Hello Ottawa
In Today’s Edition
→ The National Capital Commission wants your opinion on its Greenbelt Master Plan
→ Metalheads: assemble at Ten Toes for Hard ‘N’ Heavy Metal Vinyl Night tomorrow
→ Deals of the Day: Ottawa Jazz ticket holder upgrade and Made in Canada leather card wallet at Hides in Hand
– Martha and Darren
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WEDNESDAY DRINKING AND DINING UPDATE
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🧀 Road Trip: You know summer is truly on the way when Back Forty Artisan Cheese opens the shop and bistro for the season. Starting this Friday May 29, the operation is open Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 8:00 pm to serve artisan cheese, meats, sourdough pizzas, and products from local producers. Also: save the date for the farm's annual free event Curds & Cooks on Saturday June 27. (Mississippi Station)
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🍺 Les Grands Feux du Casino Lac-Leamy (July 29 - August 15 at the Canadian Museum of History) is partnering with four Gatineau craft breweries this year: À La Dérive Brasserie Artisanale, 5e Baron, Brasserie du Bas-Canada, and Brasserie artisanale Gallicus. Festivalgoers will be able to buy the beers at concessions as well as the Taste the Sky gastronomic experience.
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🥡 After more than 50 years, Ruby Inn on Bank Street will be closing June 28. The Chinese takeout puts the blame on its lease ending.
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🍽️ In Edible Ottawa, Jennifer Campbell profiles the owners of cult Gatineau resto Caméline — who are aiming for a a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
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💥 You don’t often seen a bad review of a restaurant locally – why waste the space is the usual thinking – but Peter Hum in the Ottawa Citizen has picked this week to go after the Château Laurier’s new resto: ‘At Akira Back Ottawa, posh setting tops pricey, overhyped food’.
Father’s Day Foodie Gifts
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STATISTICS OTTAWA
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$10 million
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The amount of provincial money that the City wants to divert to a ByWard Market wishlist.
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The money was provided to the City to pedestrianize William Street but council paused that earlier this year. It can’t spend the money on other things without authorization — and the deadline is next year.
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OTTAWAN OF THE DAY
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David Bellerive
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The senior officer of finances at the University of Ottawa has taken it upon himself to start a campaign in support of the Québec - Montréal - Ottawa - Toronto high speed rail project.
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Called Go Alto, he says ‘We feel that the big issue right now is that it’s easy for people to say that they support it, but I don’t think they feel there’s a clear way for them to express that support’.
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– Mia Jensen in the Ottawa Business Journal
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It is anticipated that this will cause a series of impacts to clients, including increased likelihood of overdose and subsequent adverse health outcomes, such as brain injury and death
– Chief medical officer Dr Trevor Arnason in a memo to City Council over his concerns of what will happen when the funding for Sandy Hill Community Health Centre supervised consumption site runs out June 13.
– Josh Pringle at CTV
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SPORTS
⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 8 – Down East Bird Dawgs 10, yesterday
Tonight
⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans at Down East Bird Dawgs
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL
Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee
Thursday, May 28 at 9:30 am
- Ottawa Fire Services 2025 Annual Report
- Councillor’s Report (Councillor S. Plante) – Strengthening Protections Against Construction Encroachment and Enforcing Committee of Adjustment Conditions
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 CHEO Foundation is ‘dismayed’ that a former employee has apparently ‘misdirected’ funds. While CHEO has contacted police, it did not say who or how much money is involved. – CBC
🍃 The National Capital Commission wants your opinion on its Greenbelt Master Plan. Created in the 1950s to ‘protect the rural land bordering the Capital from urban sprawl. It has since become the largest publicly owned greenbelt in the world’. The online survey is open until June 8. – National Capital Commission
📺 Québec National Assembly urges the National Hockey League to permit screenings of the Canadiens at the Slush Puppy Centre in Gatineau. Because Gatineau is in the 80 km exclusive TV zone of the Sens, the League won’t permit public screenings of the Canadiens’ run for the cup — despite the Sens already being on golf duty. – Montréal Gazette
🚊 Double-car trains will return to O Train Line 1 on June 8. The trains had been running with one car since January after the discovery of issues with the carriage axel assemblies. – Ted Raymond at CTV
↪ Historic Streetcar 696, which once plied the Rockcliffe Park –Britannia Park route, has found a new home at the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario in Smiths Falls.
↪ A double decker OC Transpo bus fell off a flatbed truck and rolled into the side of the Farm Boy at the Ottawa Train Yards yesterday.
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THE DAILY POLL
Are you in favour of supervised drug consumption sites?
▪️ “Very happy not to have ever had a need to call 911!”
