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In Today’s Edition

As Ottawa is a company town, THE OTTAWAN usually joins our neighbours in taking the day off on Federal stat holidays.

But National Truth and Reconciliation Day is not a regular holiday, so we’re sending out this special mini-OTTAWAN instead.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Events (in town and beyond)

There is a national gathering on Parliament Hill at 3:00 pm. All are welcome. It will also be televised on CBC.
Canadian Museum of History
Reconciliation Through Art (Almonte)
Canadian War Museum
First National Child & Family Caring Society will partner with Assembly of Seven Generations and Beechwood Cemetery with Reconciling History Walking Tours and other activities.
The Rotary Club of Ottawa-Stittsville hold a commemorative event at the labyrinth and trails of W J Bell Rotary Peace Park at 1751 Main Street in Stittsville (5:30 pm to 7:30 pm).
Ceremony at the Diefenbunker (Carp).
The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum is inviting visitors to scrape a buffalo or moose hide until Thursday.
Singing Pebble Books will donate all the profits from online sales from 5:00 pm today until 9:00am tomorrow morning to Minwaashin Lodge. The store is also offering 20% off regularly priced books during this same time.

– Martha and Darren

STATISTICS OTTAWA

NUMBER

16
The number of residential schools that operated in Ontario.
The Canadian Encyclopedia

NORTHERN SECWEPEMC OF THE DAY

Phyllis Webstad
Webstad created National Orange Shirt Day, which was born from her 2013 recollection of when the St Joseph Mission Residential School in William’s Lake, British Columbia, had taken all her clothes, including a beloved orange shirt thirty years before. National Truth and Reconcilliation Day adopted Orange Shirt Day’s September 30 for its own commeration.
Orange Shirt Day Society

QUOTE

Indian culture is a contradiction in terms. They are uncivilized. The aim of education is to destroy the Indian
– From the Nicholas Flood Davin Report in 1879, which created the blueprint for the residential school system.

‘Open Library’

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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL

Planning and Housing Committee
Wednesday, October 1 at 9:30 am

Vacant Industrial and Business Park Inventory, mid-2022 to mid-2024 update
Greenfield Residential Land Survey - Mid-2024 update
Zoning by-law amendment - 1137 Ogilvie Road and 1111 Cummings Ave
Zoning by-law amendment - 1299 Richmond Road
On-Site sign procedures for Development Applications update

Meetings and agendas

Joint Finance and Corporate Services and Planning and Housing Committee
Wednesday, October 1 at 1 pm

Housing Innovation Task Force report and Housing Acceleration plan

Meetings and agendas

THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR

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✳️ Means change from previous edition

TUESDAY

Songs from the Shed presents Qattuu. 12:30 to 1:30 pm.
Make your own Junk Journal at the Recreated Designs workshop this evening.
ByTowne Cinema: Eleanor the Great, A Better Tomorrow III
Mayfair Theatre: Splitsville, Bau, Artist at War, Jimmy and Stiggs

Gigs
Mark Brownlee. Night Oat
Kota the Friend. Bronson Centre
Trivia Tuesday. Barley Mow (Merivale, Orléans)

WEDNESDAY

✳️ Enjoy an eclectic selection of films from around the world at the inaugural Genre Gems film festival. Screenings happen at the Mayfair Theatre, but tickets must be purchased directly from the festival.
✳️ Take a walking tour of Byward Market and discover the histories of York, George, and Dalhousie streets. The tour is part of Ottawa Architecture Week.
✳️ Everyone has an opinion about the future of this city. Tonight Ottawa Architecture Week gathers a panel of stakeholders including Mathiew Grondin (Nightlife Commissioner), Lesley Collins (Program Manager of Heritage Planning at City of Ottawa), Camillle Lewis (Associate and Project Architect at CSV Architects, Ali Shafee (Regional VP at Live Nation), and Pat Nicastro (owner of Bottega Nicastro) to weigh in on the future of the Byward Market.
St. Andrew’s Church presents an Accessorizing Sale, featuring a beautiful selection of gently used jewellery, hats, and handbags – perfect for adding a touch of flair to your office wardrobe (or any outfit!). 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at 82 Kent St.
At today’s Doors Open for Music at Southminster, enjoy Golden Hills. Celtic and Gaelic traditions blended with newly composed works, performed by Sheila White (flute) and Lucile Brais Hildesheim (harp).
A (Bad) Night at the Movies screens the 1959 classic The Tingler, directed by William Castle (The House on Haunted Hill). Will you scream? Unclear. Will you laugh? Probably.
🆓 It’s your second last chance to visit the Parkdale Night Market this fall. Shop from cool vendors and get something yummy for dinner.
ByTowne Cinema: Eleanor the Great, Free Screening: Cinematic Liars of Asahi-za, The Zone: Seconds
Mayfair Theatre: Bau, Artist at War, Dead Lover, A Useful Ghost

Gigs
Danko Jones. Overflow Brewing
Bluegrass Wednesdays with Handsome Molly. Red Bird
No Joy, Greathunter, Push Come Shove. The 27 Club
Gizmo, Leeny & The Boys, Funeral Culture. Rainbow Bistro
Kibble by Friday. LIVE on Elgin

THURSDAY

Speaking Vibrations is an award-winning, multidisciplinary performance featuring signed music, ASL song/poetry, spoken word, song, percussive and contemporary dance.
Orléans Farmers Market brings more than 35 local vendors to the Ray Friel Recreation Complex parking lot. 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.
🆓 The Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa presents a webinar about the ‘realities of homelessness in our city, with a focus on the challenges and opportunities in Ottawa’s downtown core.’
🎡 Road Trip: The gates and midway of the 169th Metcalfe Fair open at 4:00 pm. Check out the intriguing-sounding Grease Fire Demo at 6:00 pm.
Be inspired at the Ottawa Fall Home Show, today through Sunday at EY Centre.
Seven Drunken Nights: The Story of the Dubliners uses classic songs to weave the tale of the legendary Irish band, 50 years after it started.
The inaugural Genre Gems film festival continues.
ByTowne Cinema: Eleanor the Great, The Zone: Seconds, Modern Hauntings Halloween Party
Mayfair Theatre: Splitsville, Dreams, the Piano Accident

Gigs
20th Century Boys. Rainbow Bistro
Mingjing Zhang & Shu Yu + Yutong Huang. Songs from the Shed
Echthros, Flesh Shuddering, Kahraba, Inter-Loci. Avant-Garde Bar
Peter Dreams, MOONRIIVR. The 27 Club
Fast Eddie, Duane Regretzky, Towwns, Fresh Brew. House of TARG

JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

Create something special for your Thanksgiving table with the Pumpkin Centrepiece Workshop at Flowers Talk Tivoli (October 10).
Developed by the Arctic Eider Society, in partnership with the Canadian Museum of Nature, the Qikiqtait: Where Inuit Knowledge and Innovation Come Together exhibition shares the ongoing work of the Sanikiluarmiut (people of Sanikiluaq) as they care for their homeland. The exhibition is included with admission to the Canadian Museum of Nature and will run until September 6, 2027.