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• Joyce Napier
• – The journalist has been appointed as Canada’s new ambassador to the Vatican. In a 40-year career, the Italian-speaker has reported for The Canadian Press, CBC, The Globe and Mail, La Presse, Radio-Canada, and CTV and has been the only Parliamentary bureau chief for both a French and English outlet. (Toronto Star)

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• I want to win a Stanley Cup and I’m going to push this team to get to that place

• – New head coach for the Ottawa Senators Travis Green, who was officially appointed yesterday. (Faith Greco at CBC)

CITY HALL AGENDA

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

💰 Development Charges

•  The City’s Planning and Housing committee has approved charges for new developments but at less than half the rate staff originally recommended. The fee charged to new developments to pay for roads, schools, parks, sewers, etc. was originally set to increase 28 per cent but was approved at 11 per cent. Staff handwaved some math about how much growth will occur in Ottawa to come up with the 11 per cent figure. (Elyse Skura in the Ottawa Citizen)

🚗 Parking Tickets

•  City Councillor suggests that parking tickets should be sliding scale on value of the car. Capital ward coucillor Shawn Menard points out that parking tickets fines are hard on people who cannot afford it but are more like a parking fee to someone with lots of money. The City takes over parking ticket fines from the Province next year. (Arthur White-Crummey at CBC)
  
  ➕Related Menard was speaking fines based on the value of the car, but in Finland fines are a sliding scale based on income. One businessman, caught doing 65 km/h in a 50 km/h zone, was fined €54,000 ($79,645).

🛒 Shopify

•  Local mom-and-pop business Shopify has made a surprise loss in the first three months of this year. The Centretown company collected US $1.86 billion in revenue for the Jan - Mar period, an increase of US 23 per cent over the same period last year but still lost US $273 million. While still headquartered in Ottawa, chief executive Tobias Lütke has moved to Toronto and president Harley Finkelstein lives in Montréal. (Betakit)

📅 Federal Public Employees

•  Public Employee unions are livid over the three-days-in-the-office order by the Federal government. The Public Service Alliance of Canada, the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, the Association of Canadian Financial Officers, and the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada have all said that they will be filing formal complaints that the order violates the collective agreements. President of the Treasury Board, Anita Anana, says ‘A hybrid work environment is not within the collective agreements’. (CBC)

🔥 Heat Map

•  Ottawa Public Health has created a "cool map" for people to find respite after heat warnings this summer. Heat warnings are issued if the daytime temperature is at least 30° or the humidex is 40° or more. The map will include information for pools, splash pads, parks, libraries and community buildings. (CityNews) (Heat Map)

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Today

•  It could be the most intimate venue in town: On the second Thursday of each month jazz guitarist Tim Bedner and a special guest play a 90 minute set for just 35 people at GigSpace. This week Tim’s guest is double bassist John Geggie. The $20 ticket includes the beverage of your choice. 953 Gladstone Ave K1Y 3E5.

•  Canada Gems Shows’ Rock N Gem Show runs Thursday May 9 through Sunday May 12 at EY Centre. Find the beads, crystals, gems, and jewellery of your dreams. Tickets $2 at the door. 4899 Uplands Dr. K1V 2N6

•  There is only one ‘Jimi Hendrix of the pipes’ and he’s playing in Ottawa this Thursday night. Scottish piping sensation Fred Morrison is joined by Cape Breton husband and wife duo MacIsaac and MacKenzie. The show is presented by the Glengarry Pipe Band. Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, 310 St. Patrick St. K1N 5K5.

•  ByTowne Cinema: Wicked Little Letters, Ciné-Club D’Ottawa: Les Infants des Autres, Blade Runner 2049.

•  Mayfair Theatre: Problemista, Le Samouraï

  Gigs

•  Billy Boone’s Rock Review/DJ andBaritone Guitar. Avant-Garde Bar

•  Paul Anthony Roberto & Anthony John Bacon. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

•  Roddy Ellis: Moon Over the Lake. Club SAW

•  The 20th Century Boys. Rainbow Bistro

•  Thursday Night Bingo. Broadhead Brewery

•  Willi Carlisle, Aaron Jonah Lewis. Dominion Tavern

•  Legendary Scorpions Guitarist Uli Jon Roth. Overflow Brewing

•  Huu Bac Quintet. National Arts Centre

•  Red Fox, Easy Tiger, Dunberry. LiVE on Elgin

•  Root Cause, Madfolk, Just Fine. House of TARG

Tomorrow

•  Take a look at living small at the Tiny Home Show. The speaker line up covers everything from how to legally live in a tiny home in Ontario, to financing, to using your tiny home as a business, and a Q & A about real life in a tiny house. You’ll also get to tour tiny homes on site. Today through Sunday at Stanley’s Olde Maple Lane Farm, 2452 York’s Corners Road, Edwards, ON K0A 1V0
   
•  The 72nd Canadian Tulip Festival gets uderway today at Commissioners Park, Dows Lake. This year’s festival runs daily from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm until Monday May 20, with a program of guided walking tours, music, movie screenings, shopping, and food.
   
