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🚊 NO Train: Day 🔟

Here are today’s updates on the closure of the Confederation Line.

•  OC Transpo made a public update this afternoon:
  
  • Eight single-car trains are still planned to resume on Monday, serving every station. (No change)
  
  • Six carriages are still being re-inspected. The other 37 have already been checked. (One other is out of service). (No change)
  
  • OC Transpo and Rideau Transit Group are creating a final plan for a safe operations document.
  
  (OC Transpo)
•  Video – The CBC rode with an Orléans resident who commutes to downtown everyday. Using the R1 Rail Replacement Bus, it took two hours. (CBC)

✂️ Correction

Contrary to the inaccurate info we published yesterday, True Loaf is open on July 29th and are ‘making a lot of bread to stock up our customers before our break’. They close for a break July 30th to 9th inclusively.
 

🗳️ It’s Voting Day in Kanata – Carleton

Polls are open for the byelection for a new Member of Provincial Parliament for Kanata – Carleton. 

Here is a rundown of the candidates.

Find your polling place here. Polls are open until 9:00pm.

– Martha & Darren

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🚨 Nation River Cold Case

•  US police have arrested a Florida man over the murder of Jewell  Langford in 1975. The cold case was cracked last month when it was determined that the unidentifed body found in the Nation River in 1975 was of a missing Montréal woman. Eighty-one year-old Rodney Mervyn Nichols was an acquaintance of Langford at the time. (The Canadian Press)
  
  ➕ Related The man accused of causing the Orléans gas explosion in February is expected to plead guilty next month. Six people were sent to hospital and four houses were destroyed.

🏗️ Developments

•  The developer of a denied 16 storey building in Hintonsburg is appealing to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Developer Minto’s request to raise the height limit from six storeys was turned down by the City. The Hintonburg Community Association and the Petro Canada station across the street will be opposing Minto at the hearing, with the Association opposing the plan because it would encourage more tall buildings. We don’t know what the owner of the gas station’s problem is. The development would demolish the old Elmdale Theatre. (Kitchissippi Times)

🏎️ Stolen Cars

•  An eagle-eyed Ottawa police officer noticed a Ferrari and a Range Rover being loaded into a shipping container on Ramsayville Road, and he found some stolen cars. The Ferrari was stolen from Toronto, the Range Rover was stolen from the Peel Region. The 2010 Ford Fusion we parked on Ramsayville Road this morning still seems to be there. (CTV)

✈️ Ottawa International Airport

•  An Arnprior couple bought a return flight to Fort Lauderdale. The airline had no idea what they were talking about. The couple bought the May flights from Flair Airlines. When they showed up to fly, there was no flight and Flair staff told them there was no such flight. The airline fought the couple for two months before making a refund. (Nicole Williams at CBC)

🌪️ Tornado Tax Break

•  The City has a tax break if your property was damaged during the tornadoes on July 13. Eligible claims are for buildings that are destroyed or that need repairs that will take more than three months. Claimants are expected to be living in Barrhaven. Deadline is February 29, 2024. (City of Ottawa)
  
  ➕ Related The West Carleton Disaster Relief is looking for volunteers to help people who were flooded out fill in their Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians applications. The deadline is November 10 and some eligible people are struggling with the forms.

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Whomever is editing the Shawville Equity knows how to get links in this space: The Push, Pull and Jerk: A Short History of the Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway. Started in 1889, the PPJR served the remote and wild Québec side of the Ottawa River west of the City. The Alexander Bridge, slated for a capricious demolition in 2025, is its last remnant.

We’re just kidding about the editor of the Equity. They still need one. Comes with a cheap studio apartment, if you are interested.

We will see you tomorrow  – Martha and Darren
 

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