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STATISTICS OTTAWA

NUMBER

• 46%

• The portion of new home sales in Ottawa that is made up of new townhomes, according to the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association.

• — Canadian Mortgage Professional

OTTAWAN OF THE DAY

• Cait Gordon 

• The author has written a new novel, the space-opera romance Hot Wings and Sauciness, which features 53 year-old electromech technician Colleen who initially finds herself at a hen party dressed as a hen.

• — Kimberly Lemaire at Apartment 613

QUOTE

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• My only regret with the Senators is not having won a Stanley Cup

– Former Sens head coach Jacques Martin, now that he has left the team at 73 years of age.

— Bruce Garrioch in the Ottawa Citizen

SPORTS

⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans at Evansville Otters

Yesterday

🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 2 at Montréal Canadiens 3

Sorry, yesterday we wrote the Atlético Ottawa score backwards. Reality is not an improvement.

⚽ CPL Supra du Québec 2 at Atlético Ottawa 0

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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

THE DAILY POLL

How engaged are you in the Ottawa election?

🔘 I have an open mind, and have been following the mayoral and my ward candidates with great interest.

🔘 With so much going on in the world, I don’t have the mental capacity to think about it

🔘 I am excited to throw the incumbents out!

🔘 I’m excited to give the incumbents another four years!

🔘 Whoever promises to have the city pick up both paper and cans weekly gets my vote

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  Previously in THE OTTAWAN polls:

• Tomorrow is the first day of autumn. To what are you looking forward?

  • 11% Firing up the fireplace

  • 34% Making stews and soups

  • 3% Canning my vegetables and jams

  • 13% Drinking pumpkin spice beverages without guilt

  • 39% Summer’s not over! Summer’s not over! La la la I can’t hear you

Commentary

▪️ “I planted more peas!! It can’t be fall yet!”

▪️ “Let’s keep worshipping the sun and warm weather but without humidity!”

▪️ “You guys have a fireplace?”

▪️ “I’m looking forward to sweaters and toques.”

▪️ “Cozy, evenings by the fire place. Thick sweaters and walking in the woods. Leaves changing colours. Autumn is my time of the year.”

▪️ “I’m still planning Fall picnics. It’s still summer in our hearts even if we have to wear warmer clothing. Hoping for great Fall weather!”

▪️ “There is plenty of late summer weather left yet!”

▪️ “I guess I have to put away the sandals … reluctantly.”

▪️ “I look forward to making borscht and beef bourguignon!”

▪️ “Considering the wet summer we just had let’s hope for la nice long stretch of nice fall weather . I put in a request for no snow until winter arrives on December 21.”

▪️ “I love the hearty soups and stews of the season! Happy Autumn Equinox to all!”

▪️ “It’s actually the 23rd at 1:04 AM that said, we are in Portugal and it’s freaking 35C during the day! A freak heatwave until we leave on Wednesday ... the first day of autumn. 😎”

▪️ “If there was an all of the above option I would have picked that!! I cherish the cool weather and can’t wait to watch the leaves change.”

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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR

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✳️ Means change from previous edition

TUESDAY

• ✳️ Savvy presents The Ultimate Ontario Craft Cider Experience at Britannia Yacht Club tonight. Your ticket includes samples, a special drinking glass to take home, and a tote bag to gather up all your cider purchases.

• The Tipsy Scholars visit Beyond the Pale’s George St Taproom for an evening of lectures and drinks, and a no doubt thought-provoking one. (ByWard Market)

• Ottawa Architecture Week presents Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Exhibition on Screen: James McNeill Whistler, 🆓 Ottawa Architecture Week Movie Night (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou), 2026 Cat Video Fest

• Mayfair Theatre: Tony, The Samurai and the Prisoner, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

Gigs

• Dune Rats. 27 Club

• Living Hour. FONO

• ERRA. Bronson Centre

WEDNESDAY

• ✳️  The next Doors Open for Music at Southminster  performance will feature music from the mid-twentieth century, as interpreted by the Brown Cashin Duo. (Old Ottawa South)

• ✳️  Joly and Moonfruits perform at the final Akoustik at St. Charles.  (Vanier)  

• You’re midway through the week. Extend the good feeling with the Happy Hour New Friends Games Night at Beyond the Pale’s George St Taproom (ByWard Market). The same night, check out the Owl-themed animation art show.

