Franco-Ontarian Day + Deluge of wasps

Monday, 25 September 2023

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OTTAWA STATS

Number

3:51:42
– The official time Kitchissippi resident Mayor Mark Sutcliffe took to run the Berlin marathon yesterday. He beat his Ottawa Marathon time by just under 17 minutes. (Ted Raymond at CTV)

Ottawan of the Day

HMCS Carleton
– The ship’s complement, if not the ship itself, exercised their right to the Freedom of the City last Saturday. Granted the Freedom of the City in 1980, the members of HMCS Carleton paraded in front of City Hall. HMCS Carleton is based (checks notes) next to Dow’s Lake and is in fact a building used for training and not a boat. (The Ottawa Citizen)

Quote

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‘We have three traps and they fill up fast we actually put some of the strawberry lemonade in there because the wasps enjoy it as much as the customers do’
– ByWard Market Beavertail stand operator Andy Cullen, reacting to the deluge of wasps in Ottawa. An expert says the continued warm weather has kept the wasps alive and seeking food despite their home nests no longer needing them. (Tyler Fleming at CTV)

Sports

🏈 CFL Ottawa RedBlacks 36 – Saskatchewan RoughRiders 28 last Friday
⚽ CPL Atlético Ottawa 0 – Winnipeg Valour 1 last night
🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 3 – Toronto Maple Leafs 2 last night

CITY HALL AGENDA

What’s coming up tomorrow at City Hall.

Community Services Committee
Tuesday, September 26 at 9:30 am

Ottawa Community Housing Corporation mortgage refinancing 2023-24
Community Partnership Capital Grant Programs annual report
Commemorative naming proposal – Roger Michels Volleyball Court
Commemorative naming proposal – Victor Cyr Woods
Commemorative naming proposal – Lt. Col. Roland Ashman Park
Commemorative naming proposal – Dr. O.B. Wilson Park
Status update – Community Services Committee inquiries and motions for the period ending September 8, 2023

📋 Agenda

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🦆 Swimming

The Savvy Mom website has reckoned that these are the six best places for swimming lessons in Ottawa.

• Go Capital Artistic Swim Club for synchronized swimming

• Hippo in the Bathtub has salt water pools

• Carleton Athletics for certificates and for para swimming

• Dovercourt has a warmer pool

• City of Ottawa for convenience, but also a wave pool

• Soloway Jewish Community Centre has the only salt-water four lane 25 metre pool in Ottawa

(Amanda DeGrace at Savvy Mom)

🚑 Carp Fair

A competitor at the Carp Fair was taken to hospital yesterday after being kicked in the head by a 1,300 lb bull. The 30 year-old man’s condition is considered serious. (Bruce Deachman in the Ottawa Citizen)

🛻 Convoy on Trial

Convoy co-organizers Chris Barber and Tamara Lich are currently on trial for their parts in the Convoy siege. We’ll mention when something interesting happens.

Serge Arpin, the chief of staff to Ottawa’s former mayor, was on the stand. He testified how City Council changed a bylaw that permitted vehicles to idle in cold weather from 5° to -15° on Feb 9 in hopes of making the demonstration come to an end. He also testified that the City made an application for an injuction without telling the Convoy’s lawyers.

The trial is now on break until after Thanksgiving. The lawyer for the defence does not want to set a new date until the Crown has an accurate idea of how long the trial will take. (Laura Osman in the Canadian Press)
The Ottawa Citizen is liveblogging the trial.

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EVENTS

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Today

The City of Ottawa will celebrate Franco-Ontarian Day with an official flag raising at City Hall. 9:00 am to 9:30 am at the Elgin Street entrance to the Heritage building.

There will be another flag raising at the Carré de la Francophone de Vanier. 5:00 pm.

➕ Related: Ottawa Public Library shares a list of reading resources to mark Franco-Ontarian day.
We Were So Far Away: The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools exhibition opens in the Canal Lobby Stage at the National Arts Centre. The free exhibition tells the stories of eight survivors of Inuit Residential Schools, with words and personal - as well as historical - photographs. Until September 30.
It’s Monday Night Salsa at Mill St. Brew Pub. Start with a beginner workshop at 6:00 pm and then dance the night away.

