WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT
🚨 The Ottawa Police Service plans to add more officers in the ByWard Market and downtown core this spring. Chief Eric Stubbs says the new plan will begin May 1 with a ‘sustained presence’ in the ByWard Market, Rideau Street, Centretown, Chinatown, and Bank Street. – Josh Pringle at CTV
🐕 An owner is calling for the closure of a Gatineau doggy daycare after his dog was mauled to death. The man left his golden retriever in the care of Kaninou daycare while he was away on a trip but was informed that his dog was bitten. After a visit to the vet, he believed the dog was mauled and the man says that he has been contacted by other people who had left their pets injured by the service. – Cameron Mahler at CBC
🗳️ Business advocate Michelle Groulx plans to run for the Kitchissippi ward councillor seat. Incumbent councillor Jeff Leiper has already announced that he is planning to run for mayor. Groulx is currently employed by the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas. Former journalist Joanne Chianello is also planning to run for the seat. – Charlie Senack in the Ottawa Business Journal
THE DAILY POLL
Were you born in the Capital?
▪️ “Tuxedos are definitely smartest as evidenced by the furry geniuses otherwise known as Wiggy and Jackson.”
▪️ “My tuxedo cat was smart but my black was brilliant and so affectionate.”
▪️ “We have an orange cat. He’s very playful, curious, and loveable but not the most intelligent. ”
▪️ “Now if the question was about dogs I would be enthusiastic.”
▪️ “The tuxedo option was not clickable, that was going to be my choice. Our tortoise shell is a dumb clumsy asshole, but we love her as the same. Our tuxedo is the polar opposite.”
▪️ “My tuxedo cats are the sweetest, but torties are the smartest.”
▪️ “Every orange tabby I have ever known are just soooo smart!”
▪️ “You forgot about white cats :( ”
▪️ “White cats forgotten.”
▪️ “Grey cats are the smartest.”
▪️ “Dogs are WAY smarter and far more friendly.”
▪️ “Really?”
▪️ “What, no grey cats?! No white cats?!”
▪️ “Certainly not white. White cats are awesome, but stupid!”
▪️ “Get a dog.”
▪️ “All cats are a little odd at times, but the calico, tabby, tortoise shell are certainly the opposite of orange cats.”
▪️ “White!!
▪️ “As per Ottawan tortoiseshells Poppy and Tutti!”
THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR
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TUESDAY
Cinema
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ByTowne Cinema: The Things You Kill, Montréal My Beautiful (Montréal, Ma Belle), Rad (49th Anniversary)
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Mayfair Theatre: Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Scarlet
Gigs
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Crown Lands. Howard Shenkman Hall, Shenkman Arts Centre
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Katherine & Nicholas. Night Oat
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Mehdi Cayenne. National Arts Centre
WEDNESDAY
Cinema
Gigs
THURSDAY
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A new exhibition at Ottawa School of Art's Byward Campus explores the traditional and contemporary applications of birch bark in Anishinaabe Algonquin art. Birch Bark: Tradition and Transformation presents works by Simon Brascoupé, Claire Brascoupé, Emily Brascoupé-Hoefler, and Mairi Brascoup. Join the vernissage tonight from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. (Byward Market)
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Creator and performer Nawaaz’s show Bol, Brown Boy, Bol weaves storytelling with a musical landscape that merges Indian classical music with 90s Bollywood nostalgia, grunge, rap, and hip hop. Tonight and tomorrow at the Les Lye Studio Theatre. (Nepean)
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uOttawa’s Mini Medical School is designed to ‘stimulate and satiate your curiosity about the human body and the many health issues we face as a society’. The lecture series gives a taste of the medical school experience that is accessible to casual, life long learners (and no exams). Thursday evenings until April 30. Ottawa Hospital (Civic Campus)
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DIY your own cute-as-heck purse bling at the Charms & Chill - Craft Night Social at Next Door (Little Italy)
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VERsefest continues. (Downtown)
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& Juliet explores how Shakespeare's tragic heroine might have ended up had she not followed Romeo to the grave. The exuberant musical uses a backdrop of contemporary pop to follow Juliet as she searches for a second chance at a beautiful life. (Downtown)
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Greely Players perform Footloose: The Musical at Hard Rock Ottawa, tonight through Sunday. (Gloucester)
Cinema
Gigs
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Happy Hour with Ali Berkok. The Robo Lounge
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July Talk (second night added). Bronson Centre
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Sad Girl Café. Gigspace
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Questionable Behaviour Trivia. Overflow Brewing
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Arenas, Little Junior, Four Eyed Musclemen. House of TARG
JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING
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If you’re tired of hearing your curling friends gush about the fun they have on the sheet, sign up for the Learn to Curl Fundraiser in support of the Sandra Schmirler Foundation. Saturday April 4, $25 per person (Carp).
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🆓 Creative kids will love the Orpheus Musical Theatre summer camp program. Orpheus Schoolhouse 2026 Summer Camps have week-long sessions for the 6-10, 10-13, and 14-18 year old brackets.
MADE IN CANADA DEAL OF THE DAY
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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...
In the Centretown Buzz, Jack Hanna has a 200th anniversary story of how the shape of Ottawa was set by a ‘fast-money scheme ignited a feud between a speculator and the governor general’.
Read it, it’s good, and has tidbits like this: the Rideau Canal could have been based in Richmond instead of ByTown – if only Capt John LeBreton hadn't screwed the governor general (and Earl of Dalhousie) over some land sales.
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