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• $11,131.07

• – The amount of money that the City spent on report tracking the social media conduct of Rideau-Vanier ward councillor Stéphanie Plant. Integrity Commissioner Karen Shepherd ruled that Plant had contravened the code of conduct by her use of memes and emojis on social media. City Council ultimately decided that no punishment was warranted.

• Ben Andrews in the Ottawa Citizen

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OTTAWAN OF THE DAY

• Allan Ryan   

• Ryan will be honoured with a Special Recognition Award at next month’s Ottawa Sports Awards for, deep breath, 35 years work with the Stittsville Minor Hockey Association, the Stittsville Ladies Fastball team, the Nepean Raiders Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club, ‘On Ice Analytics’ for the Ottawa Senators, and the Stittsville Sports Hall of Fame.

• Leslie McKay in Stittsville Central
   

QUOTE

• [P]ublic servants are being forced into a Hunger Games-style fight for jobs, competing for their own positions ...

– From the first sentence in a press release by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada stating its belief that Federal public employees are facing workplace reductions but outsourced consultants are not.

• Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

SPORTS

• 🏒 WPHL Ottawa Charge 4 – New York Sirens 3, yesterday

• 🏒 NHL Ottawa Senators 4 – Columbus Blue Jackets 1, yesterday

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  WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL

  Built Heritage Committee
  Thursday, January 21 at 9:30 am

  • Consideration of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Lauzon House at 6654 Notre-Dame Street under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
  • Consideration of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate 158 Gloucester Street, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
  • Application to alter 290 Park Road, a property designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District
  • Application for alterations to 231 Buena Vista Road, A property designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act
  • Beaverbrook Heritage Conservation District Feasibility Assessment
  • Presentation - Heritage Watch List Update

  Agenda

  

  WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

  🧢 The local entrepreneurs behind the ‘Canada is not for sale’ baseball caps hope to have a new best seller – ‘Greenland is not for sale’.  Jackpine Dynamic Branding now makes their caps and toques in Montréal and shirts in Toronto.– Marissa Galko in the Ottawa Business Journal

   

  🚄 There is still time to make yourself heard at the Alto High Speed Rail’s consulation.  Alto has open houses today at 5:00 pm, and tomorrow at 11:00 am and 5:00 pm. All will be held at Bayview Yards – Alto

   

  🛟 The City has lost its appeal to make the Federal government pay a higher property-tax-in-lieu.  Last week the Federal Court of Appeal upheld the lower court’s ruling which swatted down the City’s argument that the Federal government should pay more. The Federal government is not required to pay property tax anywhere but does pay an equivalent amount ‘in lieu’. The issue is the Province instituted a small discount on property taxes for businesses a few years back, with the Federal government reducing its ‘in lieu’ payments by the equivalent amount. The City’s argument, which has not stuck, has been that the business discount does not apply to the Federal government. – Catherine Morrison in the Canadian Press

   

  🎧 The Better Ottawa podcast has dropped a new edition. This time Neil Saravanamuttoo, Jon Willing, and Joanne Chianello discuss Train to Nowhere and Dude, Where’s My Bus?, Alto’s Open House on High Speed Rail, City Council’s absence of funding to deal with end-of-life assets, and Better Ottawa’s community town hall on January 28.   – The 613

  ↪ Meanwhile, the City’s official podcast, Ottatalk, discusses ‘What's new at my recreation centre’.

  ↪ And you can always catch up on what Ottawa is talking about with THE OTTAWAN’s constantly curated Ottawa Podcast list.

   

  🫨 If you didn’t feel the earthquake yesterday morning, don’t worry. most people didn’t. The 2.8 magnitude tremor hit at 4:55 am and was centred 30 km north of Hawkesbury. No damage or injuries were reported.  – CBC

  

  THE DAILY POLL

  How romantic would you deem Ottawa?

  🔘 Very

  🔘 Somewhat. If I squint.

  🔘 Not at all

  🔘 If by Ottawa, you mean Gatineau, I'm a believer

  🔘 If you mean like Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Count of Monte Cristo, I’m a believer

  • 
    Previously in ottawan polls:

  • We asked, ‘Are you looking forward to Ottawa’s 200th birthday?’

    • 15% Yes

    • 11% No

    • 19% Actually, the current City was formed in 2001 so it’s only 25 years old ...

