Hello Ottawa
In Today’s Edition
→ Gatineau police are asking Capital residents if they have had their underwear stolen in the past few years
→ The Capital Ukrainian Festival launches tomorrow
→ Deal of the Day: Save 40% on everything at Habitat ReStore
– Martha and Darren
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STATISTICS OTTAWA
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$28.9 million
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The amount of money that current City councillors spent on their office budgets between November 2022 and May 2026.
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CTV has a whole list of outré things councillors expensed, but a few highlights are $102 for Golden Palace eggrolls that Mayor Sutcliffe sent to Ontario cabinet minister Stan Cho, $122 for glow sticks by ward councillor Tim Tierney for the Beacon Hill Canada Day fireworks in 2024, and $438 for a team dinner at Gezellig to ‘discuss office matters’, $500 for a ‘team lunch’ at Riviera, and $262 to Cadena Restaurant for a staff Christmas dinner all by West Carleton-March ward councillor Clarke Kelly.
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— Josh Pringle at CTV
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Sometimes I think Ottawa might just be the best running city not just in Canada, but in the whole world
– Torontonian Ben Kaplan in iRun, loving Ottawa’s trails, run clubs, Army Run, Tamarack Race Weekend, Rideau Canal, and because of the Chateau Laurier, and the running support of Mayor Mark Sutcliffe.
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SPORTS
⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans at New York Boulders
Yesterday
⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 2 at New York Boulders 5
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL
No meetings tomorrow
Agenda
Whose flag is flying at City Hall today? Moldova
City Hall flies the flag of embassies and high commissions on their national days.
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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT
🚊 OC Transpo will make major changes to buses and O Train starting Sunday. Some highlights:
- Line 1 will increase frequency, Line 2 will open earlier from the south
- Seven new Express Routes, and new direct connections between Gatineau, Kanata, and Barrhaven
- More reliable schedules on 22 bus routes
The details of all the changes can be found at OC Transpo’s Your Ride site.
– City of Ottawa
↪ Vending machines are being rolled out at Pimisi, Parliament, uOttawa, Rideau, and St Laurent O Train stations, and Billings Bridge bus station.
↪ ‘Communication, lack of express buses among main concerns for riders’ as OC Transpo open houses end.
🩲 Gatineau police are asking Capital residents if they have had their underwear stolen in the past few years. After a 52 year-old Gatineau man was arrested for burglary, the Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau says the man offered services as a handyman, mainly to women. Some customers reported finding extra underwear afterwards or their own missing. Contact Gatineau police at 819 243 4636 ext. 5 if you encountered something like this. – Josh Pringle at CTV
🏗️ A developer has applied to convert a concrete 16 storey office building on Albert Street to residential. The plan would see studio, one-bedroom, and two bedroom apartments on 15 floors with the roof converted to an ‘amenity’. – Josh Pringle at CTV
🛒 Every week @stromanker reads all the local grocery flyers and posts the deals on Ottawa Reddit. This week he highlights eggs ($4.98/18 pack at Metro), milk ($4.98/4L at Food Basics), and strawberries $(1.79/340g at Produce Depot). – /Ottawa
🗳️ Ottawa Civic Election
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THE DAILY POLL
Who does the handywork in your home?
Commentary
▪️ “Maybe the new foot patrols in the Market could pick up some trash along their travels ...”
▪️ “Ridiculous that our taxes don’t even pay for this. We are the Capital of Canada and our public spaces look horrible. Weeds and garbage along main roads. Curbs overgrown with weeds and grass.”
▪️ “Perhaps that people receiving the government handouts and living off the system should be required to complete some mandated clean up of our city (in addition to substance testing)!”
▪️ “Yes with Girl Guides as a community activity in our local park. We also did a Shoreline Clean Up each year near Parliament Hill. These days though some of the garbage might be more of a concern with needles, pills and other things getting into parks.”
▪️ “This is something young offenders and their colleagues in the innes road prison should do. Make them work it off. Hopefully this won’t interfere with their gym and recreational activities. Poor darlings.”
