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STATISTICS OTTAWA

NUMBER

• 4,398

• The number of  Federal public service employees whose applications for the Early Retirement Incentive has been accepted by the Treasury Board.

• Twelve applications have been turned down. So far, 7,310 applications have been received.

• – Jim Wilson in Human Resources Director Magazine

OTTAWAN OF THE DAY

• Karan Kirpalani 

• The grade 11 student at Merivale High School won three prizes at the Canada - Wide Science Fair in Edmonton for his acoustic device that monitors cardiac fibrosis.

• Besides the certificates, Kirpalani now has $18,500 to continue his research.

• – CTV Ottawa video

QUOTE

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• [H]e was nothing more than a drug dealer

– The argument by the defence lawyer for Dr Salvador Plasencia in his appeal of the 30 month sentence for supplying ketamine to actor Matthew Perry. 

Plasencia’s appeal is based on the idea that he was not acting as a physician when he supplied the drugs that led to the overdose of Perry, but as a garden variety criminal. His co-accused received lesser sentences of  time.

– Kayla McLean at CBC

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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL

WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT

THE DAILY POLL

Are you getting excited about Ottawa’s 200th birthday?

🔘 Yes, a bicentennial is something to celebrate

🔘 No, it’s just an attempt to force fun

🔘 There are at least eight cities around the world named Ottawa, I say we change back to Bytown on the 200th

🔘 Now that I know transit will be free on the 200th birthday weekend, I’m ecstatic

🔘 I plan to celebrate by digging a ditch from the House of TARG to Kingston

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  Previously in OTTAWAN polls:

• What should be done about invasive wildlife, such as coyotes?

  • 36% Nothing. If one becomes a problem, remove it to somewhere else

  • 18% We’re the invasive one, it’s the humans who should move

  • 15% We need a wildlife park ranger force to keep them in check

  • 13% We need to call a meeting of all stakeholders to discuss the needs of both humans and wildlife

  • 18% The ACME catalogue should have a wide range of remedies

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    Commentary

▪️ “Honestly people need to learn coyote safety; if you’re going into an area with active wildlife you need to be prepared. Typically coyotes are more afraid of us then we are of them loud noise and appearing large will drive them off.”

▪️ “There were signs saying DO NOT ENTER because of the coyotes. Reading comprehension, get some.”

▪️ “Urban sprawl keeps on proving the wildlife right! Talk about stolen land!”

▪️ “There is never a Roadrunner around when you need one!”

▪️ “As the city expands further outside the core, the wildlife are clearly being impacted. I think the city needs to better assess this impact istead of giving developers ‘carte- blanche’" to destroy their small forests and habitants.”

▪️ “Stop destroying our greenspace, the coyotes' natural habitat. Then they will stay away from our spaces.”

▪️ “Wildlife is acting normally for wildlife. Humans are in the way. If wildlife interferes with invasive humans, relocation is the humane response.”

▪️ “Meetings? What purpose will having more meetings, studies, etc. do? Take action!”

▪️ “If they are getting to close to civilization that’s a problem for both humans, our pets and them. No need to cull them, just drive them way out unless they are roaming around killing our pets and attacking kids then, well, that’s a problem.”

▪️ “People encroach on animal habitat, animals adapt. So ought we.”

▪️ “Can we feed them Canada Geese?.”

▪️ “Where are the coyotes supposed to go now that we have removed all their habitat? We need to recognize the importance of protecting all species that are an integral part of our ecosystem.”

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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR

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THURSDAY

• 🆓 The RCMP Musical Ride will be going on the road shortly but first it must pass the Commissioner’s inspection this afternoon. 1 Sandridge Road (Manor Park) 

• Italian Week takes over Little Italy with food and cultural events until June 21. This morning at City Hall, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe will proclaim the festival open. 11:00 am (Downtown) 

• The Festival Franco-Ontarien is Canada's largest celebration of Francophone and Francophile culture outside of Québec. This year's festival starts today, with Improtéine headlining at Major’s Hill Park this evening. (Downtown). 

• Thirteen Strings celebrates 50 years of music-making in the Capital with an elegant soirée at the residence of His Excellency Michel Miraillet, Ambassador of France to Canada. Thursday, June 11. (New Edinburgh)  

• Saint Paul University Faculty of Philosophy prof Dr. Richard Feist is Special Guest at 9th Hour Theatre Company’s next Gleanings series event. The Beams are Creaking will start as a staged dramatic reading of the eponymous play by Douglas Anderson about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who took part in a failed assassination attempt against Adolph Hitler.  

Cinema

• Bytowne Cinema:  Backrooms, Meet Cute: Desert Hearts  

• Mayfair Theatre. Silent Friend, Little Lorraine, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter  

Gigs

• August John and Sun Dried Flies. Club SAW

• The Flex, Stigmatism, Zeal, Trenchcoat, Koffin Byrth. House of TARG

• Art of the Duo. GigSpace

• Chris & Kay ft. Tessa Duc. Night Oat

FRIDAY

• The Peter Hum Quartet plays a Greatest Hits show of original jazz at the Robo Lounge. $10. (The Glebe) 

• It’s Riverside’s turn to host City of Om Movement + Wellness Festival. Find all the yoga sessions, vendor market, and Hyrox Simulations, at the RA Centre. 

• 🆓 Osgoode Porchfest 2026 starts with an Open Mic tonight at No Go Cafe before the porches open up tomorrow. 

