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In Today’s Edition
– Martha and Darren
✍️ Due to construction on a nearby drainage system, Beyond The Pale ByWard’s courtyard patio must close August 11. Make the most of the brewery’s final week outside in Summer 2025.
🥕 Credit cards at the ready: Tickets are now on sale for Harvest: A Feast of Fall (Wednesday September 17 at Ottawa Art Gallery). As you sample the bites from Ottawa's best chefs, you can feel good about supporting Youturn Youth Support Services.
🐡 At Eat the Strip, Ameya Charnalia needed to find a resto that would work for those with ‘both a craving for ackee and saltfish and a plant-based plate with real soul’. Lil’ Negril Island Grill hit the spot. As for reviews, the owner says ‘the Jamaican embassy folks eat here’ and ‘when people from the Trinidadian government visit Ottawa, they stop by too’.
🥪 In the Ottawa Citizen, Peter Hum has a review of Raphaël Peruvian Cuisine owner Lizardo Becerra’s new South American street food joint in ByWard Market, Barrio. Hum says the Cubano sandwich – smoked pulled pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, Dijonnaise – ‘hit it out of the park’.
🥟 Meanwhile, Sofia Misenheimer samples Dumpling Bliss, noting that the braised beef dumpling, served cold and sliced thin, is a ‘sleeper hit’.
Closures
Openings
NUMBER
The number of seconds it took Jerome Blake of Kelowna to break the Canadian men’s 200 metre record on Sunday at the Canadian track and field championships, held at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility on Riverside Drive.
Gatineau’s Audrey Leduc won the women’s 200 metre final, at 22.55 seconds.
OTTAWANS OF THE DAY
The Carleton University graduate students have used drones to map the number of unexploded Second World War bombs in Mer Bleue Bog. Equipping the drones with magnetometers, the two found 17 bombs in the peat.
The army used the bog for bombing practice between 1942 and 1945 and while the Armed Forces know where the targets were, they didn’t know how many bombs did not go off.
Mer Bleue is now maintained by the National Capital Commission, which has placed its trails far away from any Second World War ordnance.
QUOTE
– Canada Lands Company president Stéphan Déry on how his Crown corporation is attempting to do as much work as possible in advance to transform federal properties to housing before the planning goes before a municipal council. In Ottawa, the Company will be redeveloping Wateridge Village, Tunney’s Pasture, and Confederation Heights . – Martin Slofstra in the Ottawa Citizen
SPORTS
⚾ frontier Ottawa Titans 5 – Trois-Rivieres Aigles 7 yesterday
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⚡ A 161-hectare, 250-megawatt solar energy farm has been proposed for West Carleton. Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp will make a bid to the Independent Electricity System Operator to supply power to the Hydro One grid. This project is not far from a proposed battery farm that has been opposed by many neighbours. – West Carleton Online
↪ A virtual open house will be held by the company next Wednesday, August 13.
🔍 The Ottawa Bulldog is concerned that Ottawa’s Auditor General has a personal information tracking cookie on her website. The Bulldog’s point is that website cookies – the ones that you authorize when you click the popup message – can be used to identify people and this is unacceptable on a site that is soliciting whistleblowers and fraudbusters. – Ken Gray at Ottawa Bulldog
💰 Local mom and pop company Shopify’s profit jumped to US $906 million in the April - June period. That’s compared to the US $171 million profit the company in the same time frame last year. – The Canadian Press
🚊 The O Train has new cut backs in Line 1 service on Aug 16, 17, and 31 for extension work. On August 16 and 17, there will be no service east of Tremblay station. On August 31, there will be no Line 1 service until noon. Replacement buses will run during the shutdowns.
After 8:00 pm August 11 to 15, Line 2 trains will run every 24 minutes instead of every 12 to allow installation of equipment to monitor the axel bearings. – CBC
Are you taking a summer vacation this year?
Previously in ottawan polls:
We asked, ‘Do you tip at drive-throughs or counters?’
8% Yes
88% No
4% Only if I have a crush on the cashier
Commentary
▪️ “You really begrudge your drive through worker a dollar or two? Like you’re going to miss it? They deserve it for being polite all day without fail, which you are not making any easier.”
▪️ “Yes, it’s foisted on us and tipping is the more frictionless option – the machines make it a pain to not tip.”
▪️ “Oh gosh no! I’m picking it up not having it delivered so why tip. The tipping culture is getting way out of hand. It’s ridiculous.”
▪️ “I am so over tipping culture. Why has the base increased to 18%? Why are we tipping EVERYWHERE? The employees salary should not be passed on to the customer unless it’s already baked into the price.”
▪️ “I only tip if I’m in a sit down restaurant or delivery to my door. I don’t have Door Dash or anything like it.”
▪️ “Drive throughs hard no. Counters that aren’t chains yes.”
▪️ “I must admit that due to a celiac diagnosis a few months ago, I don't really go thru drive-throughs anymore. But in the past when I did, I didn’t tip.”
▪️ “It has gotten WAY too out of control and workers earn a good minimum wage now.”
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✳️ Means change from previous edition
If the weather allows, A Company of Fools presents The Comedy of Errors in Claudette Cain Park from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
🆓 Bring your own lawn chair to Andrew Haydon Park to catch a free concert by the Nepean Concert Band.
