Hello Ottawa
In Today’s Edition
→ Carling Avenue has been voted as Ottawa’s worst road for the 21st year
→ The Blackburn Hamlet FunFair starts tomorrow
→ The Deal of the Day: Ready made picture frames at the Wall Space Framing Train Yards location
– Martha and Darren
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BARRY’S BAYSIAN OF THE DAY
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Carley Fortune
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Before she became a best-selling romance novel writer and before being an editor at The Globe and Mail, Toronto Life, and Chatelaine, Fortune was a kid growing up in Barry’s Bay, where her parents owned the Madawaska Valley Inn.
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Every Year After, an eight episode series based on her debut novel of the same name, premieres on June 10 on Prime Video. Fortune says that she vetoed an early script that set the show in Barry’s Bend, Wisconsin and ensured it was explicity set in Canada.
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– Elizabeth Egan in the New York Times
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We’ve been getting a lot of travelers that come up from Raleigh to the Ottawa area
– Ogdensburg International Airport manager Charlie Garrelts, thrilled that new renovations and an airline partner have greatly increased the number of passengers passing through his patch.
The airport, just over an hour from Ottawa, has only one airline, Breeze, which services Raleigh-Durham, Washington, and Orlando. It’s interesting that on the Breeze website, Ogdensburg is listed as Ogdensburg, NY / Ottawa, ON.
– John Moore at WWNY TV
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SPORTS
⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans 1 vs New York Boulders 9, yesterday
Tonight
🏀 CEBL Ottawa BlackJack vs Winnipeg Sea Bears
⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans vs New York Boulders
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL
No more meetings this week
Meetings and agendas
Whose flag is flying at City Hall today? Tonga
City Hall flies the flag of embassies and high commissions on their national days.
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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT
🚧 Carling Avenue has been voted as Ottawa’s worst road for the 21st year. The annual campaign by the Canadian Automobile Association didn’t put any Ottawa road on Ontario’s 10 worst roads this year but Carling Avenue was number four in 2023. – Josh Pringle at CTV
↪ Queensway drivers have another weekend of construction. Two left lanes will close on the westbound 417 between O’Connor and Preston streets, the left lane will close on the eastbound 417 between Preston and Kent streets, and the on-ramp from O’Connor to the westbound 417 will be closed.
↪ Elevators on the O Train Line 1 have had 435 unplanned closures between September 2024 and February 2026.
🚊 Mayor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette is ‘hopeful’ after Prime Minister Mark Carney mentioned Gatineau’s tram project. Marquis-Bissonette said that she was worried about the future of the project when the province transferred it to the new Mobilité Infra Québec agency, led by former OC Transpo general manager Renée Amilcar. – CBC
↪ Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says it is not ‘unusual’ that the City signed a non-disclosure agreement with the Alto high speed rail Crown corporation. Sutcliffe says the agreement does not give the City any secret information but is about ‘the properties owned by the City of Ottawa that may be affected, not the entire project’.
🏒 Ottawa Charge have protected three players from being absorbed by league expansion. Gwyneth Philips, Ronja Savolainen, and Rebecca Leslie are all guaranteed to return. As the Professional Women’s Hockey League is adding four teams next season – Detroit, Hamilton, Las Vegas, and San Jose – the new cities can select players from existing teams. – Emma Weller at CBC
🗳️ Ottawa Civic Election
‘A New Era of Responsible City Spending. My platform to get the value for money we deserve from our taxes. ’ – Mayoral candidate Neil Saravanamuttoo
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THE DAILY POLL
Are you in favour of the plan to link the downtowns of Gatineau and Ottawa by tram?
▪️ “I invest in Beavertails, it’s a skating on the canal tradition kind of investment if that counts
▪️ “Remember when there was a savoury Beavertail? Bring back garlic butter and parm!”
▪️ “We should all be so lucky to be able to invest our ‘extra’ money. I love Beavertails though!”
▪️ “There should have been a no option. Beavertails are overpriced. Giant Tiger is cool.”
▪️ “And K-D!”
▪️ “Really wish that I had invested in Shopify when we first met Tobi and a few of the others back in 2009 or 2010 – would be happily retired by now instead of slogging away in an office building!”
▪️ “Shopify but through SHPE which is the high yield covered call version of it that pays me a 19% yield or $273 / month. Let it go up or down, who cares. I get paid. Passive income life is great!”