Music
Leslie Rohonczy Book Release and Live Performance. Rainbow Bistro
Bluegrass Mondays. Red Bird Live
Lazy Lung and 4 Track Pilsner. LIVE on Elgin
The Telegrams. Irene’s Pub
Matt Holubowski. Salle Odyssée - Maison de la culture de Gatineau
Mehdi Cayenne. Collège Catholique Samuel-Genest

Tomorrow

Fed up transit riders are meeting at City Hall’s Marion Dewar Plaza for Transit Rally: We’re Done Waiting! 11:30 am to 2:00 pm. The event is organised by Free Transit Ottawa, Ottawa Transit Riders, Horizon Ottawa, and Ecology Ottawa.
The 6th Ottawa Korean Film Festival opens with a screening of director KIM Seong-hun’s recently released feature Ransomed. Free at the Ottawa Art Gallery, but a ticket must be reserved.
Synapcity presents a Session on Youth Engagement, at which organizations that work to increase youth engagement within their communities will update participants on their programs. Youth4Youth, Ottawa Youth Engagement Committee, Youth Action Now, and Smart Youth Network Initiative will all take part. 5:30 pm at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre.
Musicians: familiarise yourself with the workings of a recording studio at Digital Arts Resource Centre. The In-Person Orientation Recording Studio is open to a maximum of five participants, to give everyone the best learning experience.
It’s the Prescott’s turn to hold a Taylor Swift trivia night. Bring your gang of Swifties and get ready to compete for prizes and, let’s face it, glory. Doors open at 6:30 pm at 379 Preston St.

Music
7th Annual TAConf Music Jam. Rainbow Bistro
Themed Open Stage: Hits from the Early 2000s. Red Bird Live
Lowertown Full Band Karaoke. Lowertown Brewery
Yaima. Churchill Recreation Center

Wednesday

Doors Open for Music at Southminster presents singing duo Madeline Hildebrand and Caitlin Broms-Jacobs. Noon at Southminster United Church, 15 Aylmer Ave.
The Human Library, a concept that originated in Demark more than 20 years ago, is a unique opportunity to spend 20 minutes “reading” a human with a story to tell. The reader chooses a human book from the list, and spends 20 minutes asking questions and learning about the experiences of the "book". Free at the Ottawa Public Library from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Sanctuary, the second screening of the Ottawa Korean Film Festival, tells the story of a zoo head who dreams of transforming his workplace into the nation’s first animal sanctuary. The free screening takes place at the Korean Cultural Centre at 150 Elgin St, but you must reserve a ticket.
Goethe Institut will screen the short films of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the DARC Microcinema, Arts Court.
Ottawa Architecture Week’s Movie Night is a double bill of Asteroid City (6:30 pm) and Blade Runner 2049 (9:00 pm). Get on the Guest List here.
Find authentic happiness through inner peace at the Kadampa Meditation Centre’s Training in Happiness series. Tonight’s topic: The happiness that comes from sharing in others' happiness. Free at Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar St.

Music
I’ve Got a Diabolus in Me. Avant-Garde Bar
Celtic Celebration featuring Anna Ludlow Music. Red Bird Live
Garrett Warner. Montgomery Scotch Lounge
Street Justice and Salem Trials. Dominion Tavern

Just Announced / Now Booking

Passes for the 2024 Music and Beyond Summer Festival are now on sale. Buying a pass means no extra charge at the festival concerts, and a pass will also get you a discount on premium events throughout 2024.

DEALS OF THE DAY

Flower to the People are offering a Thanksgiving pre-order sale on arrangements for your table or as hostess gifts. Use the code TG23 and get 15% off hand tied or a vase arrangements in four different sizes.

BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

You might need to visit your local cannabis outlet first or sit back and swirl a cognac for this one. Ross Arnold at The Silver Seven has written this polemic: A Postmodern Analysis of the Ottawa Senators, asking such questions as: what is Ottawa? What is a Senator? Are the Sens are actually flamingos in realistic body suits? Far out, man.

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