▪️ “This kind of activity could generate civic pride if it came from the grass roots. Coming from ‘The City’ – who cares?”
▪️ “This Cleanup campaign should be run multiple times every year and more so in summer to get more people out doing the cleanup.”
▪️ “I pick up garbage weekly on all my walks to clean the capital. Too bad more people don’t do this.”
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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR
Is there an event we should know about?
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✳️ Means change from previous edition
THURSDAY
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🏳️🌈 Capital Pride offers a Community Breakfast in Dundonald Park (Centretown)
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🏳️🌈 Ottawa Miniature Gallery is one of the city's most intriguing, and this month the six tiny galleries feature exhibitions by 2SLGBTQI+ identifying artists. View them at the National Art Centre's Atrium O’Brien all this month or head to the official opening tonight. (Downtown)
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🆓 The Plaza Bridge at Elgin and Rideau Streets will host the brand new Soundscape Festival this evening. The lineup includes Puppy Sierna, OK Naledi, and Tone Cluster. Look for additional Soundscape events in September. (Downtown)
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Smurfs screens at the final outdoor movie night at Lansdowne Park. (The Glebe)
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The Home Alone Safety for Kids one-day course teaches the skills designed to give young people confidence to be at home alone. (Barrhaven)
Cinema
Gigs
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Jude Zappala. Fono
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Blank Notion. LIVE on Elgin
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Ash Ravens Band. Rainbow Bistro
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Luke Bryan. Canadian Tire Centre
FRIDAY
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🏳️🌈 🆓 Capital Pride’s grand opening show in the heart of downtown will have you grooving and moving all night to Ralph, La Bronze and DJ Puppy Sierna.
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Experience the dance, culture, and food at the Capital Ukrainian Festival this weekend. Friday’s highlight: beginner-friendly dancing in the Lansdowne Park Plaza. (The Glebe)
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🏳️🌈 Expect out-of-this-world hijinks at Drag Me to Uranus, featuring Pythia (of Canada's Drag Race 2, RuPaul's Drag Race: Global Allstars season 1, and Canada's Drag Race season 1). Dress code: check the theme, fashion yourself accordingly. (Downtown)
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🏳️🌈 🆓 Capital Pride presents A Kiss From The Middle East, a drag show with a Middle East flavour. (Downtown)
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Pull on your cowboy boots and Stetson for Broncs and Tonks, the rodeo and country festival with Black Creek Rodeo and Dean Brody & The Reklaws
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Meet other folks with good ideas at the Strong Towns Ottawa Monthly Social (Hintonburg)
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It’s an Ontario battle as Atlético Ottawa takes on Inter Toronto FC (The Glebe)
Cinema
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ByTowne Cinema: Tony, Compostelle, Drunken Cinema: A Nightmare on Elm Street
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Mayfair Theatre: Sheep in the Box, Franz, The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Gigs
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Tijuana Bibles (Garage Surf Punk). The Dominion Tavern
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Fired Up Fridays. The Laff
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The Windup. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa
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SpaceCamp. The 27 Club
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Evil Costume Party with Alley Beers, Pomegranate, Sons of Au. Rainbow Bistro
SATURDAY
Cinema
Gigs
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Return of Dueling Pianos. The Robo Lounge
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The Lucky Ron Show. The Laff
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Karaoke. Hintonburg Public House
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The ReTreads, Four Eyed Muscle Man & Friends. Rainbow Bistro
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Night of the Snake, Dead Days, I See Aura, Nature Pleads Revenge
JUST ANNOUNCED
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DEALS OF THE DAY
BUT, ONE MORE THING ...
If you didn’t catch the news a few hours ago, US president Donald Trump went through with his threat and issued an executive order requiring American government agencies to refer to Lake Ontario as Lake America.
Almost immediately, Lee Finishen, a wag living in Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, made this tweet – on the official White House feed – declaring the new name of Washington DC as South Ottawa, complete with renamed neighbourhoods.
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THE END
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THE OTTAWAN is written and edited every working weekday by Martha and Darren.
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