WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT
🚀 The National Arts Centre will livestream the Artemis II launch on the outside of its building this evening. The crew includes Canadian Jeremy Hansen, who with the other three astronauts will spend the next 10 days flying to the moon and back, the first such trek in 50 years. – Ben Andrews in the Ottawa Citizen
⚖️ Both the Crown and defence agree that a man charged in a 1975 murder is unfit to stand trial. Now 83, Rodney Nichols is accused of the 1975 murder of Jewell Parchman Langford, whose body was found in the Nation River in Casselman. The two had met in Montréal. The Crown and defence will jointly request the judge find Nichols as unfit to stand trial due to dementia. – CBC
🗑️ The City will have four dump trucks stationed in seven different neighbourhoods on Saturday for those who got bilked out of a garbage day this week ... or next week. Residents will be permitted to bring one 15 kilogram garbage bag.
The locations and times are:
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Sandy Hill Community Centre, 250 Somerset St East, 8:30 am to 11:30 am
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St. Laurent Complex, 525 Côté St, 8:30 am to 11:30 am
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951 Clyde Ave., 8:30 am to 11:30 am
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Windsor Park, 1 Windsor Park Ave., 8:30 am to 11:30 am
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Walter Baker Sports Centre, 100 Malvern Dr., 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
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Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Dr., 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
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Nepean Woods Park and Ride, Strandherd Drive, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
– Natasha Baldin in the Ottawa Citizen
🪠 All O Train washrooms on Line 1 have been closed due to vandalism and ‘needle use’. O Train washrooms are maintained by RTM, the same company that maintains the wheel assembles on the carriages. The majority of O Train carriages are currently out of service. – Guy Quenneville at CBC
↪ The City’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee has approved plans for new bus lanes on Bank Street. It now goes to City Council.
🎣 Federal public employees who are interested can now apply for early retirement. Eligible public employees have until July 24 to make their application. – Josh Pringle at CTV
💥 The first vehicle-crashing-into-a-building of the year is in Barrhaven. Seemingly a very Ottawa phenomenon, in this case a SUV crashed into the side of a Petro Canada. The driver was treated for minor injuries. – Josh Pringle at CTV
THE DAILY POLL
What are you doing this long weekend?
▪️ “Our collection day is changing next week followed by three weeks of black box and the option to drop off one garbage bag on a one time date ... GREAT service Ottawa!!!”
▪️ “Chinatown, and new garbage day was fine. ”
▪️ “Kanata South – went from Tuesday to Thursday. The double weeks of garbage pick up is a nice accident though. Time for some spring cleaning!”
▪️ “No - Kanata Lakes.”
▪️ “I live in an apartment building, so yet another benefit to paying for that to be someone else's problem.”
▪️ “Orléans – kudos as notice was given and followed up so there were no surprises so far. Some people need to pay attention to what is happening around them.”
▪️ “Riverside South. No change.”
▪️ “Changed from Thursday to Wednesday, paper two weeks in a row.”
▪️ “I just drop it down the chute whenever I feel like it.”
▪️ “Surprise in Alta Vista this morning ”
▪️ “That meme shot from Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)”
▪️ “South Orléans! Now it's Mondays, perfect after the weekend debauchery.”
▪️ “We’re in Barrhaven (K2G). No change here.”
▪️ “All confusing now. Was so simple for the past 50 years. Hunt Club area.”
▪️ “Not sure! My hubby deals with garbage and still isn’t sure if it will change. Not sure why they are doing this ... but that is the City for yah!! LOL”
▪️ “Yes, it changed. The big question is why? No answers from the City. What is in the mind of the scheduler? Our area has black box again this week. ”
▪️ “Garbage day did change but I have no idea why the change was necessary.”
▪️ “It’s been moved to Monday, more convenient actually, in the Centretown area.”
▪️ “Yes, the more the city messes with garbage collection the worse it get. I’m not just talking about the day change.”
▪️ “Garbage day is whenever I feel like it! Perks of living in an apartment lol.”
▪️ “No day change but last week was black bin, no garbage pickup and this week is black bin and no garbage pickup again.”
THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR
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✳️ Means change from previous edition
WEDNESDAY
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✳️ Today at Doors Open for Music clarinetist David Renaud joins pianist Yves Laroche for a lively crossover program of original compositions and arrangements spanning swing, ballads, Latin styles, and jazz-influenced classical repertoire. (Old Ottawa South)
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Mike Tremblay of the Prime Rib Big Band presents a special show of the music of John Coltrane at Irene’s Pub. (The Glebe)
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Legendary Ottawa pianist Noel Dimar plays classic hits during happy hour at The Robo Lounge (The Glebe)
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uOttawa’s creative writing students are graduating. Listen to fresh poetry and prose at their final Capstone Reading at Club SAW (Downtown)
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Tomson Highway's Rose continues its professional world premiere run at National Arts Centre's Babs Asper Theatre. (Downtown)
Cinema
Gigs
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Bluegrass Wednesdays. Red Bird
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Trivia Night. Overflow Brewing
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Not Kidding Around. Avant-Garde Bar
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Hannah Green and Darcy Scott. Art House Café
THURSDAY
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There are still tickets available for John Mulaney: Mister Whatever, at The Arena at TD Place. (Lansdowne)
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It’s going to be lively at House of TARG tonight. The Collective Temptation Burlesque features the Rougettes, House of Plush, and The Twisted Odditease; all are troupe performances that will raise blushes and heart rates. (Old Ottawa South)
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Tonight (Thursday April 2) Joshua Steckley, the Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, discusses his book The Nightcrawlers: A Story of Worms, Cows, and Cash in the Underground Bait Industry at Irene’s Pub April 2 at 5:30. (The Glebe) Tickets are free but registration is required.
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Comedian Hassan Phills (from Crave’s The Office Movers) leads Eidiot Mubarak at the Bronson Centre. Ages 14+
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Launch your long weekend with the excitement and tension of Art Battle at Overflow Brewing. (Heron Gate).
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The Open Mic at Moose McGuire’s offers a guitar amp, bass amp, electronic drums, mic & mic stands for the brave souls who take to the stage. (Hunt Club)
Cinema
Gigs
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Rose Cousins plays Red Bird. Sold out but there's a waitlist
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HFR Live Operations. Avant-Garde Bar
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knitting, Sasha Cay, and emmersonHALL. Club SAW
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Rachel Beausoleil. Night Oat
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Kim Churchill with Mia Kelly. National Arts Centre
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Après L'hiver: DJs Jeff Lapratte, Beatscience, Disko Dave, Donovan McCoy & live bassist Greg Howlett. Kaffe 1870 (Wakefield)
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Rachel Beausoleil and Victor Anastacio: An Evening of Bossa Nova. Night Oat
FRIDAY
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Anime Ottawa is here, with a vendor market, guest speakers and panels, the Masquerade & Cosplay – eh! (Sold out), swaps and autograph sessions, on-site meet-ups, and so much more. This amazing event starts with the Opening Ceremony at 10:30 am and continues until Sunday at EY Centre. (YOW)
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The board games are at the ready at Hintonburg Public House. Drop by for food, drinks, and casual fun for the whole fam. (Hintonburg)
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Thirteen Strings presents Metamorphosis, a program of Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen (a ‘soul-stirring elegy for 23 solo strings’) and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, a ‘timeless reflection on sorrow and solace, scored for two voices, strings, and continuo’. (Centretown)
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Montréal Victoire vs Ottawa Charge at Canadian Tire Centre. (Kanata)
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Everyone who hunts will find an egg at The Log Farm’s Easter Egg Hunt. Plus, they'll see farm animals, take a wagon ride, and do a lot of running around with seasonal excitement. Especially the children. (Nepean)
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Heads up, Loons (you know who you are): DJ Harrison, who is responsible for the Heated Rivalry hit All the Things She Said, is in Ottawa, spinning tunes at Sky Lounge. (Byward Market)
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All disco, all 80s, says Busters Bar & Grill. So grab your shoulder pads and high heels and get ready to dance at the Spring Time Bash. (Kanata)
Cinema
Gigs
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The Polar Reefers. Night Oat
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August John X Phasez X Kibble. Avant-Garde Bar
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80s Dance Party with DJ Remi Royale and The Start. House of TARG
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Lights Above the Mesa - Classic and Southern Rock. Hard Rock Ottawa
JUST ANNOUNCED
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The 2026 Ottawa International Writers Festival Spring Festival will be here in just over a month, promising a variety of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction writers. We won't lie: Mary Walsh presenting her latest memoir Brassy Bit of Aging Crumpet is already circled on our calendar (May 2, in case you feel the same way). April 30 to May 3 at various venues about town.
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Bradley Turcotte in the Kitchissippi Times has a heart lifting story about how Ottawa record stores are seeing rising sales of vinyl records and CDs.
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