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STATISTICS OTTAWA

NUMBER

• 1,000

• The number of backpacks filled with school supplies provided by Project Saade, an initiative of Progress for Mental Health.  

• — Sydney Ko in Compass Ottawa

OTTAWAN OF THE DAY

• Mayan Gilly 

• Gilly is the new interim executive director of the Byward Market District Authority, a job added to her existing people and executive operations manager position. The previous executive director was let go last week after only seven months on the job.

• — Abyssinia Abebe in the Ottawa Citizen

QUOTE

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• I’ve done nothing except good things. I don’t have a criminal record. I don’t ride a motorcycle. Why are you photographing me?

– The former chair of the Downtown Smiths Falls Business Association who has resigned after the local police called a meeting over the town’s annual ‘Bike Night’.

Christin Storms founded Bike Night, which brings motorcycle enthusiasts to downtown Smith Falls monthly from June to September. The meeting with the Ontario Provincial Police was concerned about outlaw motorcycle gangs.

— Ella Miller in the Smiths Falls Record News

SPORTS

Sorry, on Friday we said Thursday’s RedBlacks match was Ottawa RedBlacks 46 at Montréal Alouettes 16. It was wishful thinking on our part, the score was the other way around. 

Yesterday

⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 14 vs Missippi Mud Monsters 23

Saturday

⚽ NSL Ottawa Rapid 1  vs Vancouver Rise 5

⚽ CPL Atlético 1 Ottawa at Calvary FC 3

⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 5 vs Missippi Mud Monsters 7

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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

THE DAILY POLL

Do you think candidates who run unopposed should have a yes/no vote by the public?

🔘 Yes, we don't want the wrong person to get into office purely by chance

🔘 No, there has been ample opportunity to find another candidate if people are unhappy

🔘 And if the vote is no, then what happens? Yet another election? Council appoints someone they like?

🔘 City Council should be like jury service, people are picked randomly to service periodically

• 
  Previously in OTTAWAN polls:

• How often do you use food delivery apps?

  • 9% Daily, or pretty close to it

  • 11% Weekly

  • 17% Monthly

  • 48% I have never used one

  • 15% Pizza and Chinese food were the only deliveries available to my parents, and frankly, we should go back to that

Commentary

▪️ “What a waste of resources and a chance to keep yourself out and about.”

▪️ “I can’t afford it. Kids waste so much of their money on this service.”

▪️ “I used an app once. It was late, I was in Montréal, and I wanted crêpes. They were delicious. Interestingly, these apps are not allowed in schools. They’ll turn the drivers away without allowing the delivery.”

▪️ “Never. When I want takeout I walk to pick it up or order from a local place with an in-house delivery service. Uber etc take way too much of a cut from businesses and I’d rather support my local spots directly.”

▪️ “Never! I prefer to know and see what is in the food I eat. Nothing like the good homemade meal😋.”

▪️ “I only ever go pick up my take out in person. I would rather all my money go to the people actually making my food. I can’t afford a ‘laziness’ tax anyways.”

▪️ “I have on the very rare occasion but that wasn’t an option, so I chose never.”

▪️ “I am concerned about how commonplace these have become. Many young people don’t even know how to cook and are less active because everything gets delivered to them. And of course it’s more expensive than home cooked meals.”

▪️ “I used it in the Bay Area where it all began and they still F-ed it up so I avoid them now.”

▪️ “The only delivery I get is Pizza Nerds.”

▪️ “Why are some people so lazy? They won’t go to get a cup of coffee and a muffin but rather pay premium service costs, plus tip and then complain about the price of eating out ... Get a reality check please.”

▪️ “I will pick always before paying for Uber or Dashdoor. I do get pizza delivery on rare occasions and time driver! Yes, a fee but much lower, like $3.”

▪️ “I have a flip phone from the 1800’s ... (a joke ... ok!) I choose to NOT have a ‘real’ phone. I never order take out food. I save my dollars for other stuff. The less you order out, the more $ are in your pocket and also probably less additive too!”

