WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT
🕘 Premier Doug Ford has asked the Federal government to bring its employees back to the office five days per week. The Federal government is now the outlier – both the City and the Province have ordered everyone back to the office full time. – Josh Pringle at CTV
↪ City manager Wendy Stephanson says her back-to-the-office order is to ‘increase culture, innovation, [and] relationship-building at the city’.
↪ The mayor of Gatineau, Maude Marquis-Bissonnette, says there is no desire to bring her city workers back to the office full time as long as services are being maintained.
🔍 Transport Canada has specified what is looking for from last month’s small plane crash. It is two parts of the engire: ‘a piece of the engine’s crankcase casting and the camshaft’. The agency suspects the crankcase casting would have fallen out over Westboro and the camshaft near the Ottawa Airport. If you find any airplane parts, email communications@bst-tsb.gc.ca – Gary Dimmock in the Ottawa Citizen
👑 Councillors in the small township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards are shocked by their mayor's use of ‘strong’ powers. At last week’s council meeting, mayor Dave Mayville gave himself the powers to create the budget and to direct the Township’s Chief Administration Officer, removing them from council. He also dissolved all council committes and imposed a hiring freeze. The Province gave ‘strong mayor’ powers to almost all Ontario councils earlier in the year after a trial run in Ottawa and Toronto. – Terry Fleurie in the Eganville Leader
🦺 The City is looking for your opinion on ‘bubble zones’. The City is proposing a bylaw that would limit demonstrations around places of worship and religious centres, schools, daycares, health care facilities, and care homes in order to give people who use those facilities safe access. However, limiting protests has inherit risks of being against the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The questionnaire is here. – City of Ottawa
THE DAILY POLL
What do you thing about the National Capital Commission?
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Previously in ottawan polls:
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We asked, ‘Do you think that Stéphanie Plante should have been reprimanded for responding to residents on social media with mean memes?’
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29% Yes, she’s an elected official and has a duty to remain professional
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37% No, elected officials are not employees. Debating with the public is part of the job.
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9% I won't even pretend to understand what a ‘meme’ is
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25% I refuse to learn about whatever this is about, it seems so out there
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Commentary
▪️ “What a crock of bull. A meme is harassment? Oh, snowflakes, toughen up.”
▪️ “If a counsellor is wasting their time arguing with people using a fascist-controlled platform, that says a lot about them.”
▪️ “We hire an integrity commissioner and then ignore her recommendations. If Council won’t back her up, the Integrity Commissioner should resign and the position abolished.”
▪️ “If I’m allowed to cyber bully the mayor, maybe the mayor should be allowed to cyber bully me back, ya know?”
THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR
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THURSDAY
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✳️ The Senate Tavern on Bank is holding a viewing party for the Manchester United FC v Fulham FC match at 9:45am on Saturday August 30. However, if you want to be there, you'll need to make your reservation by today (Thursday August 28).
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Pride ain't over yet. Mööse Knuckle Boylesque: Pride Show is an all-male-identified burlesque revue at LIVE on Elgin.
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It’s glamping, but without the messy, sleep-deprived, ‘did a bear just sniff my yurt?’ stress. The BGC Ottawa Western Winds Glamping Gala offers all of the fun of dressing up in lam cowboy outfits, dancing under the stars, sipping cocktails, and tantalizing small bites.
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🆓 Vinyl Night with Concept Open Air & Signal at Metcalfe Plaza will go ahead rain or shine.
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🆓 Experienced players and noobies alike are welcome at The Chess Hive at Art House.
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🆓 There’s more chess (plus board games) happening at Wizard’s Tower.
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Games start at 7:00 pm at Moose McGuire's Orléans’ Open Dart Night.
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🆓 Members of the North American Welsh diaspora will celebrate the best in Welsh music at WelshFest on Sparks. Join them for music and dancing.
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Insider Trading is back at Beyond The Pale’s City Centre location. The price of beer will rise and fall all night.
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ByTowne Cinema: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, Detour: Heat
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Mayfair Theatre: Some Like It Hot, The Last Class, There Will Be Blood
Gigs
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Molly Leona, Hannah Vig. Songs from the Shed (Sparks St)
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Equator, The Lookout, DoubleTalker, BirdDog. House of TARG
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Chilliwack (Gone, Gone, Gone Tour). Bronson Centre Music Theatre
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Bingo Thursday. Broadhead Brewery
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Open Mic. Stray Dog Brewing
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Josh McFarlane. The Mill (Manotick)
FRIDAY
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Musical guests Talk, Roxanne Bruneau, William Cloutier, and Anyma Ora’ bring the vibe to the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival stages.
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💥 Road Trip: Perth Fair promises a midway, a demolition derby, contests and competitions, and lawn mower races. Today through Sunday at 50 Arthur St., Perth.
