WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT
🚞 An Orléans man is one of 16 who died in the Lisbon funicular tragedy. Forty-two year-old Aziz Benharref was on vacation with his wife Hind Iguernane last week when the cable on the Gloria funicular broke, derailing the tram. Iguernane is in hospital with severe injuries. A total of 16 people were killed and 21 injured. – Nathan Fung at CBC GoFundMe for Hind Iguernane
🚨 An Ottawa Police Service constable has given a one-year demotion for having sex on the job fifteen years ago. Constable Richard Lemay pleaded guilty to discreditable conduct, neglect of duty, and insubordination. Lemay was awarded the Police Exemplary Service Medal by Governor General Mary Simon in 2023. – David Fraser at CBC
↪ Police chief Eric Stubbs says he wants the Ottawa Police in local schools in antipation of a new provincial law mandating it.
↪ A man arrested in Ottawa in August has been charged by Montréal police in connection with jabbing concertgoers with a syringe. Patrons at the Îlesoniq festival in Montréal had complained of a pinch, then feeling dizzy.
🪧 The City’s election compliance audit committee has voted against prosecuting Capital ward councillor Shawn Menard. After a complaint by a local developer, an audit found that Menard understated the use of old campaign signs by $318, resulting in an inaccurate financial disclosure and possible prosecution. Menard says it was a clerical error. The committee noted that even with the $319, Menard did not exceed the election expense limits. – Paula Tran in the Ottawa Citizen
🤞 The 2025 CHEO Dream of a Lifetime Lottery dream home details have been released. The $3.7 million, 5,360 square foot home in Manotick has two bedrooms, a great room with two-storey ceilings, and a basement ‘reminicent of a 1920s speakeasy’. Tickets start at $100. – Josh Pringle at CTV
↪ View six gorgeous homes decorated inside and out for the festive season at the Vankleek Hill Christmas Home Tour on Saturday November 8. The $35 tckets went on sale today. Proceeds will benefit six local charities.
THE DAILY POLL
Are you in favour of automated speed cameras?
▪️ “Libraries serve everyone and not just the working class. They’re a great community hub for rich and poor alike.”
▪️ “Yes! And I wish the downtown main branch would be kept. We need more viable public indoor free space.”
▪️ “Go into an existing physical library. You will see fewer books. Invest and encourage online borrowing.”
▪️ “Not only working class people use libraries. I hate ebooks and I have two models. Love reading paper books and libraries hold books that are not always available online. They hold the historical record of our world.”
▪️ “Libraries are one of the last truly democratic spaces, and we need more third places like that.”
▪️ “Absolutely we need new and more libraries! They are the core of the community.”
▪️ “Until we know how our economy will be impacted due to our neighbours south of us, I believe we should be cautious spending money.”
▪️ “Public libraries are about so much more than books. The educational programs alone make them worth a visit or 10.”
▪️ “Libraries are readily available everywhere we don’t need any more.”
▪️ “Libraries are the best.”
▪️ “I love my local library! They are important institutions and community hubs.”
▪️ “Actually, I am sure why I want a viable library system. While many can’t afford books, a library provides us all a place to access reading material that will broaden our horizons & support our mental & cultural development.”
▪️ “If Council will consider a 6.5% spending increase for police, we should invest double that in libraries. Of course, this Council is more about appearances than actual meaningful solutions.”
▪️ “What kind of monster is against libraries 😂”
▪️ “Libraries are a public good for everyone – working class and otherwise!”
▪️ “We need to keep people reading ... and not just on their phones. Education is the key to a lot of things in life ... especially better jobs and intelligent thinking. I was given the gift of reading as a child and it continues to this day!”
▪️ “Did you use a time machine for this poll option ‘uplift the working class’ What is this, 1905?!? You need to visit your local branch to see all the programs, services and materials you can access.”
▪️ “I love the library and I go all the time. I was very sad when I bought a house recently and learned there was no library nearby – and have already felt the loss since moving. Books and library resources are one of the best things cities offer!”
▪️ “Your answers are bad. Among many other things, libraries are meeting spaces, have children/teen/senior/second-language programming, Internet/computer/printing access, genealogy, city archives, instrument rentals, museums/parks/ski hill passes, etc etc.”
THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR
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WEDNESDAY
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Ed Lister’s sextet plays music from jazz greats in a lunchtime concert called All that Jazz.
