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In Today’s Edition

→ What should we do about the Belltown Dome and Grandeur Park?

→ The Christmas Train visits Perth, Smiths Falls, Merrickville, and FInch tomorrow

→ Deals of the Day on womenswear from Province of Canada, everything at Rose Maternité, and frozen raw meat from Piggy Market

 

🦃 To the Americans amongst us, Happy Thanksgiving today

 

– Martha and Darren

STATISTICS OTTAWA

NUMBER

  • 3

  • The number of planned bike lanes that will likely be canceled because of the Provincial ‘Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act’ which passed its third reading Monday. 

  • Two are downtown: an extention on O’Connor Street to Wellington Street and changes to Albert and Slater streets. The third is St Joseph Boulevard between Jeanne d’Arc and Belcourt boulevards in Orléans.

  • Nathan Fung at CBC

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OTTAWAN VALLEYANS OF THE DAY

  • Jenna and Jack McEwan

  • Spotting a request on Facebook, Jenna and her eight-year-old son Jack transported an injured bald eagle in their car from Calabogie to Ottawa.

  • ‘As soon as a blanket went over her, she just kind of folded and let us help her’, Jenna said.

  • ‘Charlie’ was brought to Safe Wings Ottawa, then transferred to The Owl Foundation, a specialized rehabilitation centre.

  • Katelyn Wilson at CTV

  • ↪ Gatineau has been declared a ‘Bird Friendly City’ by Nature Canada, only the second one be also be given a ‘High-Level Bird Friendly Certification’.
     

QUOTE

  • “

  • It’s pretty cool

  • – Mackenzie ‘Mac’ Hinton upon receiving the 1949 silver platter presented to the late Toronto Maple Leaf Fleming Mackell when his team won the Stanley Cup. Hinton was gifted the platter in recognition of his work as the stats collector for  Jr. ‘C’ Vankleek Hill Cougars.

  • James Morgan in The Review 


  • SPORTS

  • 🏒 PWHL  Ottawa Charge 5– Vancouver Goldeneyes 1, yesterday

  • 🏒 NHL  Ottawa Senators 4– Las Vegas Golden Knights 3, yesterday

  • 🏒 OHL  Ottawa 67s 3– Kingston Frontenacs 2, yesterday

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    WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL

    Debenture Committee
    Friday, November 28 at 8:30 am

    Agenda
     

    Audit Committee
    Friday, November 28 at 9:30 am

     

    Agenda

     

    WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

    🪩 What should be done with the Belltown Dome and Grandeur Park, asks the City. The Belltown Dome is the iconic, 45 year-old, Buckminster Fuller-eque rink that the City has allowed to decay. The City has some ideas – an outdoor only rink, or an outdoor parkour and obstacle course zone for example – but doesn’t seem keen on rehabilitating the gorgeous dome. The survey is up at Engage Ottawa. – City of Ottawa 

    ↪ The Guy Lafleur Arena in Thurlo has reopened after its roof collapsed last August. 

     

    🏺 In a reverse ferret,  Greek and Roman honours studies have been uncancelled by the University of Ottawa. The University had received letters from around the world protesting the programme’s suspension. Founded as the College of Bytown in 1848, the University had always previously offered classes in Latin.  – CBC 

    ↪ Carleton University has amended its proposed ‘impartiality policy’. The policy seeks to ‘prohibit academic or administrative departments from making statements on political issues and prohibit members of the Carleton community from making statements that could be interpreted as being on behalf of the university’. The amendment clarifies that professors and students are free to be political on their own time, as long as it is clear they are not speaking on behalf of the University.


    🚄  The new Federal budget would make it easier to expropriate land for the Alto high speed line between Québec City, Ottawa, and Toronto. While Crown Corporations have always had the power of expropriation, a hearing must be called if there is an objection. The proposed change would allow the Minister to make a decision on whether a hearing is called or not. – Peter Zimonjic at CBC
     

    🚂  Canadian Pacific’s Christmas Train will be visiting nearby tomorrow. Now known as Canadian Pacific Kansas City, the annual decorated train will drop by Finch (2:45 pm - 3:15 pm), Merrickville (5:00 pm - 5:30 pm), Smiths Falls (6:30 pm - 7:00 pm), and Perth (8:00 pm – 8:30 pm). Singers Jade Eagleson and Teigen Gayse will perform at each location. We don’t know if they get to hitch a ride. – CPKCR

     

    🛒 Every week, @stromanker reads all the local grocery flyers and posts the deals on Ottawa Reddit. This week, he highlights deals on butter ($3.99/lb at IGA), pineapple ($1.99/ea at Super C), and boneless chicken breast ($4.88/lb at Real Canadian Superstore). – /Ottawa

    THE DAILY POLL

    Do you think Québec City – Ottawa – Toronto high speed rail line will actually happen?