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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
Cinema
Gigs
FRIDAY
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Road Trip: The Metcalfe Kioti Rodeo returns to Metcalfe for two nights of bull, bareback, and bronc riding, plus all the rodeo activities you've seen in the movies. Continues tomorrow night.
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Manotick’s Dickinson Days is celebrating 50 years with a parade at 7:00 pm followed by police and fire demonstrations, a competitive basketball game, a nerf battle, and fireworks to top it all off at 9:00 pm. The festival continues over the weekend.
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The line-up is all Canadian classic rock at Guitars & Gasoline Festival, tonight through tomorrow in Calabogie. Weekend passes and single tickets are available.
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Performer, entrepreneur, and RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favourite Alyssa Edwards appears at Algonquin Commons Theatre for one night only.
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Dance until midnight and meet artists on each floor of Canadian Museum of Nature at Nature Nocturne.
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The Kickin’ It Country Barn Party Fundraiser for Eastern Ontario Resource Centre’s Emergency Food Cupboard is a great excuse to kick up your boots for some line dancing at the Just Food Farm Barn. Don't fret none if you don’t know the moves; the fun starts with a lesson on the dance floor. (Blackburn Hamlet)
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Also in the Hamlet: community spirit and family fun are what the Blackburn Hamlet FunFair is all about (today through Sunday). You'll be kept busy with inflatable rides, a wreck room, live music, a family movie night, and so much more. As for food, burgers, hotdogs and food trucks will ensure no one goes hungry.
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With Saturday completely sold out and limited tickets remaining for today’s 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm session, the time is now to book your entry to Craft Beer Festival.
Cinema
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ByTowne Cinema: Do You Love Me, Dossier 137, Blue Heron
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Mayfair Theatre: Little Lorraine, Silent Friend, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter: 25th Anniversary
Gigs
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Jinjer. Bronson Centre
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Candy Says, Thee Soreheads, Static. Avant-Garde Bar
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Matt Falvai Duo. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa
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Beats & Keys. The Robo Lounge
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Ed Lister Group. Night Oat
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Akeem Oh. National Arts Centre
SATURDAY
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🆓 As part of Doors Open Ottawa weekend, Possible Worlds will be showcasing its programs and offering an afternoon of music and print. Noon to 4:00 pm at 2 Daly Ave (Downtown)
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Buy some fresh local produce at Beechwood Market. (New Edinburgh)
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The Clothing Swap at Next Door is raising funds for Cornerstone Housing for Women. Do a closet clear out of up to 10 gently used, laundered items, and pick up something new-to-you.
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Take the rural route to some new art in the Red Trillium Studio Tour this weekend. (West Ottawa)
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Join other Zumba lovers for a session in WC Bowes Park in Morgan’s Grant, tonight from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. (Kanata)
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Road Trip: Enjoy the best in local entertainment at Priorpalooza Music Festival, plus activities for kids, a Train Show, a volleyball tournament, food, and beverages. (Arnprior)
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Currently under threat of being sold by the City, Watson’s Mill in Manotick is included in Doors Open Ottawa this weekend, as is Dickinson House Museum, the house once that once belonged to the original owners. The mill still operates as a water-powered flour mill.
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🆓 🏳️🌈 The Perth Pride Parade starts at 3:30 pm at Stewart School.
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Dance Then Bed is an early set on the dance floor at The Robo Lounge. (The Glebe)
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If you’re ready for more dancing, there will be plenty of disco, funk, and soul at Irene’s Pub care of The Electric Company. (The Glebe)
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The Stairwell Carollers Choir’s Springtime a cappella concert sing religious and secular songs from across the centuries. (Centretown)
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The Metcalfe Kioti Rodeo continues.
Community Yard Sales: Bargain hunters should make their way to these neighbourhood events, where the treasures will be on view from 8:00AM
Cinema
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ByTowne Cinema: The Art of Adventure, Do You Love Me, Backrooms, Transporting 4K Restoration
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Mayfair Theatre: And The Rest Will Follow aka O Da Bir Şey Mi (back to back screenings), Silent Friend, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter: 25th Anniversary
Gigs
JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING
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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...
Faces magazine, the only Ottawa magazine that promises an actual face on each edition, has ‘4 Must Visit Hiking Trails Near Ottawa’.
In order of easiest to hardest, they are: King Mountain, the Skyline Trail, Luskville Falls Trail, and the Wolf Trail, which, satisfyingly, is a dog friendly route.
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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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