STATISTICS OTTAWA

NUMBER

• 13

• – The number of hours that food preparation workers at the Ottawa International Airport spent on strike.

• Members of Teamsters Local Union 647, who create the in-flight meals for Air Canada, WestJet, Sunwing, Air France, and Canada North, walked off the job at 12:01 am Sunday. 

• By 1:45 pm, the Union announced the workers had ratified a new agreement, which included ‘wage increases of at least 10 per cent, more guaranteed full-time work, and improvements for scheduling, pension, and paramedical coverage’.

• Gabrielle Huston at CBC

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OTTAWAN OF THE DAY

• BJ Tycoles

• Tycoles runs 161 Elgin dogs, which provides therapy dogs to the Ottawa courthouse to help people in the justice system at some of their worst moments. Twelve dogs visit the court regularly.

• The programme started with a request for help from a judge and a defense lawyer to assist people sitting outside of drug treatment court. Now, the dogs work everywhere.

• Leah Larocque at CTV
   

QUOTE

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• We’re going to figure out how to double the amount of food, double the amount of drinks … double the amount of music. Because we don’t cave to terror.

• – Rabbi for students at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky of the Chabad Student Network of Ottawa, on refusing to cancel yesterday’s menorah lighting at City Hall after news of the shooting in Australia at a Hanukkah event.

• Sofia Misenheimer in the Ottawa Citizen

SPORTS

• 🥍 NLL Ottawa Blackbears 11 – Saskatchewan Rush 8, last Friday

• 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 2 – Minnesota Wild 3, last Saturday

• 🏒 OHL Ottawa 67s 3 – Windsor Spitfires 1, yesterday

• 🏒 OHL Ottawa 67s 2 – Oshawa Generals 3, last Friday

• 🏒 CHL Les Olympiques de Gatineau 5 – L’Oceanic de Rimouski -
  2, last Saturday

 

⛸️ At Saturday’s World Cup stop in Hamar, Norway, Isabelle Weidemann took silver medal in the women’s 3,000 metres. Ivanie Blondin came in 10th. 

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  WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL

  Community Safety and Well-Being Advisory Committee
  Tuesday, December 16 at 4:00 pm

  • Update – Gender-Based Violence and Violence Against Women Priority and Three-Year Plan
  • Update – Tax Clinic Project
  • Update – Community Safety and Well-being Plan Refresh

  Agenda

  

  WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

  ☢️ Kanata medical device manufacturer is giving up its nuclear licence. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission says Best Theratronics is ridding itself of all its Cobalt 60 and Cesium 137 and will focus on medical devices that do not require radioactive material. The Commission had been chasing the company to put up a $1.8 million bond to be used if the company wound down without safely disposing of the radioactive items. – Campbell MacDiarmid at CBC 

   

  🏗️ The owner of the neglected Place Cartier shopping centre in Gatineau wants to rebuild the site as a city-within-a city. The Espace Canevas would raze everything – except the beloved former cinema building – to create a Parkdale Market-like centre, surrounded by various new residential and commercial buildings. – Anita Murray in the Ottawa Citizen 

   

  ⚜️ La Francophonie will have its 2028 summit in Ottawa if Prime Minister Mark Carney has his way. The association of 90 French-speaking nations and governments meets every two years. Canada, Québec, and New Brunswick each hold separate membership in La Francophone, with Québec City and Monction each playing host to a summit in previous years. – Tonda MacCharles in the Toronto Star 

  
  🦌 The Review in Vankleek Hill has some photos of Hawkesbury firefighters rescuing a deer trapped on the ice on the Ottawa River. – ‘Deer rescued on Ottawa River’

  

  THE DAILY POLL

  What is your stand on raisins in butter tarts?

  🔘 Proper butter tarts have raisins

  🔘 I’m happy to take them either way

  🔘 They are no longer butter tarts if they include raisins.

  🔘 Cannot stand them with raisins

  🔘 Never eat butter tarts, don’t want to start

  • 
    Previously in ottawan polls:

  • We asked, ‘Have you finished your Christmas shopping?’

    • 19% Yes, it is well in hand

    • 22% No, and I don’t need the stress from you OTTAWAN

    • 15% Of course not. It’s not yet Christmas Eve

    • 25% I won’t be partaking in this

    • 19% I think you mean Hanukkah shopping

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    Commentary

  ▪️ “All done. Feeling rather smug.”
  
  ▪️ “Normally I’m done by now, but we’re not really doing gifts this year. We’re going overseas, and aside from the odd souvenir, that’s the gift.”
  
