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It’s time to Pick Your Own Strawberries. 

•  Shouldice Farms in Barrhaven, Bells Corners, Nepean, and Richmond are open 8:00 am to 8:00 pm weather permitting.
•  Foster Family Farm Friday and Saturday 7:00 am to 6:00 pm. Closed Sunday. Cash preferred.
•  Orléans Fruit Farm Friday 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, Saturday  and Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
•  Rideau Pines Farm Friday 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
•  Millers Farm, Market, and Garden Centre with wagon rides to and from the strawberry fields from 9:30 am to 4:15 daily
•  Richmond Nursery Greenhouses and Farm Daily 8:00 am to 4:00 pm except Sunday (9:00 am to 4:00 pm)
•  Rochon Gardens Friday 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Saturday 7:00am to 6:00 pm Sunday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm

• Correction
• Reader Scott wrote us and pointed out that we screwed up yesterday’s item about new cocktail bar Bar Ocelli’s aim to be on Canada’s Best Bar list. Most egregiously, we said that Ottawa had not made the list in seven years. Scott points out Sidecar on Preston Street made the list in 2023, a feat made possible by then-Sidecar-bartender Witek Wojaczek, owner of Bar Ocelli.
• – Martha and Darren

Ottawan of the Day

• Laura Byrne Paquet
• – The publisher of the fabulous Ottawa Road Trips newsletter has been awarded second prize in the cultural/historical story category at the recent Travel Media Association of Canada awards. Byrne Paquet won for her story on suffragist Matilda Joslyn Gage and the museum devoted to her in Syracuse, published on the BBC Travel website.

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• I am concerned if our concept is to build kind of a two-tiered support system where if you're new to Canada you're going to live in a tent

• – Barrhaven West ward councillor David Hill on the City’s plan to house refugees and asylum seekers in two ‘sprung structure’ tents of 150 beds each. (Arthur White-Crummey at CBC) 

Sports

• ⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 9 – New England Knockouts 8 last night

CITY HALL AGENDA

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

🚨 Ottawa City Council

•  A man has been charged with threatening a City Councillor because she is Francophone. Rideau-Vanier ward councillor Stéphanie Plante received a series of threatening emails from a person who provided their contact details and specifically mentioned that she was Francophone. A 47 year-old man has been charged with uttering threats and harassment. (Nathan Fung at CBC)

🛻 Convoy News

•  A medical resident who promoted himself as a licensed doctor to Convoy participants has been suspended. During the Convoy occupation, Jeremiah Hadwen set up a clinic for participants, charging fees and accepting donations for medical procedures that he was not authorized to give. (David Fraser at CBC)

✏️ Commemorative Names

•  The Community Services Committee has approved a new policy for naming, and renaming, streets, buildings, and parks. The new policy would create a new committee that would receive suggestions that recognize local residents, local groups, significant events. Names recommended by the Anishinabe Algonquin nation will be prioritized as will names recognizing those ‘who have experienced systematic barriers that exclude them from full participation and benefits in social, economic and political life, including Indigenous Peoples, Racialized People, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQQIA+, Francophones,
  and Women’. The full council will need to approve the policy for it to go into effect. (Arthur White-Crummey at CBC) (The Policy)

🚨 Ottawa Police Service

•  The Ottawa Police Service is renewing calls for information on an unsolved 2017 murder outside Rideau Street nightclub. Ashton Dickson was shot in front of as many as a dozen people after an altercation at Mingle Bar in 2017. There is currently a $75,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Police ask for anyone with information to call 613 236 1222 ext 5477 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1 800 222 8477. (William Eltherington at CTV)

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Today

•  The Log Farm is open Thursdays through Sundays for family fun, and they’ve added more kids’ activities on weekends. Head to the Kids Barn this weekend for a Dinosaur themed suite of activities.

•  The Ottawa Arts Council and Arts Network Ottawa are joining forces for their Annual General Meetings tonight. The merger will be discussed before the AGMs, and attendees will see the unveiling of the organizational model for the new Arts Service Organization. Anyone can attend the AGMs, however you must be a member to vote. 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm at Great Canadian Theatre Company, 1233 Wellington St W. K1Y 0G7

•  Ottawa Jazz Festival highlights: Huntertones, The Lake Street Dive, Gabi Hartmann.

•  Enjoy comedy on land and water at the Comedy Cabaret Cruise. 588 Hog’s Back Road.

•  FREE Who knows what you’ll see at the Stittsville Porch Fest concert series, where residents are encouraged to perform live music for the benefit of strolling walkers and cyclists from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The event is also collecting donations for Royal Ottawa Place.

•  The NAC Orchestra brings the Jurassic Park musical score to life during screenings of the 1993 film. Until June 29.

•  That big top tent at 1200 St Laurent is the home of Cirque Italia’s Water Circus Gold show, in residence from today through July 7.

