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NUMBER

• 77

• The number of ‘impaired driver caught here’ signs that the Ottawa Police Service placed around the City during last month’s campaign against drunk driving.

• Roland Michener Drive and Earl Grey Drive had the most signs place, at five each.

• – Adam Beauchemin at CTV

OTTAWAN OF THE DAY

• Ann Laubstein

• Laubstein has just received her fifth university degree after she was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Mental Health from Carleton University.

• At 85, this was the first time that she decided to attend the ceremony in person; her previous Bachelors, Masters, and PhD degrees were sent to her in the post.

– Abyssinia Abebe in the Ottawa Citizen

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• I needed to go to a place where nobody knows me

– Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade describing to Tom Power on CBC on how she escaped the hassle of teen pop-star fame in 2007 by hiding out in Ottawa.

– Sabina Wex at CBC

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THE DAILY POLL

Will you follow the Charge to the Canadian Tire Centre?

🔘 Yes, I’ll follow the Charge to the ends of the Earth!

🔘 No, it’s too remote/too difficult for travelling by transit

🔘 No, it’s too big – the charm was the intimate arena

🔘 Anything that makes Lansdowne 2.0 look bad gets support from me

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  Previously in OTTAWAN polls:

• Is closing streets in front of schools a good idea?

  • 62% Yes, it creates a safe zone for kids to congregate and stops cars congregating

  • 9% No, it’s just more war of car nonsense

  • 19% I’d be in favour of extending closed roads even further down the street

  • 10% I’d prefer that we pick-up and drop-off at the school door like a valet service

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    Commentary

▪️ “If Ford hadn’t done away with Speed Cameras things would be a lot safer. With the elimination of bus monitors more parents will be driving their kids, thus more cars and more mayhem. Two very bad decisions.”

▪️ “I feel like closing the street in front of the school may just push the issue further down the street. We should try Bike Buses or actually funding the bus system.”

▪️ “Well we wouldn’t have had to create street safety zones if our tool at the helm of this province didn’t remove speed cameras in school zones.”

▪️ “Hear me out here — drive-in schools. Like a drive-in theatre, but education! Eh? Ehhhh?”

▪️ “It is a good concept but may not be practical if the school is on an arterial or main road, with no obvious place for thru traffic to be redirected.”

▪️ “What plans are there to make it easier and safer for children to walk/bike to school? Why are people driving their children to school in the first place? Maybe they should put in ‘No Stopping’ zones for two blocks in every direction around the school.”

▪️ “Absolutely it is! More kids should be walking/ biking to school for their health & the environment so this should happen at every school, not just two.”

▪️ “Yes!!! There have been too many accidents and fatalities this year alone. As a teacher, it feels like we have to fight to explain why our pickup procedure is so regimented but it's all for student safety.”

▪️ “A street closed to traffic is a street opened to people. Paris has created more than 300 rue aux écoles, and for good reasons.”

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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR

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FRIDAY

• Witness the heroic efforts of competitive teams in the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival today through Sunday at Mooney's Bay Park.(Mooney’s Bay) 

• Friday’s programming at Ottawa Jazz Festival begins with free shows by Finely Tuned Elephant, Capital City Stompers, and Deniz Lim-Sersanat. Ticketed programming includes GeminiCrab, Ottawa's own Angelique Francis Band, Becka Stevens Trio, Big Smoke Brass, Toronto ensemble BadBadNotGood, Takuya Kuroda, Larnell Lewis Band ft. Joy Lapps, and late night music from John Geggie, Roddy Ellias & Nick Fraser. 

• Road Trip: Visit one of the cutest intersections in the region at the Burnstown Farmers Market Opening Day. 

• Amashowza Fridays at Metcalfe Plaza will happen rain or shine, so come ready to dance no matter what the weather. (Centretown) 

• It’s West Coast Swing and Lindy Hop Crossover Night at Ottawa Swing Dance Society's regular social. (Sandy Hill) 

• Pick up some new fits for your wardrobe at the June supportHER sale by Dress for Success Ottawa, Today’s event from noon to 7:00 pm is ticketed ($40), tomorrow's is free. (Tunney's Pasture) 

• Queers and Beers is raising money for Bruce House, the local charity that provides housing and support to people living with HIV in Ottawa. Queen St Fare hosts the tonight’s event, which will feature delicious local beer, and reps from National Capital Pride Run will be available to help you register for this year's run on August 29. 