  ▪️ “Gifts are bought and most are wrapped. Just need stocking stuffers now. I always try to get it done early in case something happens, like illness. Also, the selection is a lot better the earlier you shop!!”
  
  ▪️ “It's challenging to sneak things past my very observant and astute spouse, so I have to wait for the right time.”
  
  ▪️ “Gave up Christmas present-giving/receiving years ago; everyone's enjoyment of Christmas increased significantly.”
  
  ▪️ “I haven’t even started yet please send thoughts and prayers.”
  
  ▪️ “I have a yearly Excel spreadsheet that I use with names and needed/already purchased and a per person budget that I (mostly) adhere to so this makes my Christmas shopping a little less stress-free.”
  
  ▪️ “After trying and failing for many years, I finally managed to lock in everybody's presents over the Black Friday weekend!”​​​

  

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  THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR

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  ✳️ Means change from previous edition

  FRIDAY

  • Hear the Bard’s words set to music as Musica Viva Singers perform Winter's Tales: Shakespeare for the Seasons. (Centretown)  

  • 🆓 Start the week with SoulRhythms at National Arts Centre (Downtown)

  Cinema

  • ByTowne Cinema: Peter Hujar’s Day, The Secret Agent, Bugoni

  • Mayfair Theatre: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Okean Elzy: Stormwatch, Safe

  Gigs

  • Jonas Brothers. Canadian Tire Centre

  • Karaoke. Atomic Rooster

  • The 5-Star Monday Band. The Laff

  • Geek Trivia. Level One Game Pub 

TUESDAY

• Mountains on Stage is a film festival that aims to bring the mountains into cities with a selection of the world’s best films related to mountain sports. At The Mayfair. (Old Ottawa South) 

• The OrKidstra Centre Hub Holiday Concert is an uplifting concert for the entire family. (Centretown)  

• Magician Magnus the Magnificent has captured the secret to Santa’s magic and it is up to you to find it and save Christmas before it’s too late. Burn off excess holiday excitement at Manor Lounge (Downtown). 

• Ottawa crooner Genna G and her jazz trio play Hollywood holiday music and seasonal festive favourites on the NAC’s Fourth Stage.(Downtown) 

• Artists can keep up their skills with live model Life Drawing at Art House. (Chinatown) 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: The Secret Agent, Peter Hujar’s Day, Fargo 

• Mayfair Theatre: The Librarians, Mountains On Stage Film Festival 

Gigs

• Trivia Tuesday. Barley Mow (Orleans, Merivale), Broadhead Brewing (Orleans), Moose Mcguire’s Hunt Club

• The Office Trivia Night: Holiday Bash. The Prescott

• The Huge Groove Trio Xmas Show. Night Oat

WEDNESDAY

• Few pieces of music have the power to send shivers down the spine faster than 100s of voices singing the “Hallelujah” chorus of George Frederic Handel’s Messiah. Tonight and tomorrow it’s the NAC Orchestra’s turn to bring the magic, accompanied by some of the best Canadian vocal talent (Downtown) 

• Feel the excitement of the season as you drive through the Magic of Lights show (Corkstown Road)  

• 🆓 Take a leisurely Winter Wander down Sparks Street and let the festive lights fill your spirit. For maximum effect, bring a date (Sparks Street Mall). 

• You have just under a month to check out Retro - Popular Music in Canada From the 60s, 70s, and 80s at Canadian Museum of History (Hull)  

• Visit the Chateau Laurier and be inspired by the Christmas trees decorated by community groups and local businesses in the 28th annual Trees of Hope. Then, enjoy classic holiday-inspired cocktails in a setting of vintage charm and festive sophistication at the 1912 Yuletide Lane pop-up at the Chateau Laurier. (Downtown) 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: The Secret Agent, Holiday Slumber Party! Love, Actually, Peter Hujar’s Day 

• Mayfair Theatre: Sentimental Value, Clairtone, Eyes Wide Shut 

Gigs

• It’s Christmas and I’m in Love: Andre L. Collins. NAC Fourth Stage

• The Irish Descendants. National Arts Centre

• Jazz Jam. Night Oat

• Hip Hop Jam. Red Bird

JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

• Have an exclusive, intimate New Year’s Eve at the Hyde Bar. 

• January 2026 will be the extremely intimate GigSpace’s 15th season. Mark Ferguson performs at his album release on January 22, while Capital City Stompers raise the roof on January 31. If these shows sell out before you buy (we did say it’s an extremely intimate space), livestream tickets are also available.