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🐘  Ice Age

•  The preserved remains of a baby wooly mammoth may be coming to Ottawa. The 30,000 – 35,000 year-old mammoth, named Nun cho ga, was discovered in Dawson City, Yukon in 2022 and will be sent to the Canadian Conservation Institute, a Federal government agency. Nun cho ga means ‘big animal baby’ in the Hän language. (Paul Tukker at CBC)

🚨 Ottawa Police Services

•  The Ottawa Police Services Board has made a settlement with a family over a breach of privacy by a constable on a quixotic COVID theory. Constable Helen Grus is currently suspended with pay and in the middle of discreditable conduct proceedings after she improperly accessed records of deceased children to find out their COVID vaccination status. Grus was a member of the sexual assault and child abuse unit at the time. The amount of money was not disclosed and the Service did not admit liability. (Joanne Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen)
  
  ➕ Related Ottawa Police are looking for information on a man who pulled a knife on a bus passenger at an OC Transpo shelter in the 1600 block of Scott Street. He is described as Caucasian, 40 years-old ish, five feet six inches (168 cm) tall, with reddish brown hair, and a full beard. He was last seen wearing a black varsity style jacket with a black hoodie underneath, sunglasses, dark jeans, black Converse shoes, and a black baseball cap. 

⚕️ Opioid Crisis

•  The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation have declared an opioid state of emergency. Before COVID, the community saw five opioid-related deaths a year but in the first six months of 2023, there were 12. In Ottawa, there were 93 opioid related deaths in the first six months of 2023, an all time high. A declaration of a state of emergency opens new resources and funding for the Nation from the province. (Joseph Tunney at CBC)

🪚 Ottawa International Airport

•  Save the Hunt Club Forest group would like the now-clearcut red pine forest preserved as a park. The Airport clearcut the old telephone pole farm last week, arguing that the neglected land was dangerous. The Airport has indicated that it would like to develop the land for an industrial park. (Andrew Duffy in the Ottawa Citizen)

🏠 Home Design

•  A new custom built house shows why West of Main and Art & Stone Group won so many design awards. It’s not a bad looking pile. While it is brand new, it looks very traditional. And, of course, pics. (Anita Murray in the Ottawa Citizen)

🛻 Convoy News

•  The trial of Convoy co-organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber has been adjourned until January. It was originally anticipated the entire trial would have ended by Oct 13. Aside from an organizational day on Jan 4, the resumption day has not been set. (Canadian Press)