Tuesday April 12, 2022

Stats – 12 April 2022

Weather: ☀️ Sunny. High of 17°, low of 2°. 

Number: 110 years. The age of Moore Farm, the urban farm in Gatineau owned by the National Capital Commission, which now has a new tenant. Restaurant La Commune has signed a long-term lease, agreeing to keep it as a working farm, open to the public. [CBC

Ottawan of the Day: Norm Robillard. Robillard is being honoured today with a Mayor’s City Builder Award for his work with Ottawa's Senior Pride Network. [City of Ottawa]

Quote: ‘It was something that I found super inspiring. Everybody loves that they live here. And it’s kind of their own home, although they (may) not (be) from this city’ – South Korean artist Sujin Lim, whose public art project,  Home, will create a fanciful gate and cloud outline as part of for Centretown road reconstruction. [Capital Current]

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