• The Gloucester Night Market is like a block party with local artisans and vendors. (Gloucester)

• Paper Moon Theatre’s run of Rock of Ages continues at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa (Gloucester) 

• The Ottawa Ukulele Social at Wise Town Café is a beginner-friendly, intimidation-free session to learn a couple of chords and chill with good vibes. (Downtown) 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema; Le Chant des forêts (Whispers in the Woods), The Sheep Detectives, La Femme la plus riche du monde (The Richest Woman in the World), Limited Edition: Tank Girl  

• Mayfair Theatre: Tuner, A Private Life, The Room 

Gigs

• Night of Alleged Noise Crimes. Avant-Garde Bar

• The Disconnect. Dominion Tavern

• Faux Confessions. The Carleton TavernCloud City. Stray Dog Brewing Co

SATURDAY

• 🆓 Ottawa Jazz Festival begins with free shows today. First,  catch the Youth Series of student and community ensembles at 10:00 am. Then, at 2:00 pm and 3:10 pm Woods & Gummeson Quartet reimagines the music of Nat King Cole in front of the Dining Hall at CF Rideau Centre. At 4:30 pm jazz pianist Nic Code plays the Fairmont Château Laurier. (Downtown)

• 🆓 Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival offers the chance to experience Indigenous culture and traditions up close. The Celebration Stage will run more than 12 hours of programming while the competitive Pow Wow will include dance and drumming sessions, which will have competitors taking home $100,000 in prizes. Elsewhere, meet members of Madahòkì Farm’s rare and endangered herd of Ojibwe Spirit Horses. Culinary experiences and a drone show round out the programming. Continues tomorrow at Wesley Clover Parks. 

• Road Trip: Plane spotters and everyone else are welcome at the Arnprior Annual Fly-In Breakfast at the Arnprior Airport. Fly, drive, or walk and spend a mere $10 on breakfast ($5 for kids under 10). Cash only. (Arnprior) 

• 🆓 Teams will compete in five ‘dry’ and five ‘wet’ rounds at the 114th Annual Eastern Ontario Firefighter Games in Pakenham.  

• Pollinator Appreciation Day at Fletcher Wildlife Garden is only four hours but the list of experts, vendors, events, and crafts on offer, all promoting the love of Pollinator plants, is impressive. (Prince of Wales Drive near Arboretum) 

• 🆓 The Our Third Place Ottawa Community will meet in Strathcona Park to Paint Rocks & Make Friends. (Sandy Hill)  

• Road Trip: Rideau Paddlefest celebrates the Rideau river with Voyageur Canoe races and activities for the family. (Smiths Falls)  

• Shop the Ottawa Mystic Market Summer Solstice edition at Next Door (Little Italy)  

• Stop at the interactive stations during Ottawa Italian Week Grand Finale Weekend. (Little Italy)  

• Paid programming at Ottawa Jazz Festival begins with the Peter Hum Sextet, followed by Joe Farnsworth's Big Room Quartet, Jermaine Holmes, Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, The Soul Rebels, and Late Night Jamming with John Gregg, Roddy Ellis, and Nick Fraser. (Downtown) 

• Witness the heroic efforts of competitive teams in the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival today through Sunday at Mooney's Bay Park.(Mooney's Bay) 

• It’s curation-free and 100% of the ticket sales go back to the artists: Welcome to the Ottawa Fringe Festival, which fills all of Arts Court's theatre spaces, nooks, and crannies June 18 - 28. 

• Paper Moon Theatre's run of Rock of Ages continues at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa (Gloucester)

• The businesses participating in the Wellington St. West Vintage Crawl will have special deals, services, and activities as well as their collections of preloved clothing and housewares.(Wellington Village) 

• Anyone can fish in Ontario’s waters without a licence this weekend.

🥕 Farmer’s Markets

•  Alta Vista 

• Kanata 

• Main Street 

• Westboro 

• Cumberland

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Le Chant des forêts (Whispers in the Woods), The Sheep Detectives, Summer Solstice: Midsommar Director's Cut 

• Mayfair Theatre: A Private Life, Raging Bull 

Gigs

• Paul Weber Band. Rainbow Bistro

• Stephen Hamm Theremin Man., The Flaps, Wax Mannequin, Paraphonique. House of TARG

• Katie and Konah. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa

• Wintersleep. Bronson Centre

• Les Ismore, Fantomfez, Chaös, Afraid of Grace. Avant-Garde Bar

SUNDAY

• It’s curation-free and 100% of the ticket sales go back to the artists: Welcome to the Ottawa Fringe Festival, which fills all of Arts Court's theatre spaces, nooks, and crannies June 18 - 28. Expect the unexpected and be the first in your circle to discover the shows and artists pushing boundaries. 

• The Sunday programming at Ottawa Jazz Festival starts with a free show by the Seaborn Sisters at Level 2 of CF Rideau Centre in front of the Dining Hall. Next, book the Conversation with the Grateful Dead's Legacy Manager and Archivist David Lemieux at the NAC's Azrieli Studio. At 6:30 pm: Brandon Woody's Upendo appears at the NAC's Fourth Stage and Bob James at the Main Stage in Confederation Park. ADHD and Dálava round out the NAC shows, while Hiromi's Sonicwonder and Leenalchi bring the Confederation Park programming to a close. Wander in to 1 Elgin restaurant for tonight’s Late Night Jamming featuring John Geggie, Roddy Elias, and Nick Fraser. 