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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR

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✳️ Means change from previous edition

MONDAY

• 🏳️‍🌈 Capital Pride continues as the Progress Pride Flag is officially raised at Ottawa City Hall. SAW Gallery hosts Ask a Trans Person Anything.

• Questionable Behaviour sets up at Broadway Bar and Grill (Barrhaven) and Jonny Canuck’s Bar & Grill (Findlay Creek)

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Tony, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma  

• Mayfair Theatre: Two Pianos, Now, Voyager, Nedwig and the Angry Inch  

Gigs

• Campus to the Stage: Jennifer Hicks and William Gagnon. The Robo Lounge

• Karaoke. Atomic Rooster

• Fantasia - the Haven Collective. Rainbow Bistro

• Meltt. The 27 Club

TUESDAY

• 🆓 Songs from the Shed welcomes queer performers as Capital Pride continues (Sparks Street). Later, Politics with a Drag Queen is the talent show that you never saw coming. (Downtown)  

• Comedy at the Carleton is going weekly starting September 1. Meanwhile, head there tonight for local comics and an early bedtime.  

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Tony, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma  

• Mayfair Theatre: Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World, Looking For, Restless in the Dust 

Gigs

• The Suffrajettes and Mama Mush. House of TARG

• Michael Benny. Night Oat

• Suzanne Nuttall & Uann Simon. The Shed

WEDNESDAY

• The Mayoral Candidate Forum and Meet & Greet will quiz candidates about their ideas for building ‘a resilient, inclusive & greener Ottawa’. Nepean Sportsplex Hall A (Nepean). 

• Australia’s The Wiggles are the big time in children's entertainment. Ottawa’s toddlers-in-the-know have already got their tickets for one of today’s two performances; there’s still time to nab tickets for the 2:30 pm matinee.

• Punk royalty visits Dominion Tavern tonight: Maus Maus from Sheffield, UK has been producing lively tunes since the 80s, meanwhile, Dresden Germany’s High Society will make their Ottawa debut. Ottawa’s own BALM Squad will play singles off their upcoming album, and The Defamed will open.  (ByWard Market) 

• There are still a few Wednesdays left to enjoy Akoustik on Beechwood (35 Barrette St, Vanier, ON K1L 7Z9) Tonight's lineup: Edra Silva, and Mikhail Laxton's 613 Soul. 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Tony, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma 

• Mayfair Theatre: Two Pianos, The Little Mermaid, Hedwig and the Angry Inch  

Gigs

• Enemies of the Crow, Bella Donna, Celestia. House of TARG

• Marty O’Reilly. Black Sheep Inn

• Hammond B3 Blues night with Don Washington and Jamie Holmes. The Robo Lounge

JUST ANNOUNCED

• The Yard Sale at Kemptville CRC Church could be where you source stuff you need for the new school year. Or it could simply be a treasure hunt. Just remember to bring cash. 

DEALS OF THE DAY

During the first week of September, Skate & Play is offering free skate rental between 11:00 am and 5:00 pm daily.    Of all the local spots to take in the Fall colours, Calabogie is among the best. Right now, Fall Colours Chairlift tickets are on sale. Early bird prices knock $2 off the adult ticket, $1.50 off the Youth ticket (ages 7-17), and $1.60 off the Seniors ticket (ages 70+).

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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

Our favourite local headline spinner, Narcity Ottawa, has come up with a doozy this time: ‘8 things other Canadians get wrong about Ottawa (from a local setting the record straight)’. 

Alessa Hickman’s eight things are: Everyone works for the government, Ottawa is boring, You have to be bilingual to live there, Ottawa is cheap, Ottawa isn't a foodie city, Ottawa and Gatineau are totally separate places, People don't realize how big Ottawa actually is​​​​​​​, and There’s nothing to do in winter besides the Canal and Winterlude.

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