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Alex Warren headlines opening night at CityFolk Fest at Lansdowne Park.
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Sandy Hill Life Drawing costs $10 or Pay What You Can.
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Come and learn the swing dance for crowded dance floors. You don’t need a partner (or even experience) for the six week Balboa Foundation 2025 course that starts tonight at Ottawa Vintage Swing. $165
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Stud Country presents Achey Breaky Queer Line Dancing at Overflow Brewing.
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ByTowne Cinema: It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, Hard Boiled, Splitsville
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Mayfair Theatre: Honey Don’t! Familiar Touch, Orca
Gigs
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Jazz Jam with the Beeched Wailers. Irene’s Pub
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Acoustic Rooster Open Mic Night. Atomic Rooster
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Sophie D’Orleans, Beau Nectar. Akoustik Music Series at St. Charles Market
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Dogfight. LIVE on Elgin
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Taproom Trivia. Stray Dog Brewing
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Tyler Kealey’s Urban Campfire. Red Bird
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Douce Angoisse (Buenos Aires Darkwave). House of TARG
THURSDAY
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✳️ Arnprior Poutine Feast begins its four day residence in Robert Simpson Park.
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Melissa Ethridge & Indigo Girls headline CityFolk Festival at Lansdowne Park.
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🎻 Road Trip: Enjoy traditional Québec music and culture, shop with local vendors, and visit food and beverage trucks over four days at The Ripon Trad Music Festival in the village of Ripon. Today through Sunday September 14.
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Possible Worlds bring the Zine Club to Ten Toes Coffee House & Laundry (837 Somerset St W). You’ll work on a one page zine, listen to tunes care of DJ Jason Skilz, and hear from artist Melanie Yugo.
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Shop for fresh local produce, meat, and dairy as well as crafts and prepared goods, at the Orléans Farmers' Market (11:00 am to 4:00 pm).
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Take a wander through the final ByWard Night Market of the season
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🆓 National Gallery of Canada is free tonight and every Thursday evening from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
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ByTowne Cinema: Splitsville, Restoration: Barry Lyndon
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Mayfair Theatre: Familiar Touch, Honey Don’t! It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
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Gigs
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Irene's Thursday Blues Sessions with Guest Host Tori Hammond. Irene's Pub
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Clouds Taste Satanic. House of TARG
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James LeClaire. Night Oat
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Morrisey headlines CityFolk Fest at Lansdowne Park.
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The CityFolk After Party at Irene’s features Main Street Revival and Sean Tansey.
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Orléans Ribfest and Poutine festival is in full swing.
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WOW Festival brings 2000 attendees and 200 organizations together for a full day of action that brings to life ‘what a fully integrated healthcare system can look like—one that gives equal priority to Mental, Physical, and Substance Use Health.’
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Create something meaningful at the Framed Scrapbooking Event at Morning Owl Parkdale.
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Farmgate Cider opens its doors to the Ottawa Valley Market from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm this evening.
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🆓 Capital Pop-Up Cinema screens Encinco Man on Sparks St.
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Ottawa Swing Dance Society’s first Live Band Night of the season will feature Dr. Jazz
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Taste Dunrobin Distilleries whisky inside an actual historic mill, at the Watsons Mill fundraiser in Manotick.
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Dance to 90s and 2000s hits at Metcalfe Plaza.
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The Mom Marketplace Collective brings the first of two weekend events to Place d'Orléans (the second event is in November). Local entrepreneurs will be selling home goods, treats, fashion, stuff for the kids, and more until Sunday.
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9th Hour Theatre Company presents another in its Gleanings series of readings and facilitated discussions. Gleandings: The God Committee explores what it means to ‘play God’.
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ByTowne Cinema: À bicyclette (Ride Away)! Honey Don’t! Seen The Film – Ottawa Screening Plus Live Q&A, A Better Tomorrow
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Mayfair Theatre: Relay, The Naked Gun, Naked Ambition
Gigs
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Seven Days of Fire with The Rough Go, Triple Threat Pony, Delusions. Dominion Tavern
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Main Street Revival with Special Guest Sean Tansey. Irene's Pub
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Softcult, Ellis, just fine. The 27 Club
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Wet for Days LP release party, Sugar Bomb! The Black Void. House of TARG
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Go Long, emmersonHALL. Art House Café
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David Gogo. Rainbow Bistro
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Obsidian Sunday: Riverside AP. Gridwrks