    🔘 Yes

    🔘 No

    🔘 Possibly a very shortened version, at low speed, in the far future

    🔘 I expect it to be the first of several across Canada

    ▪️ “Stuff You Should Know is the best.”

    ▪️ “I get most of my news by podcasts.”

    ▪️ “I wouldn't even know where to find one!”

    ▪️ “True crime and history podcasts get me through the worst of Ottawa’s traffic.”

    ▪️ “I haven’t found a podcast I like yet. Maybe I’m looking in the wrong places. I hate how everyone is an « expert » and they just say a lot of words without real substance.”

    ▪️ “I do enjoy YouTube videos.”

    ▪️ “I find it overwhelming to choose one to listen to! If someone I like says « hey i think you’d enjoy this podcats episode » and sends me the link, I’ll listen to it. Otherwise, can’t really be bothered.”

    ▪️ “I particularly recommend ‘Pilgrim’s Podcast’ for all those fellow Plymouth Argyle FC fans out there 💚”

    ▪️ “I never really understood where podcasts fit in (for me). If I can only listen to something I choose music. For getting information I prefer to read it myself.”

    ▪️ “My mind wanders when I try to listen to ebooks and podcasts, then I have to rewind. And rewind again. And rewind again. So I don’t listen to them.”

    ▪️ “Just not tuned in to podcasts. Prefer print media.”​​​

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    THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR

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    THURSDAY

    • ✳️ Catch films from Germany and Hungary today at the European Union Film Festival.

    • ✳️ Phoenix Players’ English production of Michel Tremblay’s Les Belles-Soeurs plays at the Gladstone Theatre until Saturday.  

    • Road Trip: Almonte comes alive with the Winter Night Market from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Head to Mill Street for the sidewalk sales, treats, and small town fun. 

    • Grammy Award-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich makes his National Arts Centre Orchestra debut, in a program of Barber, Brahms & Bach. (Downtown) 

    • National Gallery of Canada is free from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. (ByWard Market/Sussex Drive)

    • Experience a winter wonderland blending sparkling lights with vibrant Indigenous traditions at Mādahòkì Farm. You'll find family-friendly festivities such as the Trail of Lights & Traditions, an Indigenous Craft Market, interactive beaded earring and ornament workshops, and cozy Indigenous Christmas feasts all waiting for you. Tonight through December 28 (Nepean)

    Cinema

    • ByTowne Cinema: After the Hunt, Sentimental Value, The Zone: 2046 

    • Mayfair Theatre: Jay Kelly, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, On Battle After Another 

    Gigs

    • The Dears.  Azrieli Studio at the National Arts Centre

    • Barr Brothers. Bronson Centre.

    • Dale Ross Album Release show. Art House

    • Albert Kaprielian. Night Oat

    FRIDAY

    • ✳️  🆓 The November theme at Creative Mornings Ottawa is Growth, and today’s event will be led by Trevor Stevenson of FUNdaMENtal. 8:30 am at Bayview Yards (Mechanicsville)

    • ✳️  Catch films from Sweden and Italy today at the European Union Film Festival. 

    • ✳️  Les Belles-Soeurs continues at Gladstone Theatre.   

