On the occasion of the Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026 31st LiveWorkPlay Anniversary, the 20th broadcast of The LiveWorkPlay News, the Top 26 of 2025-2026, recorded live at Cours Bayview Yards. The broadcast was presented in three segments, this is the third and final, from #10-#1.
#10 - @atletiOttawa Icicle Kick, Janet
#9 - @tdplace_Levy Interships Manny, Etienne, Josh
#8 - @P4Planning Network Employment Webinar, RWA, Frank, Keenan
#7 - Aya Elkerdany uOttawa Graduation
#6 - Menu Magazine, @CalypsoOttawa
#5 - Trio Westboro, Carl Sanderson
#4 - Grace Hudson 20th Work Anniversary
#3 - Jalynn Plaus Value Village
#2 - Chris Jones and Shyloh and the Community Supports Team
#1 - Ashley Hagerman and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The Ottawa Jazz Festival expands its 46th edition to June 18โ28, 2026, adding an extra day of programming on June 18 with a mix of hip-hop, R&B, and genre-blending performances. ๐ฅ๐ท
June 18 Programming:
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For full festival details and ticket information, please visit https://t.co/0xID1mtShw
50,000+ adults with developmental disabilities in Ont are still waiting for service.
Thatโs not a gap; thatโs a failing system.
LโArche Ottawa's stepping up, running the Tamarack Race Weekend ๐โโ๏ธto raise funds to meet real needs and keep their doors open.
Nowโs the time to give
Art work has arrived at @katzman_art_projects . I'm very excited to see Halifax friends at the opening this Friday May 1st from 5pm to 7pm. COMMUNITY will be on display most of the month. Check it out if you have time #art#artcollectors#contemporaryart#artforsale#painting
BREAKING: Trump punishes Pope Leo for criticizing his Iran War by stripping $11 million from Catholic Charities in Florida that was supposed to help shelter and care for children who enter the country alone.
Trump is terrorizing kids in America while killing them overseas...
โThe U.S. government has abruptly decided to end more than 60 years of relationship with Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Miami,โ said Archbishop Thomas Wenski. โThe Archdiocese of Miamiโs services for unaccompanied minors have been recognized for their excellence and have served as a model for other agencies throughout the country.โ
"Our track record in serving this vulnerable population is unmatched. Yet, the Archdiocese of Miamiโs Catholic Charitiesโ services for unaccompanied minors has been stripped of funding and will be forced to shut down within three months," he added.
The Department of Homeland Security, through its Office of Refugee Resettlement, has paid Catholic Charities in Miami for years to help house children who enter the country without accompanying adults. The Miami Herald describes the program as essentially a "federally funded foster care system."
Bishop Wenski said that despite there being a recent decrease in unaccompanied minors โit is baffling that the U.S. government would shut down a program that it would be hard-pressed to replicate at the level of competence."
Robert Latham, associate director of the University of Miami Law Schoolโs Children and Youth Law Clinic, said that the gutting of funding and possible need to move the children elsewhere could inflict serious damage on their developing psyches.
"Itโs incredibly psychologically harmful to be moved,โ he said. โFor little kids, moving repeatedly creates bonding issues and destroys the sense of both self and community. They donโt know who they are and where they will be."
โThis should only be done with a lot of emotional support that you normally would find within a family. Unfortunately, that is not there in a group home setting,โ Latham added.
Of course, Donald Trump couldn't care less about the suffering of children. This man was friends with Jeffrey Epstein for years and been accused of sexual abuse himself. He started his Iran War by blowing up a school full of little girls and his administration has worked around the clock to strip funding from programs that feed, educate, and house children.
While the administration has not admitted that these funding cuts are payback against Pope Leo, the point A to point B is apparent. Trump is the most vindictive man to ever hold the presidency. He has been relentlessly attacking Leo for criticizing his Iran War. This is him using financial leverage in an effort to beat the Pope into submission. It will not work.
Please โค๏ธ and share to demand that the funding be doubled when Democrats take back control!
Iโm at DigiMarCon in Toronto and I just took this selfie to prove a point.
You donโt need a content team. You donโt need a studio. You donโt need to wait until everything is perfect
You just need @dennisyu โs 3x3 content grid.
@beehiiv having a problem with getting the correct plan discount from an affiliate link. affiliate discount says 583.20 annual or 48.80/mo. After being phone verified and asked to upgrade now and get 20% for 3 months it says $1,258.40 /yr or$119.20/mo. Chat bot not helpful
@beehiiv having a problem with getting the correct plan discount from an affiliate link. affiliate discount says 583.20 annual or 48.80/mo. After being phone verified and asked to upgrade now and get 20% for 3 months it says $1,258.40 /yr or$119.20/mo. Chat bot not helpful
If Alberta wants to separate from Canada, you donโt get to keep Canadian land, Canadian resources, or exploration rights.
You donโt get to hate the country and still profit from it.
Want out?
Pack your bags. Go. ๐จ๐ฆ
"Your son might work in a grocery store bagging groceries for the rest of his life."
Someone said this to me right after my son Jack was diagnosed with autism.
Over the years, the words stuck with me.
I thought about them when he couldn't sit for circle time in kindergarten.
When he couldn't take the bus home from school safely.
When he started middle school, then high school.
Fast-forward.
Jack is twenty-one now.
He works in a grocery store.
He cuts fruit in the produce department.
He works from 8:00 - 2:00 three days a week.
He sets his alarm.
He puts on his uniform.
He walks to the bus station.
He arrives on time.
In this life alongside autism, I've learned it's not always about the destination, but how you got there in the first place.
I've learned that a life lived differently is not a life less lived.
Any any work, not matter what kind, is honorable.
What a beautiful thing.
Please join me in congratulating my son Jack on the first four months at his job.
We are fiercely proud of him.
Credit: Carrie Cariello