Monday December 6, 2021

Stats – 6 December 2021

Weather: ?️ Periods of rain mixed with freezing rain. High of 9°, low of -10°

Number: 500. The number of tips received by the City of Ottawa's fraud lline from civic employees. Last year, it was 204. Auditor general Nathalie Gougeon thinks the increase in reporting may be because people  are working from home. [CBC]

Ottawan of the Day: Jamie-Lynn Pokrzywka. The owner of Batter Up Bakery, which competed on the Food Network television show The Big Bake: Holiday. [Kitchissippi Times]

Quote: ‘If it was at a bank and someone was screaming at you, or hitting you, or spitting on you, your manager would show up and tell them, 'No, no, no. If this behaviour doesn't stop you have to leave. – Former Ottawa Hospital nurse Christelle Ishimwe on why fellow nurses are leaving the profession or entering private practice  [CBC]

Sport: NHL Ottawa Senators 6 – Colorado Avalache 5, last Saturday

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