    • Skyscraper-sized dinosaurs, rides, bouncey houses, fossil digs, and adventure await intrepid kids at Jurassic Quest, running today through Sunday at EY Centre. (Near YOW)  

    • Take the littles to the ‘slightly mischievous’ Mean Green Santa Party at Billings Bridge Shopping Centre. It’s a pizza party with live music, a colouring contest, and other fun stuff for kids. It’s free but limited to 100 participants. From 5:00 pm. (Billings Bridge)

    • T.K. Moon provides the live tunes for the Indigenous-owned new business Spirit Berry Craft Supply’s Grand Opening from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (Centretown) 

    • Experience a winter wonderland blending sparkling lights with vibrant Indigenous traditions at Mādahòkì Farm. You’ll find family-friendly festivities such as the Trail of Lights & Traditions, an Indigenous Craft Market, interactive beaded earring and ornament workshops, and cozy Indigenous Christmas feasts all waiting for you. Tonight through December 28 (Nepean) 

    • A married comedy duo explores some Big Stuff, namely, how to coexist when one of you keeps everything while the other wants to throw it all away. GCTC until December 7. (Wellington West) 

    • Shop for crystals, seek answers from psychics and have your palm read at the Ottawa West Psychic and Crystal Fair (Bells Corners).  

    Markets, Fairs, and Lighting Ceremonies

    Cinemas

    • ByTowne Cinema: Sentimental Value, It Was Just An Accident, Spectacle: Pan’s Labyrinth 

    • Mayfair Theatre: Meadowlarks, The Mastermind, Rocky Horror Picture Show

    Gigs

    • Nobro with Backseat Dragon, Neon Ghosthouse. SAW Centre

    • Matthew Byrne. Fourth Stage, National Arts Centre

    • Dallas Smith and his band. Southam Hall, National Arts Centre

    • 80s Dance Party with The Start, DJ Remi Royale. House of TARG

    • Zed (Led Zeppelin tribute band). Shenkman Arts Centre

    • Double Experience with The Escape Society, Those Who, Runaway Kit. Rainbow Bistro

    • Fever Pitch Hot Jazz. Art House

    SATURDAY

    • Happy Small Business Saturday! THE OTTAWAN supports local and Canadian producers every day of the year but it feels especially nice to do so today. 

    • Catch films from Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Poland  in the final day of the European Union Film Festival.

    • Those brave souls at Wayward Improvised Theatre present All Fall Down – the murder mystery with no script. (Downtown)  

    • RA Centre’s Kids Night Out is also a parents’ night out, if you think about it. (Riverside Park)  

    • Spend Black Friday with Ottawa Black Bears lacrosse. They’ll meet San Diego Seals at Canadian Tire Centre.

    • Scour the vendor tables at GamerCon for video games, board games, miniatures, local game-related art, and toys. (Nepean)

    • The run of Les Belles-Soeurs concludes at Gladstone Theatre.  

    Markets, Craft Fairs, and Bazaars in every corner of the city

    Cinema

    • ByTowne Cinema: Kidz Klassics: Uncle Buck, Sentimental Value, It Was Just An Accident, Detour: Zodiac 

    • Mayfair Theatre: The Mastermind, Good Boy, Saturday Night Sinema   

    Gigs

    • Bayash Sisters. Westboro Masonic Hall

    • The Electric Goats. The Brass Monkey

    • Hair Force One (80s Metal). Overflow Brewing

    • Motor Spirit, The Disconnect, Refuse, Coppershop, The Lackeys. Dominion Tavern

    • Alicia Moffet, Dominique Way. Bronson Centre

    JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

    • Puppets Up! Festival returns to Almonte, Ontario on August 8 and 9, and now is the best time to grab your tickets. The pre-Christmas Flash Sale of 2026 Festival tickets are going fast. Once they’re gone, ticket prices will go up. 

    • VegOttawa is cooking up a Vegan Holiday Cookie Decorating Party on December 13. Not only are all supplies included with the ticket price, but you'll also receive a dairy-free hot chocolate to keep your energy up. Saturday December 13 at Astoria Bistro Botanique (Gatineau).  

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    MADE IN CANADA DEALS OF THE DAY

    Frozen raw meat is 30% off at Piggy Market (excluding turkey). Today through Sunday only, in-store only (no online orders). (Westboro)

     

    Save 30% on everything at Rose Maternité. 

     

    Enjoy 20% off orders over $100 in the Province of Canada Cyber Week Sale. Use code CYBER20.

    BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

    Tyler Fleming at CTV has a nice update on Parliament’s Centre Block renovations. Two interesting tidbits: ‘About 50 “high heritage” spaces will be restored close to their original designs, first imagined by architect John A Pearson after the 1916 fire’ and the Salon de la Francophonie,  a Senators’ smoking room in the 1940s, ‘will maintain its cathedral-like design and wooden benches’.

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