• The unbelieveble truth is that Pique turns 20 this weekend, despite having been around for just five years. The festival’s knowledge forum at Arts Court, Topique, is led by artists and makers from around the world and explores equity, sustainability, and collective futures in the arts. Meanwhile, tonight’s Pique Opening Party at Gridwrks is a collab with Laylit. (Downtown) 

• Also turning five: Fiesta Cubana Fest 2026 at Horticulture Building and Bronson Centre . If it's Cuban food, music, and culture you're looking for, book your ticket now. (The Glebe)  

• Are you calling in sick this afternoon? Hintonburg Public House will be screening the Fifa World Cup Opening Ceremony featuring Ottawa’s own Alanis Morrisette, starting at 1:30 pm. (Hintonburg)  

• The Festival Franco-Ontarien is Canada's largest celebration of Francophone and Francophile culture outside of Québec. This year’s festival continues today with Camp Kazoo for little festival goers, while Joyce N’sana, LGS, and Jupiter & OKWess perform on the MainStage. (Downtown). 

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Agatha’s Almanac, L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche (The Stranger of the Great Arch), The Piano Teacher, Moulin Rouge! With Live Burlesque 

• Mayfair Theatre:  Calorie, The Art of Adventure, Ichi The Killer  

Gigs

• Yassin & Sean Terrio, River City Junction. Rainbow Bistro

• Tin Constellations, Quiet Skies. Art House

• Heart Education Time, Rooty Naky and the Rootables, Chambered by the Gates. Avant-Garde Bar

• Psykkore. Avant-Garde Bar

• Boy Band Story. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa

• Danny Sylvester Duo. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa

• IllScarlet 20th Anniversary of EPdemic. Bronson Centre

SATURDAY

• The Sidewalk Sale Yarn Blowout, with its bags of yarn at special prices and its Pride and Father's Day "Post Card Bar" of graphic snail mail cards, will draw creative and crafty folks to Motif Boutique from noon to 5:00 pm. If you purchase, write on and address one of the aforementioned postcards, the shop will put it in the mail for you. (Hintonburg)   

• Like Butter vintage is taking over the Heart Breakers Pizza parking lot for The Mini Marché. It's one day only of curated outdoor vintage shopping with home decor, fashion, jewelry, art, and up cycled fashion. (Westboro)  

• Fiesta Cubana Fest 2026 continues today at Horticulture Building and Bronson Centre. (The Glebe)  

• 🆓 You can travel to the countries of the European Union just by visiting Cultural Fair today at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau.  

• You’ll find more than music at Osgoode Porchfest’s 2026 Block Party. From kids games and hot dogs to airbrush tattoos and the Bounce House, it's all about fun.  

• Ottawa Chamber Orchestra plays Carleton Dominioin-Chalmers Centre tonight and Aprnprior’s St. John Chrysostom Church on Sunday (June 14), with a program entitled The Artist and The Muse. Works include Symphony No. 3 by Farrenc and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.

• Ottawa Music Industry Coalition’s City Sounds Live will provide the backdrop to your shopping in the Glebe today from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.  

• Bicycle Craft Brewery is offering Happy Hour Pricing all day to celebrate Ottawa Day (6/13). You’ll also find those warm weather staples: hot dogs and ice cream on the patio. (Industrial) 

• Pique #20 continues at Arts Court. (Downtown)  

• The All Voices Community Choir is preparing to depart on a tour to Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia, to experience the Baltic approach to choral music, and to demonstrate Canada's choral traditions. Get a taste of the music they're taking on the road at tonight’s ‘Hey and Away We Ride’ concert. (Nepean)  

• Alta Vista Market opens for the season this Saturday June 13. For an extra special opening day, April Spirit will provide a backdrop of live music. It's all happening from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in the yard at St Thomas The Apostle Church. 2345 Alta Vista Dr

Garage Sales

• Residents from all over Ward 18 will be selling treasures from their garages and cupboards in the Awesome Alta Vista Garage Sale. 

• If you’re shopping at Carp Farmers’ Market, wander over to the arena for the Carp Colossal Garage Sale inside. Free admission. 

• The street of Meilleur Private in Vanier is having its own garage sale from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm. 

• Support the animals at the Ottawa Humane Society Auxiliary Garage Sale (St Claire Gardens) 

• Visit Bell Sensplex for The Great Ottawa Markets Collective Destash: Craft Overstock & Food Market (Kanata / Stittsville) 

• Fisher Heights Community Garage Sale is limited to a few cozy streets.  

Cinema

• ByTowne Cinema: Klassic Kidz: Space Jam, Renoir, Pusher, Pusher II  

• Mayfair Theatre: Calorie, Mean Streets, Saturday Night Sinema 

Gigs

• Funk Yo Self. Irene’s Pub

• Sway. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa

• Skylar Radmore Duo. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa

• The Hunt Club, This Hell With You. LIVE on Elgin

JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING

• Road Trip 🆓 Admire the local artistry, colour and variety at Pakenham Horticultural Society’s Summer Flower Show (Saturday June 20). The event starts with a presentation Growing & Processing Flowers For Natural Dye Making. 

• Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa will celebrate its first year of operation with 10 days of music, promotions, prizes, and a $10,000.00 donation to The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre’s Music and Mental Health Research Clinic and other programs. The special programming runs from June 26 through July 5.  

   

DEAL OF THE DAY

Look for the deep discounts at the Habitat ReStore Yard Sale, happening at all three locations: Train Yards (768 Belfast Road), Hintonburg (250 City Centre Ave), and Stittsville.   The Canadian-made, linen blend Yara top from Salt is your summer wardrobe workhorse. Save 10% when you purchase three.

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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...

The anti-Alto high speed rail people have built a pretty slick website at AltNo.ca. People who are in favour of the project should be paying attention and not writing off the opposition as a fringe group.

Something clever that the AltNo people have done is collate the requests to view property sent to owners by Alto – and plot them out on a map. Take a look: it’s pretty clear that Alto has two routes in mind between Ottawa and Laval.

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