• Take an Urban Sketching Tour to Kìwekì Point with Ottawa Architecture Week.

• The 50th anniversary iteration of the Ottawa International Animation Festival launches five days of screenings, talks, and parties with The Animation Conference, an All-Ages Drop-In Workshop about Character Design, the Conference boat cruise, and screenings. Save money with a ticket six-pack.

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Ottawa International Animation Festival screenings

• Mayfair Theatre: Tony, Trail Running Film Festival, The Samurai and the Prisoner 

Gigs

• Celtic Celebration with Nerea the Fiddler. Red Bird

• Taproom Trivia. Stray Dog Brewing Co.

• Dave Plays Elton. The Robo Lounge

• Pavel Stroke, Fishmonger, glowveins. Rainbow Bistro

THURSDAY

• Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg artist and writer Jay Odjick’s new work Odāwā Yesterday: Odāwā Chinàgro will be displayed on the gallery’s Cube façade at Mackenzie King Bridge as part of Ottawa 200 programming Thursday September 24 to Sunday September 27. The animation ‘follows waterways as pathways of movement, trade, and connection, exploring the ways people have travelled to and through this region and the relationships and stories that continue to shape its past, present, and future’. During the same period, the National Arts Centre a companion projection will light up the NAC's Kipnes Lantern. 

• The Wabano Centre for Indigenous Health Grand Gathering Space will open its doors to the collaborative performance Walking Through The Fire featuring First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists and Sultans of String.

• Habitat ReStore’s DIY Repairs Workshop will teach you tips and tricks for getting things done around the house. (Stittsville)

• The 50th Ottawa International Animation Festival and The Animation Conference continue.

• TotoToo Theatre opens Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard, and Diablo Cody’s Jagged Little Pill  musical at Great Canadian Theatre Company.

• It’s going to be a sellout crowd at Canadian Tire Centre as the Sens play the Toronto Maple Leafs. (Kanata)

• The 2026 Carp Fair is a go with agricultural demos, showcases, parades, family activities, a midway, beer gardens, and live entertainment.

• Be at Bank and Waverley at 8:30 pm to see Ottawa-based Japanese taiko drumming ensemble Oto-Wa Taiko perform both traditional and contemporary styles. (Centretown)

• Metcalfe Plaza welcomes Amashowza x ConcepThursday for an evening of indie and alternative anthems. (Centretown)

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Ottawa International Animation Festival screenings

• Mayfair Theatre: The Salt Path, 40 Years of Fuckin’ Up, Tony 

Gigs

• The Friends of Fiddlers Green. Red Bird

• The Floyd Hutchinson Group. The Robo Lounge

• Helena Deland and Hana Stretton. FONO

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Road Trip: Experience four days of Indigenous art, music, food, and culture as Reconciliation Through Art returns to Almonte. The annual event expands to include a Métis Kitchen Party, an Indigenous art showcase, dance performances, storytelling, workshops, a Water Walk, and a screening of The Apology: The Search for Justice. September 27, October 2, 3, and 4.

• Craft your own Autumn-Inspired Canvas Bag at the Robert Plante Greenhouses workshop this Sunday September 27. (Orléans)

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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

In the University of Ottawa students’ newspaper The Fulcrum, Trevor Ng tries to work out why the University has left around 42 residential properties in Sandy Hill vacant.

Of the houses along King Edward Avenue, Henderson Avenue, and Templeton Street, a previous plan was to raze them and redevelop the area, but now a spokesperson says ‘[n]o final decisions have been made regarding specific properties or redevelopment initiatives’.

RAPID RESPONSE QUALITY CONTROL

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