three Daughters, Repo Man

    Gigs

  • Shawn Phillips. Red Bird

  • Boy Golden. Club SAW

  • Ignite. The 27 Club

  • GASM. LIVE on Elgin

  • Handsome Sandwich. Overflow Brewing Company

  • Jaheema. Montgomery Scotch Lounge.

  • Art of the Duo. GigSpace

  • Karaoke Thursday. Atomic Rooster

Friday

  • Hand wipes at the ready: Bring your appetite to Orléans Ribfest and Poutine, starting today and running through Sunday at 255 Centrum Blvd in Orléans.

  • Today at CityFolk festival: Rise Against headlines the TD Stage with guests Explosions in the Sky and Soen. Cat Power Sings Dylan ’66 on the Fasken Stage, supported by Kellie Loder and Amanda Lowe Warnakulasuriya. Meanwhile, Cinno plays the Plaza at 5:00 pm.

  • Fifteen years of knitting; ninety pounds of yarn; one man’s artistic and spiritual journey. The Knitting Pilgrim is a multidisciplinary one-man show combining storytelling, image/video projection, and three huge, knitted panels that look like stained glass windows, breathtaking to behold in person. Free, but a suggested donation of $15 is suggested. 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm tonight at St. Andrew’s Church

  • 🆓 The Working on Wellness Festival brings Mental Health, Physical Health and Substance Use Health communities together as one collective to increase wellness for people living in Canada. The WOW Festival 2024 is your chance to engage with Ottawa’s wellness communities and allies, as well as support CAPSA’s #WorkingOnWellness campaign. 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at Marion Dewar Plaza (16 Avenue Laurier Ave West).

  • Every ticket sold to tonight’s Laugh with Purpose comedy show featuring headliner Bryan Hatt will support the Jordan Leigh Foundation Yuk Yuk’s Ottawa, 100 Kent St.
     
  • Capital Pop-up screens ET the Extra-Terrestrial at the Beechwood Cemetery.

  • ByTowne Cinema: Nos belles-sœurs (Sisters and Neighbors!), L’étoile filante (The Falling Star), Widow Clicquot, Drunken Cinema: Friday the 13th: The final Chapter
     

  • Mayfair Theatre: His Three Daughters, Across the River and Into the Trees, Cuckoo

    Gigs

  • The Barrow Gang. Atomic Rooster

  • Melwood Cutlery. Red Bird

  • Bad Egg. Avant-Garde Bar

  • MLNY with Jonas Brown. Rainbow Bistro

  • Smelloship. Irene’s Pub

  • The Space Wizards with The Burningtree and Aurora’s Reef. Café Dekcuf

  • Bourbon House. The Brass Monkey

  • Jeremy Dutcher. National Arts Centre

  • Richard Page. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

Long Runs

  • Cirque du Soleil ECHO continues in Gatineau until September 22.

  • The University of Ottawa created the Department of Visual Arts 50 years ago. The Ottawa Art Gallery commemorates those five decades with the exhibition Art School Confidential, until September 22.

Just Announced / Now Booking

We’re loving the summery temperatures this week but it’s our duty to tell you about some of the upcoming Fall events that need to go into your calendar.

  • Tickets for the 25th annual Biology Butterfly Show at Carleton University will go on sale Thursday September 26. The show, which is running Sunday October 5 through Sunday October 13, 2024, allows the public to stroll through the University’s greenhouse to observe more than two dozen species of butterflies from around the world. Entry is by donation and you can bet your Blue Morpho that it’s going to sell out.

  • Road Trip: Upper Canada Village takes credit for launching Canada’s first family pumpkin event way back in 2012. This year’s Pumpkinferno promises the usual ambitious number of intricately carved squashes and sculptures, photo ops and interactive displays that make this outing so memorable. September 27 through October 31 in Morrisburg, ON. Adult tickets $22 with discounts for seniors, students, and kids aged five through 12. Children four and under get in for free.

  • Closer to home, Wesley Clover Parks is once again transformed by thousands of carved pumpkins into one of our city’s favourite seasonal traditions: Pumpkins After Dark (October 10 - 31). We love a good corn or sunflower maze, but this event's 3D blacklight Monster Maze is in a class by itself. 

DEALS OF THE DAY

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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

The portrait of Winston Churchill stolen from Château Laurier has been found, in Italy.

The Ottawa Police Service says that it tracked down the photo, which had been stolen from the hotel’s lobby in August 2022 and replaced with a fake. The fake hung on the wall, undiscovered, for months.

Police have not yet said how it came to track down the portrait, but it seems that they picked it up from an art collector in Genora, who bought it at auction from Sotheby’s in London. The buyer is not suspected in any way.

the ottawan does not know if any of these past auctions are of the stolen photo but there do seem to have been quite a few editions sold in 2022.

A 43 year-old man was charged with theft, forgery, and trafficking in stolen property last April but his name is under a publication ban.

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