    • 23% I’m celebrating 200 years of ByTown

    • 32% Ottawa doesn’t look a day over 150

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    Commentary

  ▪️ “And on whatever day we are partying, I shall partake with edibles and it will be grand.”​​​
  
  ▪️ “I’ll party when we delamalgamate.”​​​
  
  ▪️ “The ‘festivities’ will be nothing to write home about.”​​​
  
  ▪️ “I hope there are all kinds of fun events to mark the occasion.”​​​
  
  ▪️ “About time!”​​​
  
  ▪️ “It’s cool, but I don’t really care. If something interesting is related to it, I might attend, but I’m not going out of my way.”​​​

  

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  THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR

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  ✳️ Means change from previous edition

  WEDNESDAY

  • 🆓 Violinist Erik Johnson-Scherger presents The Post-Classical Violin, a program of contemporary Canadian repertoire for electronic violin, at today's Doors Open for Music at Southminster United Church. 

  • The recently rebranded Manor Park Brewing hosts the East-End Ukulele Jam with Christine Graves (St. Laurent Blvd) 

  • At Nepean Sailing Club’s winter speaker series tonight, hear about kiteboarding for the entire family. (Crystal Beach)

  Cinema

  • ByTowne Cinema: The Choral, No Other Choice, Staff Picks: Twins    

  • Mayfair Theatre: Father Mother Sister Brother, When Harry Met Sally…, Vampyros Lesbos    

  Gigs

  • Hip Hop Jam. Red Bird

  • Fanclub, Crisis Party, Out By Lucy. House of TARG

THURSDAY

• 🆓  VegOttawa’s Veganuary programming continues with a screening of ‘Eating Our Way ton Extinction’ followed by a Q&A with the association's board of directors.

• Take a Tai Chi lesson in the greenhouse at Aquatopia, then enjoy tea and a light vegan snack. 

• Copperbelt continues at the NAC  

• Give your unwanted Christmas gift a new home at the Hintonburg Public House Re-Gift Bingo event. 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: No Other Choice, The Choral, The Zone: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 

• Mayfair Theatre: Father Mother Sister Brother, The Running Man  

Gigs

• Wormwitch, Scalding, Norilsk. Dominion Tavern

• Bingo Thursday. Broadhead Brewery

• Curtis Jones, Al Sam Band, Austin Camp, Emily Steinwell. Avant-Garde bar

• Open Mic. Moose McGruire's (Hunt Club), Stray Dog Brewing (Orléans) 

FRIDAY

• Local folk musician Marc Alyre is releasing his debut album, ‘Poor Solutions to Invented Problems’ at Art House. 

• Catch some National Lacrosse League action as Ottawa Black Bears take on Vancouver Warriors at Canadian Tire Centre. 

• Copperbelt continues at the NAC  

Get into art today

• Give your creative skills a glow up with the Winter Watercolour Workshop at Wallack’s Art Supplies & Framing. Tonight’s session: Winterlude: Mittens with Yulia Lisitsyna.(Centretown)

• There’s more art happening at Arlington 5, where Community Canvas by Anyu Sun requires no experience. 

• Kids with a PA day will love the Pizza & Art PA Day Workshop at Nonna's Famous Pizza. 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: The Choral, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Restoration: The Virgin Suicides

• Mayfair Theatre: The Princess Bride, Mr Nobody Against Putin, No Other Choice, The Rocky Horror Picture Show 

Gigs

• Atypical Live. Southside Tap & Grill

• Anjchito. Night Oat

• The Boo Radley Project. LIVE on Elgin

• Mark Farina, Pozativ, Kapacity. GRIDWRKS

• Red Light. Main Street Pub

• Peter Hum Trio. The Robo Lounge 

JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

• Mādahòkì Farm’s Summer Camp offers kids aged four through 12 an rich experience focused on the care of farm animals, the learning of Indigenous cultural workshops and STEM challenges, and guided outdoor play in a 164 acre setting. July 27 to 31 and August 10 through 15. (Greenbelt) 

• Dwayne Gretzky Does the 90s (aka Big Shiny Dwayne 10) brings the party to Bronson Centre on May 9. Use the presale code DGBRONSON to book your tickets before January 23. 

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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

• Face it, THE OTTAWAN is now all Heated Rivalry all the time. Today’s update: The Sens have released new jerseys featuring the names and numbers of the two Heated Rivalry leads, for the low, low price of $325 each. 

• And now The Guardian has noticed and written about the phenomenon.

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