Hello Ottawa
In Today’s Edition
→ The man who sent threats to Rideau-Vanier ward councillor Stéphanie Plant has been found guilty
→ Learn about three centuries of Irish contribution to Canada at the Fifty Irish Lives in Canada launch at Beechwood Cemetery tomorrow
→ The Deal of the Day is on artwork from Opposite Wall
– Martha and Darren
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OTTAWAN OF THE DAY
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Shady
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The five-year-old Greely border collie/poodle mix heard the crackling of a fire in the shed next to his house and woke up his people, allowing them to escape safely.
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The fire did spread to the house, making it uninhabitable, but no one was injured.
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– Katie Griffin at CTV
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I always wanted a boulder!
– Old Ottawa East resident Lindsay Suthren at the unveiling of the ‘Bellwood Boulder’, a massive rock discovered by City workers in 2021 and now installed at Windsor Park, complete with a plaque.
– CBC
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SPORTS
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⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 4 – Québec Capitales 3, last Saturday
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⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 15 – Québec Capitales 10, yesterday
The Titan’s league, Frontier, will change its name next year to the National Association of Professional Baseball. The changeover will come complete with a new retro logo.
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🏒 PWHL Ottawa Charge 2 – Boston Fleet 1, last Friday
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🏒 PWHL Ottawa Charge 4 – Boston Fleet 3, yesterday
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And that puts the Charge in the Walter Cup. Their opponent will be decided tonight at the Montréal Victoire – Minnesota Frost match.
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL
Ottawa Police Service Board Finance and Audit Committee
Tuesday, May 12 at 10:00 am
- Office of the Auditor General (OAG): Ottawa Police Service - Audit of Project Management
Agenda
Ottawa Public Library Board
Tuesday, May 12 at 5:00 pm
- First Quarter 2026 Financial Status Report
- Ottawa Public Library 2025 Annual Report
- 2025 Policy Compliance and Delegation of Authority Annual Reporting
- OPL Board Commitment to Intellectual Freedom and Support for National Association Advocacy - Motion (Chair Matthew Luloff)
Agenda
Whose flag is flying at City Hall today? None
City Hall flies the flag of embassies and high commissions on their national days.
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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT
🚨 The man who sent threats to Rideau-Vanier ward councillor Stéphanie Plant has been found guilty of uttering death threats and criminal harassment. Jason Claude Lamarche sent his first email in June 2024, telling Plante her ‘days are numbered’. Plante emailed back, informing Lamarche that his threat had spelt her name wrong. – Aedan Helmer in the Ottawa Citizen
🔎 The City has published maps of all new developments approved in each ward. It’s a little fussy – the maps are PDFs – but they are designed for regular people to look at. Take a look on the City’s website. – Jake Davies in West Carleton Online
🛏️ The province is building two new longterm care homes in Ottawa. The two homes will be located in Nepean and operated by Southbridge Ottawa. Three hundred and eighty four beds are expected to be added. – Province of Ontario
🌷 The Tulip Festival has published a daily tulipometer, indcating what stage the tulips are in so hopefully you won’t visit on the worst days. As of today, the tulips are at Bloomcon 5: early-season tulips have flowered. Mid-season tulips are in bud.
Also, this is our annual reminder that the National Capital Commission gives away the bulbs to non-profit groups after the Tulip Festival, but they never really tell people about it.
If your group would like some bulbs, send an official request with information such as ‘the name of the non-profit organization, the reason for the request, the contact information, and the quantity of bulbs requested’ to nccinfo@ncc-ccn.ca.
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THE DAILY POLL
When will you plant your garden?
▪️ “They make you wait when they clearly have LOTS of empty tables that don't fill up while you are eating there despite their claimed Reserved status!”
▪️ “If there is a lineup and the wait is not too long (15 minutes or less) then ok, if not then there are many more choices rather than stay in a long lineup.”
▪️ “Waiting in line for a restaurant is about as dumb as waiting in line for an iPhone.”
▪️ “However, if I am going out, I make a reservation or go at 5pm… so I can be in bed by 9:30.”
▪️ “Working in restaurants made me patient on line ... dine out off-peak times to avoid ‘em .
▪️ “If the wait isn't that long, yes I’ll wait.”
▪️ “I can only go to certain restaurants due to being veggie and also having celiac disease. Ottawa really needs to take a page out of Vancouver Island’s book. They have gluten free & veggie restaurants!”
▪️ “I won’t line up for food. That’s what they do in prison.”
▪️ “I make reservation where I want to go. Having to wait in line to eat is weird idea and might tell a lot about management of place and respect of clientele.”
▪️ “I mostly eat at home, but if I do eat out, I make a reservation or go early to avoid the wait.”
▪️ “I will never wait more than 15 minutes for a table as I hate waiting and am usually too hungry. It is definitely a bummer when this happens but I just go somewhere else.”
▪️ “Wait in line for a table at a restaurant? As if. With so many options to try, why would we waste time standing around?”
▪️ “If it’s no longer than a 15min wait I’ll stick around but there’s no way the food is good enough to wait any longer than that.”
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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR
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✳️ Means change from previous edition
MONDAY
Cinema
Gigs
TUESDAY
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Buddhist monk & teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen will lead a session on Letting Go of Ego in the final evening of The Art of Letting Go meditation series. (Centretown West)
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Learn about three centuries of Irish contribution to Canada at the Fifty Irish Lives in Canada launch at Beechwood Cemetery (Vanier)
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Questionable Behaviour shows up at Wild Wing in Orléans for Music Bingo or Trivia. (Orléans)
Cinema
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ByTowne Cinema: Montréal, My Beautiful (Montréal, Ma Belle), Palestine 36, Mile End Kicks
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Mayfair Theatre: Mile End Kicks, The Christophers, Middle Life
Gigs
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Carson Cameron. Night Oat
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Ron Mills. Folk Collusion (Le Hibou)
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Open Mic. LIVE on Elgin
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Geoff Arsenault album release. The Robo Lounge
WEDNESDAY
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🆓 Doors Open for Music at Southminster (DOMS) presents ‘Childhood Memories:with pianist Jui-Sheng Li’. Pieces by Bortkiewicz, Debussy, Schumann, and Wild will evoke fairy-tale worlds by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christen Anderson. (Old Ottawa South)
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Ottawa Little Theatre’s production of Mark Crawford’s The Birds and The Bees is an adult comedy set in the world of beekeeping. The show runs Wednesdays through Saturdays until May 23 (Sandy Hill)
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The creative folks at Our Third Place are meeting at Hog’s Back Falls for board games, arts and crafts, and an optional 30-45 minute group hike.(Hog's Back - Prince of Wales)
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Visit Beyond the Pale Brewing and guess the theme at Outside the Box Trivia. You might win a prize. (Centretown West)
Cinema
Gigs
JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING
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Rheostatics, Roch Voisine, Zadie Smith, Cirque Éloize, Choir! Choir! Choir! are just a few of the performances in the NAC’s newly announced 2026-27 season. (Downtown)
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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...
THE OTTAWAN has long been fascinated about the Ottawa Valley accent.
Rosanne Lake at Inside Ottawa Valley has gone out and asked locals and experts about the accent and whether or not it is being lost. Bonus: she includes a partial list of Ottawa Valley vocabulary.
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RAPID RESPONSE QUALITY CONTROL
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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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