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Fever Pitch Hot Jazz takes over the entirety of Art House from 9:00 pm (doors open at 8:30pm).
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Multicultural music festival Yowfest brings artists from across French and English Canada and beyond to Lansdowne Park for two days of music and cultural experiences.
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Tri-City Valley Cats play Ottawa Titans at Ottawa Stadium.
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Canada Aviation and Space Museum presents a public talk Fighting to belong: Stories from the LGBT Purge.11:00 am to 1:00 pm (including the talk and Q&A as well as a walk-through of the Cold War Exhibition).
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ByTowne Cinema: Splitsville, Playtime, 35mm: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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Mayfair Theatre: A Little Prayer, Superman, Showgirls
Gigs
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Disco Night with Discolab. Metcalfe Plaza
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Soul Hop Union, OLIMO, Liam Mayhew. LIVE on Elgin
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Durs Cœurs, Spleen, Nuclear Family, License. House of TARG
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Duelling Pianos. Overflow Brewing
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Undercurrent: Nick Curly. City At Night
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The Keystrings. Brew Revolution
SATURDAY
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Domion Tavern’s Meat Market IV - Metal Swap ‘n’ Sale (2:00 pm to 6:00 pm) is more than just a flea market shopping spree for rock and metal CDs, vinyl, and fashion. You'll find BBQ burgers on the back patio courtesy of Cameron's Brewing from Oakville, Ontario. Bring cash.
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🎨 Road Trip: Go art shopping at Sundance Artisan Show, today through Monday in Maberly.
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Miam Miam General Store, Last Unicorn Vintage, and Marigolds Vintage (the latter all the way from Wakefield, QC) are collaborating on an epic End of Summer Sidewalk Sale from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.
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Grab dinner on Sparks Street then follow up with some early evening grooves at Live From The Booth.
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Sum 41’s Grammy Award-winning drummer Frank Zummo will be at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Ottawa to meet and greet fans and sign autographs. Zummo will be showing off the tour kit that shook stadiums worldwide and which is now on display in Ottawa.
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🆓 Take a break from back-to-school-shopping at St. Laurent. In the Centre Court you’ll find Pencil Me In! creative stations.
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🫙 Road Trip: We’re starting to see jars of 2025 harvest preserves at farmers markets. Check out the goodies at the Saturday Farmers Market in Metcalfe.
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Riverside South Community Association presents a screening of The Wild Robot in Claudette Cain Park (8:00 pm).
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Today at the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival, the entertainment is provided by Jay Scott, 2Frères, Les BB Par Ludovick Bourgeois, Qw4rtz, Véronique Labbé, Mia Kelly, Sugar Crush, Arthur L’aventurier, and Bam Percussion. There’s also a dance show at noon.
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Multicultural music festival Yowfest brings artists from across French and English Canada and beyond to Lansdowne Park for a full day of music and cultural experiences.
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ByTowne Cinema: Klassic Kids: Anne of Green Gables (1985), Splitsville, Restoration: Summer Wars
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Mayfair Theatre: A Little Prayer, Superman, Shin Godzilla and Shin Godzilla: Orthochromatic, Saturday Night Sinema
Gigs
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Stoner/Heavy Metal Night with Altar of the Fuzz, Z-Cocoon, Backyard Witchcraft, Hangman's Graveyard. Avant-Garde Bar
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The Lucky Ron Show. The Laff
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White Rabbit with house DJs Balu and Unkl Pauly. City At Night
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Parliament of Owls (matinée show at 2:00 pm). Broadhead Brewery
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The Bella Donnas, Broken by Friday, Sun Dried Flies, August John. The Rainbow Bistro
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Siobhan Bodrug, J3M. Night Oat
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The Start. Irene's Pub
JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING
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There are just a few tickets remaining for Ottawa Design Club #0018 - From the Ground Up, an evening to network over custom cocktails and then listen to a panel discussion with some of Ottawa and Toronto’s most successful creatives. Thursday September 4 at Club SAW.
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Elevator Theatre Company’s production of Dogfight is threatening to be a complete sell-out. The show runs September 10 to 21 in an intimate, in-the-round set up at LIVE on Elgin.
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Toggle between the 80s, 90s, and 00s on the giant dance floor at the Retro Silent Disco Ottawa at the National Gallery of Canada.
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Members of Ottawa’s tech community who also just happen to rock: get ready for the biggest battle of the bands in town. Techrocks pits Ottawa region tech company bands against one another in a series of live shows starting on October 1. After being judged by online and in person audiences, only the best of the best will get to compete in the finals on Wednesday October 22. It’s all in aid of Ottawa Music Industry Coalition's programming.
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