Hello Ottawa
In Today’s Edition
→ On his way out, Brady Tkachuk has posted a ‘Thank you, Ottawa’ video
→ Listen to a lecture on loneliness by the Tipsy Scholars at Art House tomorrow
→ The Deal of the Day: 25 per cent off at Form Furniture
– Martha and Darren
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OTTAWAN OF THE DAY
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Aidric Yeon-Woo Oh
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The Grade 4 student at St Cecilia elementary school is one of 13 Canadian kids chosen to be an official FIFA Match Ball Carrier.
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Oh will carry the official match ball at BMO Field in Toronto later today before the Croatia vs Panama match.
– Ottawa Catholic School Board
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It’s a pain in the butt, quite frankly. I’m astonished at how blocked up it usually is
– Orléans resident Gerry Dust on the time it takes to get to his cottage west of Ottawa. Dust supports the province investigating a ring road to bypass the City.
– Michael McBean in the Ottawa Citizen
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SPORTS
Tonight
⚾ FRONTIER Ottawa Titans at Québec Capitales
🏀 CEBL Ottawa BlackJacks vs Scarborough Shooting Stars
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WHAT’S GOING ON AT CITY HALL
City Council
Wednesday, June 24 at 10:00 am
- Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc. – 2025 Annual Report
- ByWard Market District Authority - Annual Meeting of the Members
- Status Update - Council Inquiries and Motions for the period ending June 19, 2026
- 2025 City of Ottawa Consolidated Financial Statements
- Office of the Auditor General (OAG) – Audit of Bus Service Planning and Scheduling
- Office of the Auditor General (OAG) – Follow-Up Report: Review of Job Evaluation Processes
- Office of the Auditor General (OAG) – Audit of Cybersecurity - Critical Infrastructure
- Office of the Auditor General (OAG) – Follow-Up Report #2: Audit of Cybersecurity
- Heritage Permit – 275 Hillcrest Road
- Designation of Five Properties Designed by James Strutt
- Designation of 60 Fairmont Avenue under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
- Updates to Built Heritage Financial Incentive Programs
- Update to the Bank Street Heritage Conservation District: Adopting a New HCD Plan
- Pilot Extreme Weather Preparedness Grant Program
- Ottawa Paramedic Service 2025 Annual Report
- Licensing By-law Review and Re-enactment
- 9-1-1 2025 Annual Report
- Motion – Councillor L. Johnson – Nuisance Lighting Impacts
- Solid Waste Master Plan Update
- Motion – Councillor M. Carr – Expanding Ontario’s Deposit-Return Program
- 2025 Sinking Fund Financial Statements
- Macdonald Gardens Park Heritage Conservation District Feasibility Assessment
- Zoning By-law Amendment – 1770 Heatherington Road
- Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of June 10, 2026
Agenda
Whose flag is flying at City Hall today? Luxembourg
City Hall flies the flag of embassies and high commissions on their national days.
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WHAT OTTAWA IS TALKING ABOUT
🚨 The Ottawa Police Service says that a staff sergeant will be assigned full time to a committee to combat misconduct against women. At yesterday’s Police Service Board meeting, the Board said that the THRIVE committee (Toward Healing, Respect, Integrity, Values and Ethics) would now meet for a second time to demonstrate the seriousness of the issue. – Kristy Nease, Nathan Fung at CBC
🏒 Outgoing Sens captain Brady Tkachuk has posted a ‘thank you, Ottawa’ video on his Instagram as he hightails it out of town. You can view it here.
↪ Tkachuk’s move prompted The Athletic to write the ‘NHL’s Canada-to-United States talent drain is becoming a problem for the league’.
↪ Radio TSN 1200’s AJ Jakubec says ‘Keith Tkachuk, from the people that I was talking to, was telling everyone and anyone that would listen at the Olympics that he was going to get Brady out of Ottawa’. Keith would be Tkachuk’s dad.
⛺ The Salvation Army’s proposed shelter and social services hub on Montréal Road has stalled. The planned 350 bed facility has been subject to much opposition by neighbours, including a failed appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal. The Salvation Army says rising costs has caused it to rethink the project. – Cameron Mahler at CBC
↪ The Shepherds of Good Hope has proposed a plan to add supportive housing to its Centretown emergency shelter.
🛬 The Ottawa International Airport is the first in Canada to operate a new Instrument Landing System. In coöperation with NAV Canada, the system will allow aircraft to land safely even if visibility is worse than is permitted now. – YOW
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THE DAILY POLL
What do you think of a ring road bypassing Ottawa?
▪️ “I have a problem supporting flowers when there people having trouble paying for food etc. and when our health care system is a mess!!”
▪️ “Get some tips from the Tulip Festival in Canberra, Australia – in short, focus on the flowers!”
▪️ “I think there needs to be a management change.”
▪️ “The Tulip Festival is one of Ottawa’s enduring bright lights.”
▪️ “When my kids were young, there were free children’s activities, craft vendors and shows for young and old at Majors Hill Park plus flower beds and activities around the city. Now we have flowers at Dow’s Lake and activities with a cost. Not for families.”
▪️ “I think they should also be actively looking for sponsors and donations.”
▪️ “I think there are more important priorities that money could be spent on, such as addressing homelessness.”
▪️ “Studies have shown that every dollar spent on arts and culture returns approximately $1.75 to the community — if only our politicians knew how to read studies.”