•  Take your child to see performances from across the globe at the Ottawa Children’s Festival de la Jeunesse at LeBreton Flats Park, Downtown at Arts Court, and the Canadian War Museum. Today through Tuesday May 14.
   

•  Creative Continuum 2024’s theme, GARDENING, invites participants to view our local arts community as more than an ecosystem – it is a garden requiring cooperation, intention, and care. Creative Continuum 2024 will explore topics like climate action, place-making, and creative entrepreneurship that bring together community, artists, and change-makers to generate forward-thinking, action-oriented discussions. Friday May 10 at Rideau Rockcliffe Community Resource (815 St. Laurent Blvd).

•  Southside Tap and Grill is throwing an East Coast Kitchen Party with live Celtic music and authentic food like Halifax Donairs, Crab Cakes, and Lobster Rolls. 4 Lorry Greenberg Drive. K1G 5H6

•  Ottawa chamber choir Seventeen Voyces will perform Music of Hungary, with selections by Zoltan Kodaly and Bela Bartok. The choir will be joined by guest organist Matthew Larkin and Bulgarian/Canadian violinist Ralitsa Tcholakova. Tickets $30 for adults, $20 for students. Parish of Saint Francis of Assisi, 20 Fairmont Ave, K1Y 2K2

•  ByTowne Cinema: Wicket Little Letters, Evil Does Not Exist, One Life, Princess Mononoke (subtitled)

•  Mayfair Theatre: Irena’s Vow, Common Ground, Femme

  Gigs

•  4DAYWKND, Charlie Elder. Rainbow Bistro

•  In-Between The Masses, BirdDog, Perfect Nobody. Avant-Garde Bar

•  Shutdown Friday. Nuvo Lounge

•  Factory Friday with Kris Tin, SyvyL and T-23. City at Night

•  The Golden Egg Band with Special Guests. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  Distortion (90s - Now Rock Dance Party). LIVE on Elgin

•  Battle Beast, Blackbriar, Sovereign Council. The Brass Monkey

Saturday

•  Parkdale Market turns an incredible 100 years old this Saturday. Catch the opening ceremonies starting at 1:00 pm. 366 Parkdale Ave. K1Y 1G6

•  Road Trip: Cold Bear Brewing in Arnprior welcomes Stray Dog, Beyond the Pale, and Flora Hall to the taproom for West Fest, a celebration of West Coast IPAs. DJ Davey will spin the tunes. 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm at 100 Madawaska Blvd, Arnprior ON K7S 1S7

•  The 80s are alive again at Bar Robo’s The Underground! All the decade’s best genres will be represented, from New Wave to alternative rock. Queen St. Fare 170 Queen St. K1P 5E1.

•  Fill your garden with native plants and shrubs care of the members of Gloucester Horticultural Society. The annual Plant Sale opens at 9:00 am and will go until noon or until the plants have sold out. Payment by cash or eTransfer only. Orléans Fruit Farm, 1399 St. Joseph Blvd.

•  The Vineyard Spring Market at Domine Perrault Winery in Navan is a little bit extra: enjoy Spring sangria, circus entertainment by Cirquonscient, and one-of-a-kind shopping.10:00 am to 4:00 pm at 1000 Perrault Road, K4B 0B2.

•  Ottawa Youth Film Festival is a brand new initiative created by two high school students with support by Youth Ottawa, Sol One Productions, and Hot Shoe Productions. You'll see films by 15-24 year olds from across the city, a half time show with local musicians, and prize giving. From 11:30 am at the Mayfair Theatre (1074 Bank St, K1S 3X3).

•  The 2024 Children’s Festival de la Jeunesse brings storytellers and performers from across the globe to Arts Court, LeBreton Flats, and the Canadian War Museum. Until Tuesday.

•  Be garden-ready with the Crichton Community Council’s New Edinburgh Garden Sale. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Fieldhouse, 203 Stanley Ave. K1M 1P3

•  613Flea is back with 150 vendors at Aberdeen Pavilion, Lansdowne Park from 10:00 am to 4:00pm. Admission is free.

•  ByWard Market’s Outdoor Market Season officially opens. Shop today and tomorrow at 55 ByWard Market Square.

•  ByTowne Cinema: Ponyo (English dubbed), K-Cinema: Concrete Utopia, Evil Does Not Exist, Prince of Darkness

•  Mayfair Theatre: Ottawa Youth Film Festival, Irena’s Vow, The Room, Saturday Night Sinema.

  Gigs

•  Angelina Hunter. Atomic Rooster

•  Melissa Payne, Nicholas Campbell. Red Bird

•  Anitsocial Surf Club. LIVE on Elgin

•  Ill Scarlet, Double Experience, Growing Fires. The Brass Monkey

•  The Power Goats vinyl release party. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  Moonfruits, Taylor Abraham. Art House Café

•  Desert Island Big Band, Zeelle, Hannah Vig. Rainbow Bistro

•  The Salt Cellars. Avant- Garde Bar

Just Announced / Now Booking

• The 4th annual Stittsville Family Bike Ride (Sunday June 9) is a 4K route along the Trans Canada Trail.

• Registration is open for Green Needle’s Summer Sewing Camp for Kids in August. Full and part time options are available.

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