•  ByTowne Cinema: Thelma, Cinema Slumber Party: Clueless, Robot Dreams

•  Mayfair Theatre: The Great Escaper, Challengers, Mad Max: Fury Road (Black and Chrome edition)

  Gigs

•  Release the Bats! Goth party. Cafe Dekcuf

•  Steel Cut Oats, Sleepy Kicks, Sunny Spot. Avant-Garde bar

•  Multicultural Celebration Day with Miguel de Armas & friends. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

•  The Dive Tones, Petty Cache, James Gibson, abby m boquet. Rainbow Bistro

•  Irene’s Thursday Blues Sessions with Guest Host Jeff Rixx Graham

•  They Grieve, Grandmother, Loversteeth. House of TARG

•  Hans! With Lizard the Bird, Les Gaustises. LIVE on Elgin

Tomorrow

•  Ottawa Quad Rollerskating Club’s regular indoor skate evening rolls into Norm Fenn Gym at Carleton U. 1125 Colonel By Drive, K1S 5B6. From $9.31 per person.
   
•  Get down with Funky Monks, Ottawa’s Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute band. They’ll be at Overflow Brewing, with hard rockers Dead Air Republic opening.
   

•  Ottawa Jazz Festival highlights: Ches Smith and We All Break, Laufey, Butcher Brown

• The NAC Orchestra brings the Jurassic Park musical score to life during screenings of the 1993 film. Until June 29.

•  Road trip: Head on down to Brockville for the hydroplane races and nightly entertainment at 1000 Islands Regatta & Festival. Canadian legends 54-40 headline tonight.

•  Jabulani Vineyard & Winery’s Foodie Friday features one of Ottawa’s best loved food trucks: Angry Dragonz. 8005 Jock Trail, Richmond K0A 2Z0 

• That big top tent at 1200 St Laurent is the home of Cirque Italia’s Water Circus Gold show, in residence from today through July 7.

•  ByTowne Cinema: The Great Escaper, Hit Man, Tuesday, Drunken Cinema: Cursed

•  Mayfair Theatre: Challengers, Thelma, Big Shark

  Gigs

•  Audrey Saparno, Val d’Avalon. The Shed

•  Ryan King. Broadhead Brewing

•  Leeny and the Boys, Mr. Power, emmersonHall. Irene’s Pub Restaurant

•  80s Dance Party. House of TARG

•  The HIRS Collective, Jetsam, Crisis Party, Hyperserx Banshee, Reaching Needles. Dominion Tavern

•  Friday Night Live Music with Liam O’Connor, Ben Rutz, Michel Delage. Fresco’s Tap & Grill

•  Samuel Cousineau Trio. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

•  Encephalon, ooluu, Line, Lilith. Cafe Dekcuf

•  Kasador, A Short Walk to Pluto, Juventud. Rainbow Bistro

Saturday

•  Dance your disco loving heart out to the live sounds of Starfire. Get down from 8:00 pm. 50 O'Connor St, Ottawa, ON K1A 1M6
   

•  Ottawa Jazz Festival highlights: Norah Jones, Ulysses Owens Jr & Generation Y, Jazz at the Castle with Ottawa’s Peter Hum.

•  Bourbon, Beer, and BBQ have the starring roles at Summer Spirits Festival in Clarence-Rockland.

•  Ever salsa’d on open water? Now’s your chance. The Latin Boat Cruise will have DJs, drinks specials, and good times.
   

•  Club SAW welcomes Saravah Brazilian Festival this weekend. The celebration of Brazilian culture, music, and food and drink runs through Canada Day (Monday).

•  Bank Street in Centretown comes alive with house music at the White Rabbit Block Party, outdoors from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm and then inside at City at Night for late night partying.

•  Ottawa Street Markets are open as usual this weekend. Visit the Alta Vista market today from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at St. Thomas Church, 2345 Alta Vista Dr.

•  Combine day dancing and vintage shopping with Ooh Fest, Fly Market and Solé, today through Monday on York St at the ByWard Market and Skylounge.

•  Sing a Sea Shanty is back at Beyond the Pale Brewing. The ByTown Sea Shanty Collective leads the singing, and lyrics will be distributed.

•  See films from Brazil, Peru, and Uruguay at the Latin American Film Festival.

•  ByTowne Cinema: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (English Dubbed), Fancy Dance, Hit Man, Don’t Go Into the … Series: Blair Witch Project

•  Mayfair Theatre: Challengers, Thelma, Rock ’n’ Roll High School, Saturday Night Sinema

  Gigs

•  Retro Funk Party. House of TARG

•  The Empties, Noise Hotel. Rainbow Bistro

•  Dee-Tee Live in Ottawa. LIVE on Elgin

•  AnjChito. Montgomery Scotch Lounge

Just Announced / Now Booking

•  Ottawa’s urban dance studio, Flava Factory, is taking registrations for the summer session July 15- August 29. Meanwhile, if you want a taster, drop by the studio from July 8 to 12 when all classes will be $5.
   
•  🆓 The Thai Street Food Festival is coming. Taste authentic dishes, check out the performances and maybe even experience a “blissful” Thai Massage. Sunday July 7 at the Horticulture Building, Lansdowne Park. 1525 Princess Patricia Way, K1S 3W

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