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THE ROLLING THREE DAY CALENDAR
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✳️ Means change from previous edition
TUESDAY
Cinema
Gigs
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Three Autistic Musicians Walk Into A Bar ft. Vincent Bishop, Erin Adair, and Spencer Scharf. Avant-Garde Bar
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Trivia Night. Irene’s Pub
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Half-cocked Trivia: Fashion Edit. Atomic Rooster
WEDNESDAY
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The Tipsy Scholars lecture at Art House, The Quiet Habits of Sustainable Loneliness, examines ‘the quiet, often invisible habits that sustain loneliness in everyday life’. (Centretown)
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Release all that pre-Canada v Switzerland match tension with Lunchtime Yoga at Britannia Park. (Britannia Heights)
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🆓 Councillor Stephanie Plante and the Swiss Embassy present a watch party of Canada v Switzerland at the Vanier HUB. 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm at 267 Marier Ave (Vanier)
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🆓 No ticket is required at these Ottawa Jazz Festival shows today: Sage Reynolds plays improvised music and his own compositions at noon with friends from across the country at CF Rideau Centre, Level 2 in front of the Dining Hall (ByWard Market), while Pimento plays spicy Latin jazz at Confederation Park at the same time. Rowan Bell Petrusic Trio plays jazz at the World Exchange Plaza at 4:00 pm (Downtown).
Elsewhere at Ottawa Jazz Festival: Charley Rose Trio brings the "Dada Pulp Tour" to to the NAC's Fourth Stage (Downtown), the Plastic Waste Band plays the Main Stage at Confederation Park (Downtown), find the Orrin Evas Trio at the NAC's Azrieli Studio (Downtown), and MA:Q plays the Elgin St Stage, Confederation Park.
Cinema
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ByTowne Cinema: La Femme la plus riche du monde (The Richest Woman in the World), Sing-Along! Grease, Restoration: Amores Perros
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Mayfair Theatre: A Private Life, Tuner, The Adolescence of Utena
Gigs
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The Lockmasters. Dominion Tavern
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Wednesday Band Open Mic. Atomic Rooster
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Kenmujo, Hypersex Banshee, Runner-Up, Leach. Avant-Garde Bar
THURSDAY
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🆓 Options Housing is proud to present Voices of the Land – an Ottawa200 community event celebrating Indigenous culture, teachings, and connection to the land. See live Hoop Dancing, traditional ribbon shirt teaching, drumming, and medicine bag making.
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Be part of the Stuff You Should Know podcast, live from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa.
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🆓 Take the kids to see the RCMP Musical Ride Sunset Ceremonies. It happens each evening until Sunday June 28 at the RCMP Stables (1 Sandridge Road).
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🆓 Metcalfe Plaza (at Sparks St) comes alive with Hip-Hop, R&B, and surprises from DJs Rojo, John Arano, Messmeupbeats and Spinny, From 5:00 pm; get dinner and drinks from vendors on site. (SOPA)
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🆓 Today’s free programming at Ottawa Jazz Festival: Atcheleh Aryee Quintet (noon in Confederation Park), Graves/Jordan/Pond (noon at CF Rideau Centre Level 2 in front of the Dining Hall), Ambre McLean (noon at World Exchange Plaza), Kellylee Story & Song Series (4:00 pm at Peter Hearndorf Place, National Arts Centre). Ticketed shows: Brittany Davis & Black Thunder (6:30 pm Fourth Stage, National Arts Centre), Mark Ferguson Quartet (6:30 pm at OLG Main Stage, Confederation Park), Avishai Cohen Big Vicious (7:00 pm at Asrieli Studio, National Arts Centre), Nick Schofield (7:30 pm at Elgin St Stage, Confederation Park), DOMi & DJ Beck (8:30 pm at OLG Main Stage, Confederation Park), Norma Winstone with the Atlantic Jazz Collective (9:00 pm at Fourth Stage, National Arts Centre), Avishai Cohen Big Vicious (9:00 pm show at Azrieli Studio, National Arts Centre), The Free Label (10:30 pm Elgin St Stage, Confederation Park).
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Stittsville Front Porch Concerts are trying again tonight; let's hope there's better weather than last week.
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Sound healer Sara Zeineddine will join Rebecca White Raven in the Sunset Yoga and Sound Healing at Britannia Park. Suggested donation $25. Bring your own mat and bug spray.
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It’s coached student night as Improv Embassy All-Stars take over Avant-Garde Bar. Come and support the students and special guests Boy Stinko, SHHH!, and The People's Choice. (Sandy Hill)
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It’s curation-free and 100% of the ticket sales go back to the artists: Welcome to the Ottawa Fringe Festival, which fills all of Arts Court's theatre spaces, nooks, and crannies until June 28.
Cinema
Gigs
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Faiyez and the Wasted Chances. Dominion Tavern
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Afterlight: Piano and Vocals. The Robo Lounge
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Catalyst 15: KI vs Upper Regions, Juno Club, Nivek, Marsh, Jas Nasty. House of TARG
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Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, Fédéric D. Oberland. Fono
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Don't Play With Me. LIVE on Elgin
JUST ANNOUNCED / NOW BOOKING
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BUT, ONE MORE THING ...
Maggy McGunigal in Canadian Geographic has a wonderful profile of the Capital History project.
In 2017, retired Carleton professor of public history David Dean began a project to highlight local history through text and pictures on traffic boxes throughout Ottawa. Today, there are 60 of them.
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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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