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Saturday · Aug 29, 2026

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11:36
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Ottawa Gaming Convention & Food Festival happening at Cohere Center this weekend

Free entry to both the Ottawa Food Festival (40+ vendors, music until 11pm tonight and all day tomorrow) and the first Ottawa Gaming Convention (tabletop tournaments, board...

10:36
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Big red moon visible from Ottawa southeast sky

Massive red moon showing up in the southeast sky tonight — grab a camera if you've got one. It's been showing up clear across the city.

9:36
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News Brief

Motorcyclist dies after collision with trailer near Spencerville

A 37-year-old Winchester man was airlifted to Ottawa hospital but pronounced dead Friday after his motorcycle hit a trailer on County Road 7.

8:00
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Tonight

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Overflow Brewing Company

7:30
PM
Tonight

Paranormal Cirque Nightmare - Ottawa

St Laurent Shopping Centre

7:07
PM
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Thunderhead National Monument opens downtown

Thunderhead National Monument opened August 21 as a formal acknowledgment of the historical discrimination endured by 2SLGBTQ+ Canadians and tribute to those targeted during...

6:30
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Tonight

Kruelty, Dead Heat, Anhedonia, Force Of Will, Pinpoint, Enhanced Lethal Abilities, Acid Rot

Westboro Legion

6:00
PM
Tonight

SOLD OUT - August 29 - The Chef's Table / Chef à l’affiche

National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts

6:00
PM
Tonight

RTG Production: Sweetnotes Biyaya Concert

Algonquin Commons Theatre

5:37
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Bullets in Preston Hardware window

Someone shot up Preston Hardware this morning and police were photographing bullet holes in the window and frames. No news yet on who or why.

2:06
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Ottawa's 1975 summer, one song lyric at a time

Someone's reminiscing about August 30, 1975—the day summer ended with a record store basement hunt and minimum-wage pizza shifts. It's the kind of specific mid-decade memory...

12:36
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What are those mounds on the LRT extension?

Someone spotted some neat earthen mounds along the LRT to Trim and now half of r/ottawa is debating whether they're for noise, drainage, or cooling. Turns out they're being...

7:37
AM
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AfroFestival advertising glitchy — events scattered across two days

AfroFestival at Britannia Beach had confusing ads saying it'd start at 2 p.m. today, but nobody showed. The stage was up, fences set, a news truck outside, but zero volunteers....

6:37
AM
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Lime scooter GPS detecting false sidewalk violations

Lime scooter users reporting the GPS is falsely flagging them on sidewalks when they're actually on streets. Some riders say the throttle cut out mid-intersection — dangerous...