At Les Grands feux, take a journey through Australia and Canada that "pays tribute to the cultural and musical ties between the two nations. From nostalgic classics to current hits, each pyrotechnic scene bridges generations through music, water, and stars."
Bring your pup to the Red Apron patio for the Dog Costume Contest, and you just might win a gift card.
Bring your own chair to the Akoustik music series at St. Charles Market (135 Barrette St).
ByTowne Cinema: Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight, Restoration: Singin’ In The Rain, Together
Mayfair Theatre: Sorry, Baby, Eddington, American Gigolo
Gigs
The Prime Rib Big Band. Irene's Pub
Bluegrass Wednesdays with Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road. Red Bird
Jazz Night with Teighan Couch. Bar Robo
✳️ Navan Fair kicks presents an early-season 2025 country fair with a ‘Muddy Boots and Country Roots’ themed edition. Expect farm demos and livestock shows, antique tractors, concerts, food, and fun. Oh, and something called the Guiness World Record 50 Horse Hitch.
If the weather allows, A Company of Fools presents The Comedy of Errors in Fisher Park (near Wellington Village and Hampton Park) from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
🆓 Rain or shine, the 8th annual Bowman’s Bar & Grill’s IPA Day returns Wednesday August 8 with live music, raffle prizes, and, naturally, the best IPA from seven local breweries (5:00pm til 11:00pm ). A portion of the proceeds will benefit Operation Come Home, which assists youth experiencing homelessness to achieve their goals. NOTE: the party takes place in the parking lot, so if you must drive there, you'll have to seek parking elsewhere.
It’s Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones at the Broadway Bar & Grill Central's Trivia Night.
A (Bad) Night at the Movies is screening the gloriously cheesy dystopian story The New Barbarians (1983), which looks like it cobbled together its futuristic mise-en-scène with leftover, first-generation Battlestar Galactica props and shoulder pad-era Cybertruck prototypes.
Pay just $10 at the door at the weekly Thursday Swing Dance by Ottawa Vintage Swing.
ByTowne Cinema: Samia, Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Together
Mayfair Theatre: Eddington, Sorry, Baby, Boogie Nights
Gigs
Spike and the Gimme Gimmes. Bronson Centre Music Theatre
Victor Nesrallah. Night Oat
Broken by Friday, Mori Dori, Fire Manic. House of TARG
Cardamom Years, Lady Grey & the Phantoms, Apostlebird, Ceippo. Rainbow Bistro
Irene’s Blues Sessions with Guest Host Dave Bignell. Irene’s Pub
The Killaloe Craft & Community Fair, which has been operating each summer for nearly 50 years, is one of the only non-profit, volunteer-run festivals to continue for so long.
🆓 Check out Ottawa International Buskerfest for the best in street entertainment from around the planet. It's all going down on Sparks St and at World Exchange Plaza August today through Sunday.
🆓 Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore runs one of the most feel-good book sales in town. Luckily for us, The ReStore Reads Book Fair is back this Friday (10:00 am to 8:00 pm) through Sunday (9:00 am to 4:00 pm on both weekend days) at the Stittsville location (3 Iber Road). Prices start at $1.
If you're dashing in to the Pot & Pantry on Elgin St this Friday, be prepared to be distracted by the gorgeous milk-and-plant-based ice cream at the Merry Dairy truck parked outside. 254 Elgin St. From 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm.
Art house welcomes internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist Lauren Bush and her trio.
Ottawa reggae legends Aurora’s Reef open the Titans game (6:00 pm to 7:00 pm)..
🆓 Capital Pop-Up Cinema screens My Girl at Beechwood Cemetery.
If the weather allows, A Company of Fools presents The Comedy of Errors in Raven Park (Carlington) from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
ByTowne Cinema: To A Land Unknown, My Mother's Wedding, 2025 Cat Video Fest, Detour: The Fly
Mayfair Theatre: Sorry, Baby, My Mother’s Wedding, Thief
Gigs
Blingo Night. Pour Boy
TEETH, Cruel Intent, In Passing. The 27 Club
Michael Marcagi. Bronson Centre
Friday Night Open Mic. Grumpy's Pub & Eatery
Just Fine, frown line, Guest Room Status, Superstar Crush, Hug Mosh. SAW Centre
Irish Moutarde, Casual Tragedies, Subtrash. Dominion Tavern
80s Dance Party. House of TARG
Live Music Friday. Broadhead Brewery
You’ve been planting, weeding, and harvesting all summer, and now it's time to ask yourself ‘How can I enjoy this bounty throughout the winter?’ The Pick, Prep, and Preserve Seminar at Robert Plante Greenhouses might have the answer. Sunday, September 14 at 4228 Navan Road in Navan.
Ottawa’s finest two-trombone jazz trio is returning to GigSpace on November 22. Trombone Summit 2025 is expected to sell out, so get booking.
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Save an extra 20% on sale items at Ottawa-made slow fashion brand Muriel Dombret. |
Peter Hum in the Ottawa Citizen has a long interview with the owner of the five Tavern on the [blank] locations. ‘How Andre Schad became Ottawa’s waterfront patio king’ credits National Capital Commission CEO Tobi Nussbaum on ‘understanding the water and the city’.
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