▪️ “A fire alarm at my last apartment building that kept ringing until I figured someone needed to call it in.”
▪️ “Yes, for ambulances for family members. They came promptly and accessed the situation for either transport or medical attention. Never had to call for the police.”
▪️ “Technically my older sister (then about nine) called 911 and then hung up and blamed it on me (5) and my brother (7). Sister didn’t get in trouble, but the younger two of us still did — hauled down to the station to apologize in person.”
▪️ “Yes! Saved a dude’s life once so that was cool.”
▪️ “We thought our son was choking. He was maybe a year old and woke up making a godawful noise. Called 911. It was the croup. I’d done everything for choking and forgot what the croup sounded like 🤦🏼♀️”
▪️ “I had an appendix issue ... they arrived within 10 mins ... surgery within two hours ... great service from those gentlemen. Respect for a challenging job.”
▪️ “A long long time ago ... we had some challenges with one of our kids ....I started to dial 911 and I hung up. If you dial them and hang up they call you back. Luckily our daughter has turned out great ... just a bump in the road.”
▪️ “Unfortunately I have had a few calls to 911 Ambulance and always had good support on line and quick response.”
▪️ “Called when my husband needed urgent medical assistance and another time to notify of a potential serious mental health situation that I witnessed.”
▪️ “Took 20 minutes for the police to respond to Bolton Street, where two people (non-residents) were injecting drugs in an interior apartment stairwell. I guess that was nothing to get excited about.”
▪️ “I’ve had several occasions for my hubby and they are the best of the best ... both the 911 operator and the paramedics ... a big thank you to all.”
▪️ “Once.”
▪️ “Someone needs to test it.”
▪️ “It took almost two hours to come. This was about two years ago.”
▪️ “Twice!”
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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
WEDNESDAY
Cinema
Gigs
THURSDAY
Cinema
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ByTowne Cinema: I Love Boosters, Chime and Serpents's Path Double Bill (Restoration)
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Mayfair Theatre: The Drama, 40 Years of Fuckin’ Up, The Wicker Man
Gigs
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Al Qahwa. National Arts Centre
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Mark Crissinger. Irene’s Pub
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Kenny Hayes. Night Oat
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Eau the Music. LIVE on Elgin
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Pete Roth Trio. Overflow Brewing
FRIDAY
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Be a tourist in your own neighbourhood with the Let’s Bike Ottawa ‘Discover Your Ward By Bike: Centretown’ ride on Friday May 29. (Downtown)
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Ottawa Pops Orchestra performs in a brass choir, a string quartet, and more in its Spring Concert Fundraiser. (Sandy Hill)
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Urban Legends Poetry Collective presents another evening dedicated to Truth to Power, a writing and performance workshop on wellness ‘through the lens of community, solidarity, advocacy, and activism’. Led by Van Essa. (Tunney’s Pasture)
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If you haven't nailed down plans for today's World Lindy Hop Day the Ottawa Swing Dance Society can help. They've put together an entire evening that celebrates the birthday of Lindy Hop Ambassador Frankie Manning.
Cinema
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ByTowne Cinema: Backrooms, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Silent Friend
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Mayfair Theatre: Holy Days, I Swear, The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Gigs
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80s Dance Party with DJ Remi Royale and The Underground. House of TARG
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Fenix, Pop Culture Icons, This Disaster, Venosta. Rainbow Bistro
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Judy Collins. National Arts Centre
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Abijah. Night Oat
JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING
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🆓 Take a deep dive into the background of one of K-Pop Demon Hunters’ best-loved characters in the Minhwa Workshop: Tracing the Origins of Derpy. Four artists help participants explore the imagery of Korean folk art tradition of hojakdo (tiger-and-magpie paintings). Friday June 26 or Saturday June 27 at the Korean Cultural Centre Canada (Downtown).
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Make your own Softcover Journal in Paste n’ Paper’s bookbinding class on Saturday June 13.
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Road Trip: The world famous Puppets Up! Festival returns to Almonte this August. It kicks off with Shakespeare’s Macbeth as told by one man and his roque team of puppets. One performance only, Friday August 7.
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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...
As part of THE OTTAWAN’s neverending quest to keep our city abreast of everything Heated Rivalry related, we bring you this: pre-orders for Province of Canada's much anticipated, limited-edition fleece jacket inspired by Heated Rivalry will go live on June 3.
The price will not be revealed until that day, so assume it will be eye-wateringly expensive.
Despite some of the action being set in Ottawa, recent reports say that the filming of season two will take place in Montréal and Toronto with no mention of character Shane Hollander’s hometown.
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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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