Thursday August 12, 2021

Stats – 12 August 2021

Weather: ☔️ 40 per cent chance of showers. High of 29°, low of 21°

Number: 80. The per centage of Ottawa municipal workers who have stayed on the job rather than working from home during the pandemic. [Le Droit]

Ottawans of the Day: The Assunnah Muslims Association. The Association has been creating and delivering food packages and hygiene kits to anyone that requires it since the pandemic began. [City of Ottawa]

Quote: ‘I was keeping it a secret from others but already then I felt like I was going to be doing this’ – Joshia de Jonge who has been building high-end guitars in the Gatineau Hills since she was 13.  [CTV] [Joshia de Jonge Guitars]

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