• It’s Indigenous Day at Ottawa Rapid vs AFC Toronto.  

• Time is running out to register for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ottawa Pickleball Festival in Orléans. 

• You’ll probably have a busy Sunday no matter what you get up to. Grab some dinner from one of the food trucks at Father’s Day Nepean Night Market (1442 Baseline Road) 

• Watch the footy at Heart & Crown (ByWard Market) 

Last minute Father’s Day gift crisis averted:

• Invite Dad for a casual Father’s Day hot dog and beer lunch on the dog-friendly Bicycle Craft Brewing patio. Happy Hour prices apply all day. (Alta Vista) 

• The Meatings Burgers & Brewskis deal at Broadhead Brewery (Orléans) is a Double Brisket Smash Burger, available noon to 6:00 pm, and for walk-ins only; none of that pesky reservation nonsense.(Orléans)  

• Watch his eyes light up at the York Street Car Show (by the Ottawa letters in the ByWard Market). It’s free. There’s another, paid access car show at Billings Estate. (Billings Bridge)

• If chicken sammies are more his style, Stray Dog Brewing Co will be serving Kevin's Hot Chicken, while the second Cornhole tourney of the summer rages on. Register here. (Orléans)

• Maybe he’s the BBQ master, if so, give him a gift card from Wellington Butchery. (Wellington Village) 

• Take him to the Rainbow Bistro on Saturday night for The Varitones Album Release Party, or Sunday night for the francophone fête des pères with the Paul Weber Band and the Serge Monette Trio. 

• He loves ABBA and you love him, so book him the ABBA Experience at StoneCropAcres Winery + Vineyard this Saturday night.

• Stittsville’s Goulbourn Museum has an activity for kids: they can make their father figure a tie (of the regular or bowtie kinds). It costs $5 to drop in any time between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm.

• Pop down to Maker House for any number of cool gifts, all of which are crafted in Canada. They've got cards, too. 987 Wellington St. West (Hintonburg). Or, try Miam Miam General Store (645 Somerset St W in Centretown), for its selection of stylish home decor goods and fashion from near and far.

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: La Femme la plus riche du monde (The Richest Woman in the World), Le Chant des forêts (Whispers in the Woods), Moonrise Kingdom, Twin Peaks: Season 2, Episodes 19-22. 

• Mayfair Theatre: The Iron Curtain, Tuner, The Adolescence of Utena 

Gigs

• Brother Paul and Blues Revival. Atomic Rooster

• The Sunday 5. Red Bird

• Ian Tamblyn. Ottawa Tennis Club

• Chris Webby, Riff Raff. Overflow Brewing

MONDAY

• Today the Ottawa Jazz Festival programming is a little lighter but you can still catch a free show by Houseplants at CF Rideau Centre Level 2, in front of the Dining Hall and the Late Night Jamming at 1 Elgin at 10:30 pm. 

• 🆓 Learn new skills at the Foodwise Workshop on Reducing Food Waste at Home. You must register in advance. 

• 🆓 Every Monday night this summer head to Quai des artistes on the Gatineau side of the Ottawa River for a Latin class, then dance under the stars until 11:00 pm. (if it rains you'll move to an indoor location at 325 Greber Blvd where cover is $10). 

• Ramel Bautista and Robyn Lichaa headline this week’s Campus to the Stage show at The Robo Lounge. See them live now, before the rest of the world discovers them. (The Glebe) 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: La Femme la plus riche du monde (The Richest Woman in the World), Le Chant des forêts (Whispers in the Woods), Hokum 

• Mayfair Theatre: A Private Life, Raging Bull

Gigs

• Karaoke Mondays. Atomic Rooster

• Glam Rock Vampire. Avant-Garde Bar

JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

• 🆓 The Creative Mornings Ottawa chapter hosts a presentation by Ottawa-based interdisciplinary artist and director Rachel Gray, who will ponder the CM theme of the month: "Curate." Friday June 26 (Bayview Yards) 

• The annual Digital Arts Resource Centre Garage Sale is back Saturday July 11 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Check it out if you need used professional audio and visual gear at reasonable prices. 

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NarCity Ottawa always has a way with headlines. ‘8 classic OC Transpo experiences that only Ottawa locals will truly understand’ certainly drew us in. Your experience may vary, but to Alessa Hickman it is ‘Witnessing the different OC Transpo eras’, ‘Surviving the Tunney’s Pasture swarm’, ‘Getting to the station only to discover it’s an R1 day’, ‘Watching your bus drive right past you’, ‘The mystery of “the "ghost bus”’, ‘Walking because it’s somehow faster’, ‘The art of fare evasion’, and ‘Experiencing the rare perfect commute’.

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